§25-7-1. Legislative Findings
The Legislature finds that the means now provided for the use of inmate labor are inadequate to furnish a sufficient number of inmates with employment. It is the intent of this article: (a) To provide more adequate, regular and suitable employment for the inmates and confined juvenile or youthful offenders of this state; (b) To […]
§25-7-2. Citation of Article
This article may be cited as the Correctional Industries Act of 2009.
§25-7-3. Establishment of Industries at Correctional Facilities; Purposes and Extent
The Commissioner of the Division of Corrections or the commissioner's designee has exclusive authority to execute contracts for the sale of products manufactured or serviced at state correctional facilities, as necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The commissioner or designee is authorized to purchase equipment, raw materials and supplies and to employ […]
§25-7-4. Correctional Industries Service Contracts
(a) The commissioner may enter into contracts with private entities under which inmate or resident labor is provided through correctional industries for work involving the delivery of products or for service work. Service work means work which includes, but is not limited to, repairs, replacement of original manufactured items, packaging, sorting, recycling, labeling or similar […]
§25-7-5. Purchase of Inmate-Made Goods by State Agencies
(a) On and after the effective date of this article, all offices, departments, institutions and agencies of this state supported, in whole or in part, by state funds shall purchase all articles or products which they require from the commissioner, if those articles or products are produced or manufactured by correctional industries, as provided by […]
§25-7-6. Exceptions to Mandatory Purchase Requirement
Exceptions from the mandatory purchase provisions of section five of this article may be granted when a correctional industries article or product does not meet the reasonable requirements of the requesting state office, department, institution or agency, or when the requisition cannot be fulfilled because of insufficient supply or other reason. No state office, department, […]