Exhibit B — USA v. Ayvazyan et al. (Dkt. 1449-2, C.D. Cal.)

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Exhibit B, filed as Document 1449-2 on 04/08/24 in Case 2:20-cr-00579-SVW, is a February 22, 2024 Federal Prison Industries memorandum from B. Gunn, Factory Manager, recommending Arthur Ayvazyan, who works as a factory line sewer at the UNICOR factory at FCC Yazoo City Low II in Mississippi. The memo says Ayvazyan began work there in May of 2023 and has shown respectful communication, punctuality, creativity and initiative, including training other inmates during a period when the factory's operations were at risk. It cites research that inmates who work in prison industries are 24 percent less likely to recidivate and 14 percent more likely to be gainfully employed. The exhibit also includes a certificate showing that Arthur Ayvazyan completed the House of Healing Faith Base Program at the Federal Correctional Complex Yazoo City, awarded in January 2024.

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EXHIBIT B
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United States Government
Memorandum
Federal Prison Industries
Post Office Box 5000
Yazoo City, MS 39194
TO: To Whom It May Concern
FROM: B, Gunn / Factory Manager
DATE: February 22, 2024
SUBJECT: Letter of Recommendation from UNICOR Staff for
Arthur Ayvazyan, Reg. # 66456-112
UNICOR inmates learn valuable real-world job skills and gain work experience in such areas as clothing
and textile production, electronics training, and vehicle reconditioning that will ultimately help them find
gainful employment upon release. At UNICOR, we pride ourselves on providing rehabilitative
opportunities that instill the values of hard work, honesty, integrity, group participation, goal setting,
problem solving and a multitude of additional high-demand employee traits. These qualities benefit both
inmate’s future employers and inmates as they transition back into society. As the current Factory Manager
for the factory at FCC Yazoo City Low II, in Mississippi, where inmate Ayvazyan is currently works as a
factory line sewer, I state the following:
Our records reveal inmate Ayvazyan began his employment with this UNICOR factory in May of 2023.
During his employment within our factory, inmate Ayvazyan demonstrates respectful communications with
UNICOR staff members, arrives on time for work, shows creativity while performing his duties, takes
initiative to learn other operations, and is consistently committed to improving the factory output. During
a transitional time period where operations of this factory were at risk, inmate Ayvazyan not only performed
his duties in an exemplary manner, but he continually showed initiative to complete his operations and
transactions while training other inmates. Inmate Ayvazyan’s work ethic while employed on the factory
line, his leadership and “team-first” mentality have made him a highly valued team player.
Finally, research demonstrates that inmates who work in prison industries are 24 percent less likely to
recidivate than non-program participants are, and 14 percent more likely to be gainfully employed. This
fact, coupled with my positive observations of inmate Ayvazyan’s work ethic and personal character while
employed at UNICOR, leads me to write this letter of recommendation.
Sincerely,
B. Gunn / Factory Manager
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Let it be known that
Arthur Ayvazyan
Has satisfactorily completed
HOUSE OF HEALING
FAITH BASE PROGRAM
AT THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX YAZOO CITY, MS
AWARDED ON THE 30TH DAY OF JANUARY 2024.
[signature]
R. G. Woods, Staff Chaplain
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