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301 Main Street Towanda PA 18848 (570) 265-1727 Fax (570) 265-1729www.bradfordcountypa.org
Community Workforce Inmate ProgramPreliminary Proposal
Bradford County
As Submitted to the Bradford County Prison BoardDon Stewart, WardenMark W. Smith, Commissioner
 
 
301 Main Street Towanda PA 18848 (570) 265-1727 Fax (570) 265-1729www.bradfordcountypa.org
Purpose of the Program:
The Community Workforce Inmate Program (C.W.I.P.) will be available to communitygroups, charitable organizations and local governments within Bradford County. The programwill provide low cost labor to community groups and local governments via approved work release inmates from the Bradford County Correctional Facility. The types of projects thatworkforce inmates may be involved with include; Public work projects, painting, graffitiremoval, various public works projects, special events, maintenance, general public propertyclean-up, etc.
Benefits of the Program:
The C.W.I.P. will have a positive impact on both the inmates and the communities inwhich they work. This will be an opportunity to use the unproductive time of those who havebroken the laws of our communities to give something back. Communities will gain theadvantage of added manpower to complete projects in their community.This program will give inmates the chance to gain work experience while incarcerated.By helping the community and accomplishing work in their communities it will promote a senseof accomplishment and self respect.This program will allow local governments and groups to do projects at a low cost andsave all local taxpayers money. This will provide the opportunity for the taxpayers to see resultsfrom those individuals who would normally be unproductive members of the jail population.
Utilizing the Program:
To utilize the program the applicant will be required to submit an application to theBradford County Prison Board for approval. Once approval of the application is granted acontract for work will entered into between Bradford County Commissioners and the submittingentity. The contract will be an agreement of the terms of which the work will be completed.
Application:
There will be an application process for each group or local government interested inutilizing inmate labor for their project.The application should provide the following information:(1) Name of charitable organization, community group or localgovernment.(2) Names and contact information of all workers on the job site(3) Location(s) of job site(4) List any special skill sets that may be required to complete the work.(5) Detailed description of work to be completed(6) Schedule of work to be completed
Contract:
A contract based upon the information provided in the application will be entered into byboth parties. The contract will also specify the insurance and liability requirements of bothparties.
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