Section 13-7-1. – Short title and purpose of chapter.

§ 13-7-1. Short title and purpose of chapter. This chapter shall be known as “An Act to Promote the State Use System of Industries in the Public Welfare Institutions”, and shall be interpreted to encourage the production of goods and merchandise in the public welfare institutions of this state. History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. 2106, […]

Section 13-7-10. – Price of goods.

§ 13-7-10. Price of goods. The price of all articles and materials supplied by the public welfare institutions shall conform as nearly as practicable to the wholesale market rates for similar goods manufactured elsewhere. Any difference of opinion in regard to price shall be submitted for arbitration to a representative of the department of corrections, […]

Section 13-7-11. – Standards and purchase agreements.

§ 13-7-11. Standards and purchase agreements. The director of corrections or his or her designee shall, from time to time, meet with the state purchasing agent to develop standards for commodities manufactured and produced by penal industries, and to prepare and secure compacts or agreements for the purchase of commodities from the penal institutions, so […]

Section 13-7-12. – Production standards — Determination of articles to be produced.

§ 13-7-12. Production standards — Determination of articles to be produced. The director of corrections or his or her designee shall establish certain standards of production, and shall by consultation and meeting with the state purchasing agent and the managing officers and purchasing agents of municipal offices, departments, and institutions determine the style, design, and […]

Section 13-7-13. – Manufacture on special order.

§ 13-7-13. Manufacture on special order. If articles or materials of a different design, style, or quality than those produced are needed by any state department or institution, the director of corrections may, if a sufficient quantity is needed, arrange for their manufacture of them on special order. History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. 2106, § […]

Section 13-7-14. – Penalty for violations.

§ 13-7-14. Penalty for violations. Any officer who willfully neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter relative to the purchase of articles and materials from the public welfare institutions shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation. History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. […]

Section 13-7-15. – Business operations and budget.

§ 13-7-15. Business operations and budget. Correctional industries shall maintain an accurate and timely accounting of monies received from the sale of products or services of committed offenders. Monies accredited into the correctional industries fund shall be used for the purchase of materials, supervision, and other requirements necessary to support the production of goods and […]

Section 13-7-2. – “Public welfare institutions” defined.

§ 13-7-2. “Public welfare institutions” defined. “Public welfare institutions” as used in this chapter means the adult correctional institutions. History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. 2106, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 64, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-7-2.

Section 13-7-3. – Vocational training opportunities — Production of goods or services.

§ 13-7-3. Vocational training opportunities — Production of goods or services. (a) The director of the department of corrections may establish within any of the institutions under his or her control vocational training programs, and programs for the actual manufacture, assembly, repair, fabrication, servicing, and production of commercially saleable commodities and services. (b) The director […]

Section 13-7-4. – Imported goods.

§ 13-7-4. Imported goods. The provisions of this chapter, and all other regulations and laws of this state not inconsistent with this chapter, shall apply to all goods, wares, and merchandise manufactured or mined, wholly or in part, by convicts or prisoners (except prisoners on parole or probation), or manufactured or mined in any penal […]

Section 13-7-5. – Repealed.

§ 13-7-5. Repealed.

Section 13-7-6. – Sale of goods and performance of services — Public agencies.

§ 13-7-6. Sale of goods and performance of services — Public agencies. For the purpose of this chapter, the provisions of § 13-7-3 shall not include: (1) The sale or exchange of convict-made goods produced in the public welfare institutions of this state, to or with other reformatory or custodial institutions, for their own consumption […]

Section 13-7-7. – Notice to public purchasing agents of articles being produced.

§ 13-7-7. Notice to public purchasing agents of articles being produced. (a) The department of corrections shall cause any articles and materials that are used in the offices, departments, or institutions of the state and of the several cities and towns to be produced by the labor of inmates in the public welfare institutions. (b) […]

Section 13-7-8. – Requisition of goods by public agencies.

§ 13-7-8. Requisition of goods by public agencies. When the state purchasing agent or agent of any state office, department, or institution has occasion to purchase any articles, services or materials similar to those produced in the adult correctional institutions, and notification of that production has been given to him or her pursuant to § […]

Section 13-7-8.1. – Requisition of goods by cities and towns.

§ 13-7-8.1. Requisition of goods by cities and towns. When the purchasing agent or the managing officer of any city or town office, department, or institution, has occasion to purchase any articles, services or materials similar to those produced at the adult correctional institutions, he or she shall notify the director of corrections of the […]

Section 13-7-9. – Repealed.

§ 13-7-9. Repealed.