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AR Code § 12-30-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-202. Legislative intent

 Whereas, the means now provided for the employment of prison labor are inadequate to furnish a sufficient number of prisoners with diversified employment, it is declared to be the intent of this subchapter:   (1) To further provide more adequate, regular, and suitable employment for the prisoners of this state, consistent with proper penal purposes;  (2) To further utilize the labor of prisoners for self-maintenance and for reimbursing this state for expenses incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment; and  (3) To effect the requisitioning and disbursement of prison products directly through established state authorities with no possibility of private profits therefrom.
AR Code § 12-30-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-203. Establishment of prison industries

 The Board of Corrections may purchase, in the manner provided by law, equipment, raw materials, and supplies and engage supervisory personnel necessary to establish and maintain for this state, at the Division of Correction or institution under control of the board, industries for the utilization of services of prisoners in the manufacture or production of articles or products as may be needed for the construction, operation, maintenance, or use of any office, department, division, institution, or agency supported, in whole or in part, by this state and the political subdivisions of this state.
AR Code § 12-30-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-204. Purchase of goods by state and local agencies

 (a)  (1) All offices, departments, divisions, institutions, and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by this state, and all political subdivisions of this state, may purchase, at the discretion of the office, department, division, institution, or agency, from the Board of Corrections any products required by the offices, departments, divisions, institutions, agencies, or political subdivisions of this state produced or manufactured by the Division of Correction utilizing prison labor as provided for by this subchapter.  (2)  (A)  (i) The Revenue Division may request that the board propose the purchase of license plates which are necessary as evidence of registration of motor vehicles and trailers to be issued by the Revenue Division’s revenue offices.  (ii) The license plates would be produced or manufactured by the Division of Correction utilizing prison labor.    (B) The provisions of this subdivision (a)(2) shall be applicable beginning with the contracts for purchase or any purchases of license plates which are required after the expiration of any contracts for the purchase or manufacture of license plates that are in effect.      (b) Such offices, departments, divisions, institutions, and agencies shall not be required to submit an invitation for bid to the board for all products known to be produced or manufactured by the Division of Correction utilizing prison labor as provided for by this subchapter.  (c)  (1) The Division of Correction may enter into an agreement with the Old State House Commission to utilize inmate labor in the production or manufacture of items for resale by the Old State House Museum.  (2) Except as provided in subdivision (c)(3) of this section, the proceeds from the sales of the items produced or manufactured under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be used by the Old State House Museum to:  (A) Develop exhibits and programs about the history of the Division of Correction; or  (B) Maintain the Old State House Museum's collection of the Division of Correction artifacts.    (3) The Division of Correction and the commission may by rule modify the use of the proceeds from the sale of items produced or manufactured under subdivision (c)(1) of this section.    (d) All purchases made pursuant to this section shall be made through the Division of Correction's purchasing division, upon requisition by the proper authority of the office, department, division, institution, agency, or political subdivision of this state requiring the articles or products.
AR Code § 12-30-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-205. Purchase of goods by nonprofit organizations and other individuals

 (a) A nonprofit organization may purchase goods produced by the Division of Correction's Industry Division as provided for by this subchapter.  (b)  (1) Goods produced by the Industry Division as provided for by this subchapter may also be purchased by:  (A) Current employees and retirees of the Division of Correction;  (B)  (i) Current employees and retirees of the public offices, departments, divisions, institutions, school districts, and agencies of this state.  (ii) Subdivision (b)(1)(B)(i) of this section does not include members of the General Assembly; and    (C) Current and former members of the Board of Corrections.    (2) Goods purchased by an individual under subdivision (b)(1) of this section:  (A) Shall be for personal use only and not for resale; and  (B) Exclusive of fees assessed by the Industry Division and applicable taxes, may not exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for any one (1) purchase of home furnishings for any one (1) fiscal year.      (c) Goods or products that are produced, assembled, or packaged in whole or in part by the Division of Correction utilizing prison labor may be sold to inmates of the Division of Correction, Division of Community Correction, or a local correctional facility.
AR Code § 12-30-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-206. Prices

 (a) The Board of Corrections shall fix and determine the prices at which all articles or products manufactured or produced shall be furnished.  (b) The prices shall be uniform and nondiscriminating to all and shall not exceed the wholesale market prices with the exception of goods or items produced, assembled, or packaged in whole or in part specifically for sale or resale to inmates of the Division of Correction, Division of Community Correction, or a local correctional facility.
AR Code § 12-30-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-207. Catalogues

