Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

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"UNICOR" is the trade name for Federal Prison Industries (also referred to as "FPI").

Federal Prison Industries is a wholly owned government corporation created in 1934 by statute and Executive Order that provides job skills training and work experience to inmates of the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons.

UNICOR benefits society in many ways. Inmates who work in UNICOR are 24% less likely to recidivate (return to criminal activity) upon their release than similar inmates without UNICOR experience. Inmates in UNICOR are also 14% more likely to find and maintain employment after their release.

By law, UNICOR must operate in a self-sustaining manner, meaning it receives no appropriated funds from Congress. All of UNICOR's costs and expenses funded by the revenues it generates. UNICOR provides a variety of products and services from seven business groups: electronics, textiles, fleet management, services, recycling, industrial products, and office furniture.

In fiscal year 2006, UNICOR employed over 21,000 inmates and had net sales of $717 million.