Back to prison tomorrow.

David G · Mar 3, 2019

I have been messing with a powder coat paint line upgrade at regional prison for a few months. The engineer that "used" to work for me specified the parts, but missed a few things. I had to end up replacing a valve actuator because the old one was not compatible with the new temperature controller. The actuator came in last week, I tested it today and it works. I will install it tomorrow and hopefully be paroled for good.

The guards and inmates there have been good to work with, was nervous at first.

Russ from MN · Mar 3, 2019

That's good the inmates are learning some useful skills, hopefully they will be able to lead productive lives on the outside.

Steve@Advance · Mar 3, 2019

So, what do they do there?

Is this a prisoner work program? Education?

I thought using prison labor was stopped some years ago.

JohnV2000 · Mar 4, 2019

Seems like a great idea to use prisoners to help get stuff done around the prison. You teach them a useful skill and they help out around the prison.

Texasmark1 · Mar 4, 2019

They make vehicle license plates and most feed themselves are a couple of things Tx. does of which I know. Makes sense to me. Win-win.

We have low taxes here and on the subject of plates, some years ago Tx. decided to follow places like Georgia and Florida, to name a couple, who had pretty, multicolored plates with adornment. Somebody came along, looking to keep taxes low, saw all this hoopla as an unnecessary waste of money and now the plates are back to two colors, black numbers on a white background, two colors like they were for most of my life.

Along the lines, they also quit requiring a new plate every year...my 2011 Silverado still has the orig. plates with no reason to request new at renewal time.....and drivers licenses are now good for 6 years rather than 1 as used to be the case and if you drive correctly you can get your renewal without a trip to the TXDOT office...more savings and shorter lines.

Course Tx. law states that no part of the information on the plate can be covered....like the dealer added advertisements that usually blocked something....now they can have their ads and keep the customer legal.

Spook · Mar 4, 2019

Michigan inmates have made license plates for a long time. We have several speciality plates available, but you have to pay extra to get one. Vanity plates are also available, at a cost.

SDE · Mar 4, 2019

A few prisoners are employed by my GF's employer. They are trucked from Gordon to Shell Lake and there are a couple of others that milk at a large Dairy farm outside of town.

David G · Mar 4, 2019

All went well, and the project is complete.

They make metal school furniture at this site, it looks very good, much better than buying chinese.

denglish · Mar 4, 2019

I read some place that they used over 2000 inmates for fire fighters during those big wildfires in California. Paid them something like $1 per day. The prisoners even got special safety and fire fighting training, but the story said that after they get out of prison they won't be able to use that training because of their criminal records.

JMOR · Mar 4, 2019

(quoted from post at 09:32:10 03/04/19) They make vehicle license plates and most feed themselves are a couple of things Tx. does of which I know. Makes sense to me. Win-win.

We have low taxes here and on the subject of plates, some years ago Tx. decided to follow places like Georgia and Florida, to name a couple, who had pretty, multicolored plates with adornment. Somebody came along, looking to keep taxes low, saw all this hoopla as an unnecessary waste of money and now the plates are back to two colors, black numbers on a white background, two colors like they were for most of my life.

Along the lines, they also quit requiring a new plate every year...my 2011 Silverado still has the orig. plates with no reason to request new at renewal time.....and drivers licenses are now good for 6 years rather than 1 as used to be the case and if you drive correctly you can get your renewal without a trip to the TXDOT office...more savings and shorter lines.

Course Tx. law states that no part of the information on the plate can be covered....like the dealer added advertisements that usually blocked something....now they can have their ads and keep the customer legal.

ut out the cost associated with stamping the numbers, too. Just flat sheet with painted numbers, now.

ramblineagle · Mar 4, 2019

was you at Anamosa or Fort Madison?

Back to prison tomorrow.

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