Prison labor contract denial
Summary
Council rejected a $420,000 paper contract with PRI Enterprises after debate over paying incarcerated workers 30 cents to $1.05 an hour, invoking the 13th Amendment carve-out and the city's worker-rights values.
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Last discussed Aug 6, 2026.
Impact analysis
The city will re-solicit paper products, potentially at somewhat higher cost (next bid was about $32,000 higher).
Workers' wage standards and the labor community's fairness principles.
PRI and its inmate training programs lose a municipal revenue stream.
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