There is created the correctional industries 24 advisory board. Membership on the board shall include 5 representatives of labor, business, the criminal justice 6 system and the educational community. The director of the 7 department of corrections and the director of the department 8 of labor, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio 9 nonvoting members of the board. The department shall provide staff services as the 24 advisory board requires to carry out its duties. The advisory board shall annually review the 5 performance of the correctional industries program within 6 the department.
Correctional industries account.
Interest on funds in the account shall remain 21 in the account. The department, in consultation with the correctional 7 industries advisory board, may establish programs for the 8 employment of inmates by private employers and enter into 9 agreements with private employers under which the employer 10 constructs, leases or otherwise establishes facilities 11 within the exterior boundaries of any state correctional 12 facility to manufacture or process goods or conduct any 13 other business, commercial or agricultural enterprise and 14 employ inmates at the correctional facility. An inmate may be employed under this act only on a voluntary 19 basis and only after the inmate has been informed of all 20 conditions of employment. Application of other laws. A nongovernmental enterprise operating on any 5 correctional facility premises under this act is subject to 6 all laws and rules otherwise governing the operation of 7 similar enterprises in this state.