Teaching The Trade

"[IPMA] is extremely important," he says of his longtime membership. "It's my way of keeping up with the trade."

Handling jobs for the prison itself, as well as a number of gratis jobs for local non-profit organizations that could not otherwise afford printing, Ruprecht isn't exactly milking a cash cow. The in-plant gets a meager infusion from the institution's general budget, and Ruprecht is left to his wits to put together the rest.