THE ROOTS

Prison Blues started with two ingredients:  1.  a federal government grant funded by drug money seizures.  2.  a plan to defray incarceration costs.  Mindful of the impact prison industries have on private sector businesses, the State of Oregon conducted a thorough study to establish a viable product for production.  The conclusion that Oregon's manufacturers would not suffer from a prison garment industry laid the foundation for our 47,000 square foot Garment Factory.  The factory was created in 1989 to manufacture blue jeans, yard coats, work shirts, and T-shirts for inmates.