TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEIt is the mission of the Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Logistics Division to provide inmates with job skills in its industry, agribusiness, and logistics operations to enhance re-entry success while producing quality products and services for the agency and governmental entities.
Overview
The Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Logistics (MAL) Division is managed by a division director and executive staff that oversee Agribusiness, Land & Minerals, Financial Operations, Programs, Texas Correctional Industries (TCI), and Transportation & Supply. Coordination oversight of the MAL Division is provided by the chief financial officer.
Responsibilities
- Provide inmate work program participants with marketable job skills to help reduce recidivism through a coordinated program of job skills training and documentation of work history.
- Reduce costs to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) by providing quality products and services; and provide products and services for sale, on a for-profit basis, to federal and state government agencies and political subdivisions of the state.
- Procure, maintain, and monitor all TDCJ vehicles and related equipment.
- Warehouse goods and supplies.
- Transport goods for the TDCJ.
- Manage agricultural, land and mineral operations.
- Ensure emergency preparedness by maintaining products and services during emergency events when these items may otherwise be unattainable.
