Outsourcing to Indian Prisoners
In recent years companies have been outsourcing call-center operations to India as well as other overseas locations, and some companies have even moved call-centers to prisons within the United States. Perhaps then it was only a matter of time before someone attempted to combine the two.
Specifically, there is a new scheme to do just that at the Cherlapalli high-security prison on the outskirts of Hyderabad , India, that is still in the early stages of planning. Apparently there are many computer literate and professional prisoners at this facility that could be utilized in call-center work. The prison must first overcome current Indian regulations that do not allow Internet or phone access for prisoners, but despite this the organizers appear confident that the idea can work. They have already hired a software specialist to lay the groundwork.