Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.321
Correctional industries act; short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "correctional industries act".
Michigan Compiled Laws — CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES ACT (Act 15 of 1968)
Michigan · statute · 15 of 1968, Mich. Comp. Laws · 15 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.322
“Correctional industries products” and “correctional institution” defined.
As used in this act: (a) "Correctional industries products" means all services provided, goods, wares, and merchandise manufactured or produced, wholly or in part, by inmates in any state correctional institution, but does not include either of the following: (i) Products manufactured with inmate labor or services rend…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.323
Commission of corrections; authority and duties.
The authority and duties contained in this act are vested in the commission of corrections.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.324
Commission of corrections; powers; participation in prison industry enhancement certification program.
(1) The department of corrections may do any of the following: (a) Construct, use, equip, and maintain buildings, machinery, boilers, and equipment that may be necessary to provide for the employment of inmate labor in the state correctional institutions for the manufacture of goods, wares, and merchandise and the oper…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.325
Correctional industries revolving fund; crediting money collected from inmate labor; expenditures.
Except as provided in section 7a, all money collected from the sale or disposition of goods, wares, and merchandise manufactured by inmate labor, or received for services provided by labor in the correctional institutions pursuant to this act, shall be turned over to the state treasurer and credited to the correctional…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.326
Sale, exchange, or purchase of correctional industries products; use of agricultural product produced on correctional farm; use of inmate labor; assignment of prison labor to private contractor; determination by department; participation by member of legislature; limitation.
(1) Correctional industries products may be sold, exchanged, or purchased by any of the following: (a) An institution of this or any other state or political subdivision of this or any other state, the federal government or agencies of the federal government, a foreign government or agencies of a foreign government, or…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.327
Employment of inmates; types of employment.
The department of corrections shall provide as fully as practicable for the employment of inmates in tasks consistent with the penal and rehabilitative purposes of their imprisonment and with the public economy. The types of employment shall be as follows: (a) Routine maintenance and operation of correctional instituti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.327a
Assignment of inmates to work in private manufacturing or service enterprise.
(1) Inmates may be assigned to work in a private manufacturing or service enterprise that meets all of the following requirements: (a) The enterprise is suitably designed for the utilization of inmate labor. Prisoners shall not be granted access to any employee, customer or client information including, but not limited…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.328
Correctional industries products; duties of director of department of management and budget.
The director of the department of management and budget shall prescribe specifications, standards, quality tests, methods, and conditions of packaging and conditions and times of delivery for correctional industries products purchased by this state, and may inspect, accept, or reject correctional industries products to…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.329
Purchase and sale of similar finished goods, materials, or equipment.
Correctional industries, with the approval of the department of management and budget, may purchase finished goods, materials, or equipment of the same type as ordinarily produced by correctional industries. The industries may then sell the items to those entities for whom production by correctional industries is permi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.330
Correctional institution maintained by political subdivision; sale or disposal of products; MCL 800.328 and 800.329 inapplicable.
A correctional institution now maintained by a political subdivision of this state may sell or otherwise dispose of its correctional institution products to the institutions or departments of the county or political subdivision in which the institution is located. The provisions of sections 8 and 9 shall not apply to a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.331
Intent of act; correctional industries as total self-supporting system; methods of purchasing and accounting.
(1) It is the intent of this act to do all of the following: (a) Provide adequate, regular, diversified, and suitable employment for inmates of the state for the purpose of enhancing job skills consistent with proper penal purposes. (b) Utilize the labor of inmates for self-maintenance and for reimbursing the state for…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.332
Schedule of payments or allowances to inmates or dependents.
The department of corrections may adopt a schedule of payments or allowances to inmates or to their dependents from the funds as may be provided for the payment. This section does not apply to the payment of wages to inmates assigned to work in private manufacturing or service enterprises under section 7a.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.333
Violation of act by public officer; penalty.
Wilful violations of any of the provisions of this act by an officer of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, or by any officer of any institution of either, shall be sufficient cause for removal from office, and subject such officer to prosecution as provided in section 14.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.334
Violation of act; misdemeanor.
Any person, firm or corporation who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.