Dear Sir,
I am a security professional speciallizing in the executive protection and
art transportation world. I think you might want to take a very close look
at what you are even suggesting. There are ramifications not only from a
civil point of view, but you may find the benificiaries of your museum less
then optomistic about implementing such a program. I can guarentee your
security staff will go ballistic, and your insurance company premiums will
sky rocket-if you can still get insurance-. Also, you will find lending
institutions reluctant to release their traveling exhibits to your
facility.
To make a long story shorter-you should probably drop the idea, and find
another avenue to persue.

Chris Simovich
Ronin Services Interational

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> For a possible session at next year's Midwest Museums Conference annual
> meeting, I would like to hear from anyone with experience using any kind
> of prison labor (community service, work release, adults, juveniles,
> etc.) in museum operations.  I am curious about how extensive the
> practice currently is, what applications it is notably effective or
> ineffective at, and whether--given current trends in both museum funding
> and in the costs of correctional systems--prison labor may become more
> common in the years ahead.  Please reply either directly or through the
> list.
>