. >> thank you congressman and unicorp, the sole mission of unicorp is to train and employ inmates fort you said and give them a skill to return to being productive members of society. the last recidivism review they did which is several years old 24 percent inmates work for a federal prison industry were less likely to recidivate, 16 percent were more likely to be gainfully employed upon release so it is a good program. we like to say it's one of our number one if not the number one evidence-based program, teaching the skills you spoke up. you're correct, 95 percent of people in our custody will return to society though it's important to do that. we have a board of directors, they take their statutory responsibilities very seriously. they do minimize the impact of any given industry. certainly we do that through public comment and board hearings, things of that nature for those that think we are taking from local industries. there's procedures in place that they can apply for that. >> thank you and i don't have a lot of time left so let me ask one other thing. i know it's one of the g

director, you spoke a little bit about unicorp and how successful it has been. could you talk more about that program and how we can improve upon the success of the program? how can congress be a better partner in helping those that will be coming back in society? mr. carvajal: i appreciate that, congresswoman. speaking about it and being able to support the program in and of itself, often times we are criticized that we are taking jobs from the local communities. we have a board of directors that oversee that. it is a great program, the more we can keep inmates teaching them a. the other thing, we are teaching them soft skills of the gantry. some of these folks have never had a job in an actual factory and punch a clock. they are earning a decent living. part of that is paying financial responsibility, a lot of them are able to help support their families. teaching that soft skill, which is 50% of our mission, reentry. we want the same thing, we want people to go back as productive members of society and we are committed to doing that. job of our mission is kee

director, you spoke a little bit about unicorp and how successful it has been. could you talk more about that program and how we can improve upon the success of the program? how can congress be a better partner in helping those that will be coming back in society? mr. carvajal: i appreciate that, congresswoman. speaking about it and being able to support the program in and of itself, often times we are criticized that we are taking jobs from the local communities. we have a board of directors that oversee that. it is a great program, the more we can keep inmates teaching them a. the other thing, we are teaching them soft skills of the gantry. some of these folks have never had a job in an actual factory and punch a clock. they are earning a decent living. part of that is paying financial responsibility, a lot of them are able to help support their families. teaching that soft skill, which is 50% of our mission, reentry. we want the same thing, we want people to go back as productive members of society and we are committed to doing that. job of our mission is kee

director, you spoke a little bit about unicorp and how successful it has been. could you talk a little bit more about that program and how we could even improve upon the success and how congress can be a better partner helping those that will be coming back into society? >> i appreciate that, congresswoman. i think speaking about it and being able to support the program in itself often times we are criticized that we are taking jobs from the local communities and as stated earlier we have a board of directorses who oversees. it's a great program and the more we can keep inmates teaching them the trades. the other thing we are teaching them the soft skills of free entry. some of these folks have never had an actual job and punch the clock soac to speak. they are also earning a decent living for being incarcerated. part of that is paying for financial responsibility. a lot of them are able to help support their families. again, teaching that soft skill which is 50% of the mission of reentry. i have to stress we want the same thing, we want people to go back to soc