Safety and Savings
Through Work and Training
Enable offenders to learn trades and increase the potential for successful rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
Louisiana Prison Enterprises: Turning Skills Into Second Chances
Prison Enterprises is a division of Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety and Corrections that runs industry, agriculture, and service programs in seven correctional facilities. It provides offenders with real job experience in trades like welding, printing, and farming. These programs help reduce recidivism by building skills, work ethic, and responsibility. In turn, they support safer communities and a stronger economy while delivering quality products and services at competitive prices.
Our MissionTeaching a Trade
PE provides job opportunities to offenders that instill occupational and skills training.
Crafted in Louisiana
Our products are made by hand by people building a better future for themselves.
Free Delivery
Purchase any item in our state contract without bidding and delivery is absolutely free.
Driving the Economy
Helping Louisiana’s local economy and contributing to the growth of the offenders who make our products.
Products
Proudly made in Louisiana, our products are built to meet the highest standards of quality, durability, and craftsmanship.
Services
From embroidery and printing to janitorial services and grounds keeping; we have what it takes to keep your organization looking its’ best.
Agriculture Initiatives
Prison Enterprises manages roughly 2,500–3,000 acres at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, where inmates grow staple crops like corn and soybeans. Some of these crops feed prison livestock, while the majority is sold on the open market. The program offers inmates hands-on farming experience and contributes to both institutional needs and state revenue.
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