PrintEd Provides Hope For Jailhouse Printers --Michelson

John Phillips’ classroom training and, now, certification also help him to be a better employee within the prison’s print shop, which is run by West Virginia Correctional Industries. Paid less than $1 per hour, inmate employees provide sheetfed printing for state parks and various agencies. The printing class can do jobs for non-profits such as local churches, Boy Scout groups, etc., in order to provide live work for the students. The Correctional Industries shop houses a newer, highly automated, two-color Sakurai and some other presses, as well as a range of prepress and finishing gear.