Arizona Correctional Industries Revenue and Competitors

Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI) – a unique, self-funded, 30-year-old business within the Arizona Department of Corrections – employees nearly 2,000 inmates at any given time. They work in safe, positive work and learning environments, gaining skills that will help them secure employment upon their release — many in highly skilled trades. The wages inmates earn at – what for many are – their first paid jobs, go toward savings for their release, room and board offsets and restitution funds. Each year millions of dollars in "profits" generated from sales of ACI products and services go directly to Arizona's General Fund helping to keep state taxes low. Taxpayers also benefit from more than $8 million in inmate wage deductions that support Court Ordered Restitution, Victim's Compensation Fund and more. Inmates who participate in ACI programs are 30% less likely to return to their previous lives of crime, saving taxpayers millions more in future court and incarceration costs. Begun as a program to help rehabilitate prisoners, ACI today is a vibrant business providing Innovative Solutions to public and private business across the state, while helping inmates learn the job skills to lead Productive Lives. ACI creates high-quality products at our facilities throughout Arizona, offering standard and custom-designed products for business, institutional and home use: - We can build new or refurbish your existing furnishings. - Need seasonal or supplemental employees? ACI can provide reliable and trainable labor forces from eight to 100s. - Get custom-made Signs, nameplates, plaques, awards, promotional items, vehicle graphics ... - Our printing operation can deliver your multipage forms or create eye-catching invitations and product brochures.