---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 8.601"
title: "48"
number: "8.601"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/8.601"
---

# §8.601. General.

- (a) **Federal Prison Industries, Inc.**
  - (FPI) , also referred to as UNICOR, is a self-supporting, wholly owned Government corporation of the District of Columbia.
- (b) FPI provides training and employment for prisoners confined in Federal penal and correctional institutions through the sale of its supplies and services to Government agencies ([18 U.S.C. 4121-4128](/usc/18/4121-4128.md)).
- (c) **FPI diversifies its supplies and services to minimize adverse impact on private industry.**
- (d) Supplies manufactured and services performed by FPI are listed in the FPI Schedule, which can be accessed at http://www.unicor.gov or by submitting a written request to Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20534.
- (e) **Agencies are encouraged to purchase FPI supplies and services to the maximum extent practicable.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 16149, Mar. 26, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 18958, Apr. 11, 2005]

### Source

Source: 69 FR 16149, Mar. 26, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42129, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 16149, Mar. 26, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 18958, Apr. 11, 2005]