Inurement Correctional Facility

Inurement Correctional Facility was the largest labor camp out of the 12 existing facilities. It was owned and operated by Cornovis and grew all the food and cotton for colonized space. The farms, housing, offices, and other buildings covered the entire span of Mersey's Dresden Desert and part of the forest on the far eastern corner. It was surrounded by a 12 foot tall fence that looked merely chain link, but was actually a holographic projection masking the real fence - an even taller metal one that was electrified and would disintegrate anyone within a 5 foot radius. The only person known to ever escape was two-time prisoner Rodrigo Juan Ramirez, who was presumably found living on the nearby planet Vitellius but was never convicted again.

Founding (2191)
At a time when food was becoming scarce due to the loss of communication with Earth, and the rising crime rates, the company Cornovis created a "correctional facility" system that included both schools and prisons. Schools to educate and decrease crime in the future and prisons that act as labor camps where the inmates grow food. Officials conducted tests on all colonized planets to be able to find the planet with the most fertile soil, and they settled on the desert of Mersey after a long moral debate regarding the deserts climate - there were 20 hours of sunlight and only 6 of night. However, after establishing the funds and permits, Cornovis finished construction on Inurement in late March, 2191. They emptied out several old and over populated state prisons and had them transported to the new facility where they immediately began demonstrations. There were riots at first - many of the new inmates were not willing to work under any circumstances and were shot on the spot. After the first year, and the first harvest seasons, things were looking up. The food shortage was disappearing and Cornovis' income had tripled. 11 smaller facilities were opened over the course of 100 years, where the manufacturing of weaponry, vehicles, household items, and building materials were diverted.