 (a) The Board of Corrections shall cause to be prepared, at such times as the board may determine, catalogues containing the description of all articles and products manufactured or produced by the board pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) Copies of the catalogue shall be sent by the board to all offices, departments, institutions, and agencies of this state and made accessible to all political subdivisions of this state referred to in § 12-30-204.
AR Code § 12-30-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-209. Order of distribution

 The articles or products manufactured or produced by prison labor in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter shall be devoted:   (1) First, to fulfilling the requirements of the offices, departments, institutions, and agencies of this state that are supported in whole or in part by this state; and  (2) Second, to supply the political subdivisions of this state with the articles and products.
AR Code § 12-30-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-210. Annual report

 (a) The Division of Correction's Industry Division shall make an annual full and detailed report of:  (1) All materials, machinery, or other property procured, the cost of the materials, machinery, or other property procured, and the expenditures made during the last preceding year for production purposes, together with a statement of all materials then on hand to be produced, in process of production, or already produced;  (2) All machinery, fixtures, or other appurtenances for the purpose of carrying out the work of the Industry Division;  (3) The earnings realized during the last preceding fiscal year as the proceeds of the sale of items produced by the Industry Division; and  (4) The Industry Division's current inventory stock price list.    (b)  (1) The report shall be verified by the oath of the Director of the Division of Correction and shall be forwarded to the Board of Corrections by the director within ninety (90) days after the end of the last preceding fiscal year.  (2) The board shall review the report described under this section and shall make the report available on the Division of Correction's website.
AR Code § 12-30-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-211. Rules

 The Board of Corrections shall have power and authority to prepare and promulgate rules which are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this subchapter with respect to matters of administration and procedure respecting them.
AR Code § 12-30-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-212. Auditor of State bound by voucher or warrant

 No voucher, certificate, or warrant issued on the Auditor of State by any office, department, institution, or agency shall be questioned by the Auditor of State or by the Treasurer of State on the grounds that this subchapter has not been complied with by the office, department, institution, or agency.
AR Code § 12-30-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-213. Intentional violations

 If an intentional violation of this subchapter by any office, department, institution, or agency continues, after notice from the Governor to desist, then the intentional violation shall constitute a malfeasance in office and shall subject the person or persons responsible for this violation to suspension or removal from office.
AR Code § 12-30-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-214. Appropriations — Contracts

 (a) Incident to the employment of prisoners as provided in this subchapter, the Board of Corrections is authorized to:  (1) Erect buildings;  (2) Purchase, install, or replace equipment;  (3) Procure tools, supplies, and materials;  (4) Employ personnel; and  (5) Otherwise defray necessary expenses.    (b)  (1) To further aid the purposes in subsection (a) of this section, the board is empowered to enter into contracts and agreements with any person or persons upon a self-liquidating basis respecting the acquisition and purchase of any equipment, tools, supplies, and materials to the end that they may be paid for over a period of not exceeding ten (10) years.  (2) The aggregate amount of the purchases or acquisitions are not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) unless specifically approved by the Governor with the amounts to be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the activities authorized by this subchapter.    (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to authorize or permit the incurring of a state debt of any kind or nature as contemplated by the Arkansas Constitution in relation to the debt.
AR Code § 12-30-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 2 - Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967|§ 12-30-215. Purchase for construction or operation of prison

 Any contractor or subcontractor who has entered into a contract with or for the benefit of a state board, state agency, or state-supported institution of higher education for constructing, equipping, or operating, in whole or in part, any facility of the board, agency, or institution may purchase goods produced by the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction for use in the performance of the contract.
AR Code § 12-30-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 3 - Farms|§ 12-30-301. Farming and livestock activities

 (a) The Division of Correction shall make maximum utilization of the farm lands of the various institutions of the division through the use of modern agricultural machinery, equipment, and technology in producing crops and livestock for use in feeding prisoners and for sale on the market to produce income for the maintenance and operation of the institutions of the division.  (b) The Director of the Division of Correction, with the approval of the Board of Corrections, shall promulgate necessary rules for the operation of the farming and livestock activities of the various institutions of the division, the employment of personnel, the assignment of inmate labor, and other activities as may be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes as provided in this section.
AR Code § 12-30-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 3 - Farms|§ 12-30-303. Cooperation of Cooperative Extension Service

 It shall be the duty of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service to cooperate with the Director of the Division of Correction to the end that proper crops may be planted to the best advantage and proper methods of soil treatment may be utilized and proper methods of canning and preserving may be used to the best advantage.
AR Code § 12-30-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 3 - Farms|§ 12-30-304. Products — Purchase by state institutions

