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Lee Blackman

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Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

This sign right here is 12 foot tall. This is going somewhere on Interstate 95 in North Carolina.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

This sign right here is 12 foot tall. This is going somewhere on Interstate 95 in North Carolina.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

This sign right here is 12 foot tall. This is going somewhere on Interstate 95 in North Carolina.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

That's going to give you information about what road you're on right now, the intersections that are coming up, what is the next town coming up, the exit and so forth.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

That's going to give you information about what road you're on right now, the intersections that are coming up, what is the next town coming up, the exit and so forth.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

That's going to give you information about what road you're on right now, the intersections that are coming up, what is the next town coming up, the exit and so forth.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

Yes, it is.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

Yes, it is.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

Yes, it is.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

Our plant is actually divided into two different halves. This is what we call the project end where we manufacture mostly your big overhead signs that you see there. The other end is what we call the maintenance sign of the plant. That's where your smaller signs, let's say your 30, 36-inch stop signs that you'd see in a rural setting, your standard speed limit signs are back there.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

Our plant is actually divided into two different halves. This is what we call the project end where we manufacture mostly your big overhead signs that you see there. The other end is what we call the maintenance sign of the plant. That's where your smaller signs, let's say your 30, 36-inch stop signs that you'd see in a rural setting, your standard speed limit signs are back there.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

Our plant is actually divided into two different halves. This is what we call the project end where we manufacture mostly your big overhead signs that you see there. The other end is what we call the maintenance sign of the plant. That's where your smaller signs, let's say your 30, 36-inch stop signs that you'd see in a rural setting, your standard speed limit signs are back there.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

That's got the exact specifications that DOT wants for this sign. The type of sheeting, the color of sheeting, the overlays. So this routing sheet is going to follow this sign all through the process.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

That's got the exact specifications that DOT wants for this sign. The type of sheeting, the color of sheeting, the overlays. So this routing sheet is going to follow this sign all through the process.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

That's got the exact specifications that DOT wants for this sign. The type of sheeting, the color of sheeting, the overlays. So this routing sheet is going to follow this sign all through the process.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

We use four different gauges or thicknesses of the metal. Our largest sheet is 48 by 144, which is four foot wide, 12 foot long.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

We use four different gauges or thicknesses of the metal. Our largest sheet is 48 by 144, which is four foot wide, 12 foot long.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

We use four different gauges or thicknesses of the metal. Our largest sheet is 48 by 144, which is four foot wide, 12 foot long.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

There's no paint on the side. It's all sheeting and it's all translucent ink. This piece of equipment is called a squeeze roll applicator. The machine is set to a specific brush and that will directly apply the sheeting to the piece of metal.

Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor

There's no paint on the side. It's all sheeting and it's all translucent ink. This piece of equipment is called a squeeze roll applicator. The machine is set to a specific brush and that will directly apply the sheeting to the piece of metal.

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