HB629 Alabama 2010 Session

Under existing law, the employment of prisoners within the Department of Corrections facilities by private industry is not authorized

This bill would authorize the sale by the Department of Corrections of products produced by prisoners on probation, parole, or under community supervision. This bill would also specifically authorize the Department of Corrections to contract or enter into agreements with private industry to establish work-oriented rehabilitation programs within facilities located on property owned or operated by the Department of Corrections or any prison facility housing inmates sentenced to the department

To amend Sections 14-7-7, 14-7-8, 14-7-12, 14-7-13, 14-7-14, 14-7-15, 14-7-18, 14-7-19, 14-7-20, 14-7-21, and 14-7-22, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Department of Corrections prison industries, inmate training, and inmate rehabilitation; to authorize the department to contract with private industry for on-site work programs; to further provide vocational training and the rehabilitation of inmates through greater utilization of prison industries; and to repeal Sections 14-7-9, 14-7-10, and 14-7-11, Code of Alabama 1975.