ChewiesBaby
07-23-2008, 05:43 PM
This is directly from the Mississippi State Penitentiary website. It details the labor done by the state inmates and revenue, inmate consumption, etc. This facility is dubbed "Parchman Farm".
Agricultural Enterprises
Updated: 06/17/2008
Agricultural Enterprises is a division under the Institutions Division responsible for the farming operations at Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) in Parchman, MS and South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI) in Leakesville, MS. The majority of the farming activity takes place at MSP.
Minimum and medium custody inmates are given the opportunity to participate in the Agricultural Enterprises program each year in planting, harvesting and processing the crops. Inmates plant several kinds of fruits and vegetables which are harvested and processed to feed inmates at MDOC facilities statewide.
Some of the fruits and vegetables grown last year include:
Blackberries Squash
Broccoli Watermelons
Butter beans Field Peas
Cabbage Peppers
Cantaloupe Carrots
Pecans Collard greens
Cucumbers Onions
English peas Sweet corn
Green beans Potatoes
Okra Pumpkins
Mustard Greens Turnip Greens
Tomatoes
* MPAE leased out 8,082.90 acres in Sunflower County and 197.0 acres in Quitman County for a total of $343,116.17. This represents an average rent per acre of $41.44.
* MPAE farmed 5,530.20 acres in Sunflower County of rice, corn, soybeans, wheat and vegetables.
* Soybean production of 39,876 bushels produced $234,504 cash.
* Corn production totaled 95,436 bushels with all bushels being delivered to the feed mill to produce hog and chicken feed at a value of $222,264. This corn will produce approximately 3,340 tons of feed.
* The 2007 fiscal year rice crop produced 42,210 bushels for a cash price of $118,102. Approximately 7,100 bushels of the above bushels were processed for inmate consumption at a value of $20,732.
* The Feed Mill is in operation utilizing corn grown by MPAE and all feed is produced on site for the swine and poultry operation. The Feed Mill operation produced 3,556 tons of swine and 1,343 tons of chicken feed at a cost of $655,303 and $195,800, respectively.
* The Livestock swine operation produced 8,814 hogs and ended the year with a herd of 4,898.
* 1,131 hogs were processed for inmate consumption with a value of $82,771 and 6,318 were sold to outside vendors for $734,988.
* The poultry facility is in full production with a 36,000 layer capacity. A total of 480.050 dozen eggs were delivered to MDOC food service with a total value of $378,687.
* MPAE vegetable operation produced a total of 4,682,770 pounds of vegetables for inmate consumption on approximately 1,205 acres of land.
* MPAE processing received 4,682,770 pounds of vegetables for processing which netted a total of 3,645,627 pounds of vegetables for inmate consumption. The value of these processed vegetables based on the Atlanta market was approximately $1,909,522.
* Total value of food donated for inmate consumption for FY 2007 was approximately $1,995,089.
* MPAE generated cash revenues of $2,601,354 and expenditures were $2,481,314.
* During FY 2007 MPAE averaged working 396 inmates per month which equaled 95,040 man days. Based on 8 hours per day this would equate to 760,320 hours the inmates were not idle.
* During fiscal year 2006 MPAE planted 17.5 acres of blueberry cuttings at the South Mississippi Correctional Facility. These cuttings should start producing a harvestable crop in fiscal year 2008.
Agricultural Enterprises (http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/agricultural_enterprises.htm)
What are your thoughts on this?? I can tell you the population there is extremely low and NO ONE wants to go back there when they get out!!
Agricultural Enterprises
Updated: 06/17/2008
Agricultural Enterprises is a division under the Institutions Division responsible for the farming operations at Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) in Parchman, MS and South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI) in Leakesville, MS. The majority of the farming activity takes place at MSP.
Minimum and medium custody inmates are given the opportunity to participate in the Agricultural Enterprises program each year in planting, harvesting and processing the crops. Inmates plant several kinds of fruits and vegetables which are harvested and processed to feed inmates at MDOC facilities statewide.
Some of the fruits and vegetables grown last year include:
Blackberries Squash
Broccoli Watermelons
Butter beans Field Peas
Cabbage Peppers
Cantaloupe Carrots
Pecans Collard greens
Cucumbers Onions
English peas Sweet corn
Green beans Potatoes
Okra Pumpkins
Mustard Greens Turnip Greens
Tomatoes
* MPAE leased out 8,082.90 acres in Sunflower County and 197.0 acres in Quitman County for a total of $343,116.17. This represents an average rent per acre of $41.44.
* MPAE farmed 5,530.20 acres in Sunflower County of rice, corn, soybeans, wheat and vegetables.
* Soybean production of 39,876 bushels produced $234,504 cash.
* Corn production totaled 95,436 bushels with all bushels being delivered to the feed mill to produce hog and chicken feed at a value of $222,264. This corn will produce approximately 3,340 tons of feed.
* The 2007 fiscal year rice crop produced 42,210 bushels for a cash price of $118,102. Approximately 7,100 bushels of the above bushels were processed for inmate consumption at a value of $20,732.
* The Feed Mill is in operation utilizing corn grown by MPAE and all feed is produced on site for the swine and poultry operation. The Feed Mill operation produced 3,556 tons of swine and 1,343 tons of chicken feed at a cost of $655,303 and $195,800, respectively.
* The Livestock swine operation produced 8,814 hogs and ended the year with a herd of 4,898.
* 1,131 hogs were processed for inmate consumption with a value of $82,771 and 6,318 were sold to outside vendors for $734,988.
* The poultry facility is in full production with a 36,000 layer capacity. A total of 480.050 dozen eggs were delivered to MDOC food service with a total value of $378,687.
* MPAE vegetable operation produced a total of 4,682,770 pounds of vegetables for inmate consumption on approximately 1,205 acres of land.
* MPAE processing received 4,682,770 pounds of vegetables for processing which netted a total of 3,645,627 pounds of vegetables for inmate consumption. The value of these processed vegetables based on the Atlanta market was approximately $1,909,522.
* Total value of food donated for inmate consumption for FY 2007 was approximately $1,995,089.
* MPAE generated cash revenues of $2,601,354 and expenditures were $2,481,314.
* During FY 2007 MPAE averaged working 396 inmates per month which equaled 95,040 man days. Based on 8 hours per day this would equate to 760,320 hours the inmates were not idle.
* During fiscal year 2006 MPAE planted 17.5 acres of blueberry cuttings at the South Mississippi Correctional Facility. These cuttings should start producing a harvestable crop in fiscal year 2008.
Agricultural Enterprises (http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/agricultural_enterprises.htm)
What are your thoughts on this?? I can tell you the population there is extremely low and NO ONE wants to go back there when they get out!!