 (a) It shall be the duty of the various state institutions to purchase, as far as possible, products grown or produced by the state upon its Division of Correction and other farms, giving the state preference wherever possible.  (b)  (1) Sales shall be made at prevailing market prices and all proceeds thereof shall be deposited with the Treasurer of State to the credit of the Division of Correction Farm Fund.  (2) However, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, by proper bookkeeping entries, may charge the institution so purchasing and credit the Division of Correction account with such amount.
AR Code § 12-30-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 3 - Farms|§ 12-30-305. Sales by director

 (a) The Director of the Division of Correction, by and with the consent and approval of the Board of Corrections, shall make all sales of commodities and articles produced and offered for sale by the various penal institutions under his or her supervision.  (b) The director shall keep a complete and detailed record of all sales and shall immediately deposit all moneys received therefrom with the Treasurer of State to the credit of the Penal Institution Fund.  (c) The director shall give a bond to be approved by the board as the board may require for the performance of the duties imposed under this section.
AR Code § 12-30-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 3 - Farms|§ 12-30-306. Purchases, expenditures, and sales — Compliance with laws

 (a) All purchases for or in behalf of the Division of Correction and its various institutions shall be in strict compliance with the state purchasing laws and applicable rules promulgated thereunder.  (b) All expenditures of funds appropriated for the division shall be in accordance with the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq., and other applicable fiscal laws of this state governing expenditure of state funds.  (c) All sales of farm products, livestock, or other products produced in connection with the agriculture and livestock activities at the respective institutions of the division shall be in accordance with the applicable laws of this state governing the advertising for bids and awarding of contracts for the sales.
AR Code § 12-30-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 3 - Farms|§ 12-30-307. Payment for food used by division

 (a) The Division of Correction may make payment from the Division of Correction Inmate Care and Custody Fund Account to the Division of Correction Farm Fund in an amount not to exceed fifty cents (50¢) on each dollar's worth of food produced on the division farm for consumption in the Inmate Care and Custody Program.  (b) The division shall keep appropriate records reflecting farm production and the value of farm-produced products utilized in the Inmate Care and Custody Program and shall keep records of current market values in support of any such payments.  (c) In no event shall the amount received under this section, when combined with any loans forgiven under provisions of other laws, exceed the value of the farm products utilized by the Inmate Care and Custody Program.
AR Code § 12-30-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 3 - Farms|§ 12-30-308. Lease or rental of land

 (a) The Board of Corrections, in its discretion and with the Governor's approval, may cease or abandon the cultivation of any land now owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the board and may rent or lease the land not cultivated, or abandoned and not needed in the proper operation of the penal system of this state, if they deem the action expedient.  (b) In its discretion and with the Governor's approval, the board may rent or lease additional lands for the planting and cultivation of crops by inmates.
AR Code § 12-30-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 4 - Work-Study Release|§ 12-30-401. Work and rehabilitative programs — Work-release programs

 (a) All inmates committed to the Division of Correction for institutional care shall be required to participate in the various work programs to which assigned and may be afforded vocational training and rehabilitative opportunities in accordance with rules and procedures therefor as promulgated by the Director of the Division of Correction with the approval of the Board of Corrections.  (b) The division may institute “work-release” programs under which the inmates selected to participate in the programs may be gainfully employed or attend school outside of the units maintained by the division, under rules promulgated by the director with the approval of the board.
AR Code § 12-30-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 4 - Work-Study Release|§ 12-30-402. Establishment of new work-release centers

 (a) The Community Correction Revolving Fund may borrow from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund for the establishment of new work-release centers for the Division of Correction.  (b) The loans shall be repaid by the end of the fiscal year in which the loans are made.
AR Code § 12-30-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 4 - Work-Study Release|§ 12-30-403. Rules generally

 The Board of Corrections and the Director of the Division of Correction will govern the administration of work-release programs with the promulgation of rules and procedures subject to the continuing review by the Governor, who shall have the right to revise and rescind any such rules and procedures.
AR Code § 12-30-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 4 - Work-Study Release|§ 12-30-404. Inmates excepted from program

 (a) No person shall be allowed to participate in any work-release program conducted by or for the Division of Correction if convicted of:  (1) A capital offense;  (2) Murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102;  (3) Rape, § 5-14-103;  (4) Kidnapping, § 5-11-102; or  (5) Aggravated robbery a second or subsequent time, § 5-12-103.    (b) However, this section shall not apply to persons participating in work-release programs on July 20, 1979.
AR Code § 12-30-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor|Subchapter 4 - Work-Study Release|§ 12-30-405. Contracts for inmate labor

 The Division of Correction may make contractual arrangements for use of inmate labor by the following prioritized list:   (1) Other state departments, divisions, and agencies;  (2) Counties, cities, and school districts; and  (3) Civic organizations, other nonprofit organizations, and private citizens, including, but not limited to, those responsible for the preservation of natural resources or other public works.