Dive summary:

• New Hanover County, N.C. has started using local inmates to help pick up trash at the county landfill in order to save about $15,000 a year.
• The four inmates have that been assigned to the project work five days a week from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• The state has strict regulations for landfills, including for loose debris, so the county is also saving any money that they would have had to pay for possible citations.

From the article:

Landfill Manager Sam Hawes said doing this will save the department about $15,000 a year, plus whatever money they would have used to pay for possible citations.

"Sheriff McMahon challenged his senior staff with providing new ideas on how the Sheriff's Office could save money, this is the third project in which we've utilized inmate workers in the county", stated Sergeant Jerry Brewer. The first two projects include painting the jail and painting the animal control area. ...