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No surprise---Prisoners hired in oil relief efforts, trained for hazardous materials work

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"I've had less problems with these guys than when I've hired just normal people." Prisoners hired in oil relief efforts, trained for hazardous materials work By David Ferrara May 29, 2010 MOBILE, Ala. -- More than 200 prisoners are among the people hired for work related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. All are working for SG & S Oil Recovery Product LLC, which is based in Baldwin County, according to Brian Corbett, a spokesman with the corrections department. At least 75 of the inmates were trained in Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, also known as HAZWOPER, on Dauphin Island between May 13 and 16, while another 73 are being trained this week, Corbett said. Another 59 inmates in Loxley are making boom, he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).