N.D. Cent. Code § 12-48-03.1
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12-48-03.1. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation may establish and engage in prison industries
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12-48-03.1. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation may
establish and engage in prison industries.
1. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation may establish and
engage in prison industries the director deems necessary and which are of greatest
benefit to and in the best interest of the state of North Dakota, the department, and
offenders committed to the legal and physical custody of the department. The director
may also discontinue industries when necessary. The director shall make all rules and
regulations and do all things necessary or incidental to the establishing and
maintaining of prison industries including the manufacture, sale, or distribution of
prison industries produce or products, and, so far as is compatible with the efficient
operation of the industry, shall use offenders committed to the department as laborers
in prison industries. The director shall also do all things necessary and incidental to the
discontinuance of industries no longer necessary or beneficial to the department. The
department shall keep a true and accurate account of all receipts from the established
industries and deposit the earnings in an account as provided by law.
2. All products made in prison industries may be purchased directly by governmental
agencies, including federal, state, and tribal agencies and political subdivisions, for
use in official business, and by nonprofit organizations, excluding trade associations,
fraternal organizations, co-ops, and health insurance companies. Prison industries
may sell commissary items and prison industries-made clothing to inmates. Prison
industries-made products may also be sold through wholesale or retail outlets that
possess a valid sales tax permit, and if the products are manufactured under the
prison industries enhancement certification program under Public Law No. 96-157 [93
Stat. 1215; 18 U.S.C. 176(c)], in interstate commerce and through export firms for sale
to international markets.
establish and engage in prison industries.
1. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation may establish and
engage in prison industries the director deems necessary and which are of greatest
benefit to and in the best interest of the state of North Dakota, the department, and
offenders committed to the legal and physical custody of the department. The director
may also discontinue industries when necessary. The director shall make all rules and
regulations and do all things necessary or incidental to the establishing and
maintaining of prison industries including the manufacture, sale, or distribution of
prison industries produce or products, and, so far as is compatible with the efficient
operation of the industry, shall use offenders committed to the department as laborers
in prison industries. The director shall also do all things necessary and incidental to the
discontinuance of industries no longer necessary or beneficial to the department. The
department shall keep a true and accurate account of all receipts from the established
industries and deposit the earnings in an account as provided by law.
2. All products made in prison industries may be purchased directly by governmental
agencies, including federal, state, and tribal agencies and political subdivisions, for
use in official business, and by nonprofit organizations, excluding trade associations,
fraternal organizations, co-ops, and health insurance companies. Prison industries
may sell commissary items and prison industries-made clothing to inmates. Prison
industries-made products may also be sold through wholesale or retail outlets that
possess a valid sales tax permit, and if the products are manufactured under the
prison industries enhancement certification program under Public Law No. 96-157 [93
Stat. 1215; 18 U.S.C. 176(c)], in interstate commerce and through export firms for sale
to international markets.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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