Partners & Services

The Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) is a work program created by Congress in 1979 to encourage states and units of local government to establish employment opportunities for incarcerated men and women that approximate private-sector work opportunities. The program is designed to place incarcerated men and women in a realistic work environment, pay them the prevailing local wage for similar work, and enable them to acquire marketable skills to increase their potential for successful rehabilitation and meaningful employment on release.

Since 1987, CSI has been an active participant in the PIECP program. Our emphasis lies in seeking to establish working partnerships with private sector businesses, which provides benefits to the private-sector business and allows CSI to

• generate products and services that enable incarcerated men and women to make a contribution to society
• help offset the cost of their incarceration, compensate crime victims, and support their families
• reduce incarcerated men and women idleness
• increase incarcerated men and women job skills, and
• improve the prospects for successful incarcerated men and women transition to the community upon release

PICEP is a program of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the US Depratment of Justice. Read more about the program works, its record of success, and its objectives and benefits here. The goods produced by the incarcerated workers help to offset the cost of their incarceration, compensate crime victims, and support incarcerated workers’ families (see a breakdown on the table below). Research shows that parties other than the inmates themselves are the first benefciaries of PIECP inmate incomes: 30 percent is returned in the form of taxpayer savings (through room and board deductions); 11 percent to Social Security and Medicare, and 8 percent to victims of crime (Petersik,T., T. Nayak, and M.K. Foreman, Identifying Benefciaries of PIE Inmate Incomes, The National Correctional Industries Association, July 31, 2003).

Please email Erika Meyerhoffer or call 402-471-1259 for more information.

PRINTING SERVICES

Is your office copier keeping up with your printing needs? Want to stand-out from the rest? Our state-of-the-art digital press prints full color for a variety of printing requests. Our design team will work with you for all of your print and bindery projects. Contact the Print Shop directly at 402-479-6200 or dcs.csiprintshop@nebraska.gov for a price quote.

For years state agencies, counties, and non-profits have discovered the significant benefits from partnering with CSI. The benefits for you includes competitive pricing, high quality and dependability, design and wide selection, large production capacity and FREE Statewide Delivery.

Our skilled workers provide printing production in a variety of printing needs and services including: 

 
Have questions about the difference in colors you see and print. Read more about understanding colors here.

Custom order your printing with your own category (see below). Contact the CSI Print Shop directly 402-479-6200 or dcs.csiprintshop@nebraska.gov to setup a contract for your agency.

LAUNDRY SERVICE

CSI has two laundry facilities located at the Nebraska State Penitentiary and the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. The facilities are used for the laundry needs of the incarcerated men and women in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. In addition, CSI has contracts with county and state agencies to do their laundry, including County Hospitals, County Health Centers, Vets Homes and some higher education institutions. Here is how it works:

CSI picks up the laundry at no cost to the customer. When the truck arrives at the facility, the laundry goes through an x-ray machine. Combined, the two laundry facilities use two 900 lb, four 675 lb, three 135 lb, and two 95 lb washers. There are five 200 lb and four 400 lb dryers, two very large ironing/folding machine, professional hand irons and steam presses. We wash, dry, iron and fold the laundry. The service includes the use of sewing machines for repairs and alterations and a special sewing machine for towel edging repairs. If needed, hand folding is also available. All laundry processed is sorted, counted, stacked, hung or shrink wrapped and in covered, plastic transport carts provided by CSI. We x-ray the transport carts and deliver the laundry back to the customer at no cost. Our laundry service meets or exceeds all state statutes, CDC laundry requirements and industry standards for hygiene and infection control. 

Here is a non-inclusive list of laundry items:

Bath towels  ♦  Bath blankets  ♦  Wash cloths  ♦  Bedspreads  ♦  Blankets  ♦  Top sheets  ♦  Fitted sheets  ♦  Pillow cases  ♦  Clothing protectors (bibs)  ♦  Patient gowns  ♦  Patient pajama bottoms  ♦  Robes  ♦  Sweatshirts  ♦  Scrubs  ♦  Aprons  ♦  Lab Coats  ♦  Jumpsuits  ♦  Hot Pads  ♦  Mops for dusting  ♦  Mop-heads used for floor-scrubbing  ♦  Rags   ♦  Other

Our laundry customers can take advantage of the floor mat service. This is an exclusive service to our laundry customers only.

FLOOR MAT SERVICE

CSI offers walk off mat rental and washing services for our contract laundry customers only.  This additional service can be incorporated in the routine laundry pickup and delivery schedules.

If you are interested in this service, here is what you need to know: 

• CSI will purchase and retain ownership of a mat inventory that is leased out to contract laundry customers.  CSI will order a set of 2 mats that will typically be rotated weekly, to service one facility location.  More frequent pickups and deliveries can be accommodated as weather conditions dictate.
• CSI will initially prep and deliver a set of mats to the facility and explain how the mats are to be rotated into the service/washing routine.
• The facility is responsible to collect the soiled mats and deliver them to the laundry pickup site where the CSI driver also makes his routine laundry stop.  When one soiled mat is sent in for cleaning, the facility will utilize the second mat to provide the clean coverage for that location.
• CSI will provide a laundry cart to accommodate the collection and distribution of the rental mats.
• The CSI driver will return the cleaned mats to the same laundry delivery location and will have a form for the facility personnel to sign for receipt.
• The CSI laundries will clean and inspect the leased mats during the washing process.  Mats that are worn or damaged will be removed from service and replaced by CSI so the facility can expect continual high quality and maintenance free service.

Billing Information:

• Billing will occur monthly based on a biweekly wash cycle throughout the year.  This routine will allow a clean mat to be rotated each week at each location.  The facility can expect to have 2 billing cycles included on the monthly bill for 10 months of the year.  There will be 3 billing cycles included in 2 months during the year, similar to a biweekly payroll calendar.
• The billing routine will occur based on the set of mats provided per facility location.  The facility is responsible to collect the mats for processing and will be billed whether the service is utilized or not.

Please contact your CSI Sales Representative for more details.

CSI has added four new Melco EMT16X embroidery machines to the Sewing Shop at the Omaha Correctional Center. These high-output production machines allow us to do custom embroidery for our customers. Our new embroidery service is available for small to extra large items.

The Melco EMT16 PLUS embroidery machines are controlled by a Windows-based computer running the Melco Operating System. These 16 needle embroidery machines are packed with advanced features, enabling quality embroidery at high speeds on a wide variety of products. With 16 needles, plenty of color options are available. Sew speeds up to 1500 stitches per minute will produce even the largest, most complex designs quickly. A large sew field, and a variety of accessories and attachments give this embroidery machine the flexibility to embroider logos, monograms, and many other designs on hats, bags, polo shirts, horse coolers, backpacks, pockets, towels, and dozens of other products. Take your project to the next level and keep with the latest trends like 3D look ball caps and custom backpacks.

Take a look at this new horse cooler and the vest to see the detailed work we can do for you.