Section 14-7-10 Manufactured or produced articles or products – Specifications. Any article or product manufactured by the Board of Corrections for sale through the Finance Department to any office, department, institution or agency of the state or to any political subdivision thereof shall be manufactured or produced only upon state specifications developed by and through […]
Section 14-7-11 Manufactured or produced articles or products – Prices. The Board of Corrections and the Finance Department shall fix and determine the prices at which all articles or products manufactured or produced shall be furnished. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §10.)
Section 14-7-12 Manufactured or produced articles or products – Catalogues; requests for manufacture or production of additional articles or products. (a) The Board of Corrections shall cause to be prepared, at such times as it may determine, catalogues containing an accurate and complete description of all articles and products manufactured or produced by it pursuant […]
Section 14-7-13 Manufactured or produced articles or products – Requirement as to purchase of articles or products by state offices, etc., generally; purchases by political subdivisions. (a) On and after August 13, 1976, all offices, departments, institutions and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by this state and political […]
Section 14-7-14 Manufactured or produced articles or products – Exceptions as to requirement of purchase of articles or products by state offices, etc. Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions in subsection (a) of Section 14-7-13 may be made in the case of articles or products produced or manufactured in work shops or home […]
Section 14-7-15 Reports as to purchases by state offices, etc. At least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Finance Department shall provide to the Board of Corrections summary reports of the kind and amount of articles and products purchased for state offices, departments, institutions and agencies based upon the previous nine […]
Section 14-7-16 Reports as to purchases by state offices, etc. – Priorities as to purposes to which articles or products to be devoted. In keeping with the primary objective of vocational training and rehabilitation of prisoners, the articles or products manufactured or produced by prison labor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall […]
Section 14-7-16.1 Volunteer fire department and rescue squad organizations purchase of goods and services offered by Correctional Industries Division. Any volunteer fire department and rescue squad organizations operating in this state which have been granted an exemption under the provision of Section 40-18-32 or approved by the Federal Internal Revenue Service may purchase goods and […]
Section 14-7-17 Reports of annual audits by State Auditor. In addition to the information ordinarily required by law in the annual audits of expenditures and operations of the Board of Corrections made by the State Auditor, after August 13, 1976 such annual audit reports shall also include a detailed statement of all materials, machinery or […]
Section 14-7-18 Preparation and promulgation of policies as to administration of chapter. The Board of Corrections shall have the power and authority to prepare and promulgate policies which are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this chapter with respect to matters of administration respecting the same. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §12.)
Section 14-7-19 Authorization of Industrial Revolving Fund and expenditures therefrom. In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Legislature shall authorize in its annual appropriations an Industrial Revolving Fund and set the amount therein for the use of the Board of Corrections. The board is authorized to expend such moneys out of […]
Section 14-7-20 Disposition of proceeds from sale, etc., of articles or products; transfer to State General Fund of excess funds in Industrial Revolving Fund. All moneys collected by the Board of Corrections from the sale or disposition of articles and products manufactured or produced by prison labor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, […]
Section 14-7-21 Sale, etc., of surplus agricultural products and personal property. The Board of Corrections shall have the power to authorize the commissioner of the Board of Corrections to sell and dispose of all surplus agricultural products and all personal property owned by the Board of Corrections which have not been manufactured by the board […]
Section 14-7-22 Sale or offer for sale on open market of articles or products manufactured by prisoners. (a) It shall be unlawful for the Department of Corrections to sell or offer for sale on the open market of this state any articles or products manufactured wholly or in part in this or any other state […]
Section 14-7-22.1 Prison industry programs. (a) In order to implement work-oriented rehabilitation programs in an actual private enterprise work environment, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections may contract or enter into agreements with private individuals, enterprises, partnerships, or corporations to develop joint plants, businesses, factories, or commercial enterprises. The contracts or agreements shall be […]
Section 14-7-23 Construction of chapter. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect Sections 21-2-1 through 21-2-4. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §18.)
Section 14-7-6 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Prison-Made Goods Act of Alabama.” (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §1.)
Section 14-7-7 Purpose of chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intent of this chapter: (1) To provide more adequate, regular and suitable employment for the vocational training and rehabilitation of the prisoners of this state, consistent with proper penal purposes. (2) To utilize the labor of prisoners for self-maintenance, reimbursing this state for […]
Section 14-7-8 Powers of Board of Corrections. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-454 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The Alabama Department of Corrections may do all of the following: (1) Purchase, in the manner prescribed by law, equipment, raw materials, components, […]
Section 14-7-9 Issuance of press release and notice as to public hearing upon decision of Board of Corrections to obligate funds to initiation of manufacturing in industry in which not previously engaged. At least 30 days prior to a final decision by the Board of Corrections to obligate any funds to initiate manufacturing in an […]
