Inmates seem to be the best conduit benders. They have nothing but time so they go slow and make things pretty. Desoto CI has a parallel run of conduits that has about 20 pipes and it runs the length of a BIG building, going over and around obstacles. It is truly a thing of beauty. All the conduit bodies line up, the curves all sweep in lock step and the variance of the pipes is less than you can see.
Over at Charlotte I had one job where an inmate had bent a perfect "2000" in 10' of 1/2" for the millenium and it had wire in it.
The super made them tear it out but I was willing to pass it, just for the whimsey.
It is an interesting place to work.
I have been "locked down" a few times, chased by COs with shotguns for driving into the wrong area and I saw a guy get killed in the yard once.
At Hendry they left me in the sallie port for over an hour once. I had the A/C on and I had my tunes. I really didn't care. There are harder ways to make $60 an hour.
