Chapter 1 – General Administration

11040.11.1 Operations Branches

• The four operations branches provide a headquarters’ overview with technical assistance to CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) manufacturing, agricultural, and service enterprises in its facilities. The operations branches also ensure consistency of operations between similar factories and operating policies and practices of the factories, with the goals and objectives of CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA). The four operations branches provide technical expertise in various areas and exercise a major role in the planning and design of new products, equipment, and facilities. The four branches and their areas of expertise are:

  • Wood/Metal Products Branch. The branch provides technical expertise in wood and metal products, general fabrication, textile mill, and engineering.

  • Soft Goods Branch. The branch provides technical expertise in fabric products, knitting mill, shoes, fiberglass, mattress and bedding, and precast concrete products.

  • Service and Consumables Branch. This branch provides technical expertise in laundry, detergent products, coffee, bakery, poultry, eggs, swine, meat processing, dairy, farm, and transportation.

  • Activation Branch. This branch coordinates the onsite implementation of new CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) enterprises at facilities statewide. The branch also provides technical expertise in optical, dental, printing, bindery, paper products, micrographics, and key data entry.