Section 25-13-104 – Agreements With Private Employers; Leases.
25-13-104. Agreements with private employers; leases. (a) The department, in consultation with the correctional industries advisory board, may establish programs for the employment of inmates by private employers and enter into agreements with private employers under which the employer owns, constructs, leases to or from the department or otherwise establishes facilities to manufacture or process […]
Section 25-13-105 – Voluntary Employment.
25-13-105. Voluntary employment. An inmate may be employed under this act only on a voluntary basis and only after the inmate has been informed of all conditions of employment.
Section 25-13-106 – Application of Other Laws.
25-13-106. Application of other laws. (a) The employer shall contribute to the state worker’s compensation fund at the appropriate rate calculated by the worker’s compensation division for the work being performed. (b) A nongovernmental enterprise operating on any correctional facility premises under this act is subject to all laws and rules otherwise governing the operation […]
Section 25-13-107 – Compensation of Employed Inmates; Payment and Disposition.
25-13-107. Compensation of employed inmates; payment and disposition. (a) Any agreement entered into between the department and a private employer under this act shall provide that an employed inmate shall be paid wages at a rate which is not less than that paid for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the […]
Section 25-13-101 – Definitions.
25-13-101. Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) “Advisory board” or “board” means the correctional industries advisory board created by W.S. 25-13-102; (ii) “Department” means the department of corrections; (iii) “Inmate” means a person serving a felony sentence in a state correctional facility; (iv) “State correctional facility” means the Wyoming state penitentiary, the Wyoming […]
Section 25-13-102 – Correctional Industries Advisory Board.
25-13-102. Correctional industries advisory board. (a) There is created the correctional industries advisory board. The board shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the governor. Members shall serve a three (3) year term provided that of the initial board, two (2) members shall be appointed for a one (1) year term, two (2) members […]
Section 25-13-103 – Correctional Industries Account.
25-13-103. Correctional industries account. (a) There is created the correctional industries account. The department shall deposit in the account all monies collected under W.S. 25-13-107(b)(iii) and all other revenues or profits that accrue from the operation of the correctional industries program created by this act until the account balance reaches five million dollars ($5,000,000.00). Annually, […]