Posted on 08/17/2016 9:17:30 PM PDT by george76
I'm guessing 10% will read the article, and 1% of those will glean that fact from it. But hey, why let facts spoil the fun.
“Couldn’t the government have contracted this important job out to some American Manufacturer?”........
Cheaper labor pool when using prisoners, and don’t forget there is opportunity for some “personal payoffs” by those who let the contracts. Remember, you’re dealing with the government here.
Another example of why depending on the government to do anything correctly is a bad choice. Here we’ve no doubt got some complicated scheme to cut costs, pad the pockets of various cronies, and make it look like the prison work program is actually doing something useful.
uhhh....it’s just me, but maybe we shouldn’t be having this stuff made in PRISONS???
And to think that all those ‘safety shoes’ worn by many federal employees, were made in American prisons!!
PING!!!
Article and comments
From article:
ArmorSource ... FPI officials “pre-selected” helmets for what were supposed to be random quality checks, the IG report found, and staff directed inmates to alter documents “to falsely indicate that helmets passed inspection and met contract specifications.”
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Mr. Brackett said the company opted to settle the lawsuit and pay the $3 million in order to move on.
Thanks, george76
Were the defects incompetence, or sabotage?
Were the defects incompetence, or sabotage?
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Inmates were not allowed to have the proper tools and improper inspections followed.
From article:
Defense Contract Management Agency inspectors “did not perform proper inspections, lacked training, and submitted false inspection records wherein they attested that [helmet] lots were inspected when in fact they were not,” according to the report. “At least in one instance an inspector certified the lots as being inspected over a fax machine.”
The Justice Department report noted that the shoddy, makeshift tools used by the inmates were a security risk in themselves, as they could have been turned against prison guards.
Why aren’t they locked in their cells?
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