Arizona Correctional Industries

MISSION

To create opportunities for offenders to develop marketable job skills, civility and good work habits through enterprises that produce quality products and services for our customers.

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

Arizona Correctional Industries reports to the Program Services Division Director of the Department of Corrections.

In conjunction with its formal organizational structure, ACI's business and financial operations are periodically reviewed by the ACI Board of Directors.

Structured along the lines of a traditional private enterprise, ACI industries and related activities are directed through two administrative units and three Operational Bureaus:

Administrative Services: The Administrative Services Unit provides support for all administrative functions of the division including all matters related to planning, personnel, legal affairs, and public information.

Business Development: The ACI Business Development Unit has Primary responsibility for the development and maintenance of Prison Industry/Private Sector or Governmental Partnerships. These ACI Partnerships provide for the use of inmate labor in the manufacture of goods and/or production of services. The ACI Business Development Unit administers and manages the division's Partnership Programs by developing contracts and monitoring compliance with strict laws, rules and regulations.

Finance and Accounting: The Finance and Accounting Bureau is assigned specific responsibility for an assortment of the division's administrative, financial and support functions through five units: accounting, information technology, purchasing, materials management, and cost and inventory control.

Marketing and Sales: The Marketing and Sales Bureau has responsibility for the overall activities associated with generating business and providing customer service. The bureau operates with a staff of four industrial sales representatives and a customer service unit .

Operations: The Operations Bureau is divided into three geographic regions. Each Region Operations Manager is responsible for all ACI manufacturing and production facilities and activities located within their region. The Operations Bureau Administrator and Region Operations Managers work closely and in full partnership with Prison administrators and their institutional staff located throughout the state.