2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 148-33. Prison labor furnished other State agencies.

§ 148‑33.  Prison labor furnished other State agencies.

The State Department of Correction may furnish to any of the other State departments, State institutions, or agencies, upon such conditions as may be agreed upon from time to time between the Department and the governing authorities of such Department, institution or agency, prison labor for carrying on any work where it is practical and desirable to use prison labor in the furtherance of the purposes of any State department, institution or agency, and such other employment as is now provided by law for inmates of the State's  prison under the provisions of G.S. 148‑6: Provided that such prisoners shall at all times be under the custody of and controlled by the duly authorized agent of such Department. Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provisions of law contained in this Article or in this Chapter, no male prisoner or group of male prisoners may be assigned to work in any building utilized by any State department, agency, or institution where women are housed or employed unless a duly designated custodial agent of the Secretary of Correction is assigned to the building to maintain supervision and control of the prisoner or prisoners working there. (1933, c. 172, s. 30; 1957, c. 349, s. 10; 1961, c. 966; 1967, c. 996, ss. 13, 15; 1973, c. 1262, s. 10.)