Correctional industries advisory board. Membership on the board shall include representatives of organized labor, business, the criminal justice system and the educational community. The director of the department of corrections and the director of the department of employment, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the board. The department shall provide staff services as the advisory board requires to carry out its duties. The advisory board shall annually review and report to the governor and joint judiciary interim committee the performance of the correctional industries program within the department.
Correctional industries account.
Interest on funds in the account shall remain in the account. 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 constructs, leases or otherwise establishes facilities within the exterior boundaries of any state correctional facility to manufacture or process goods or conduct any other business, commercial or agricultural enterprise and employ inmates at the correctional facility. 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. Application of other laws. 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.