79). Prison labor has two advantages and they are as follows: (1) it reduces the recidivism of prisoners and lowers prison costs; (2) if prison labor is conducted properly, it produces profits that can be used to offset taxpayer-funded costs or incarceration of prisoners (Atkinson, 2012). There is countless research and articles about private companies in the United States that use prison workers to produce various products and allow prison labor to take place within privately run prison facilities.