2000 Alaska Statutes
Title 33 PROBATION, PRISONS, AND PRISONERS
Chapter 33.32. CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
Sec. 33.32.015. Powers and duties of the commissioner of corrections.

(a) The commissioner of corrections may establish and administer a correctional industries program that is based on voluntary prisoner participation.

(b) The commissioner of corrections may

(1) subject to AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code), use, purchase, lease, equip, and maintain buildings, machinery, and other equipment, and may purchase materials and enter into contracts that may be necessary for the correctional industries program;

(2) provide for prisoners to be employed in rendering services and producing articles, materials, and supplies needed by a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, an agency of the federal government, other states or their political subdivisions, or for use by nonprofit organizations;

(3) if the Correctional Industries Commission established in AS 33.32.070 approves, employ prisoners to provide services or products as needed by private industry if the services or products have potential for contributing to the economy of the state and will have minimal negative impact on an existing private industry or labor force in the state;

(4) authorize a prisoner to engage in vocational training or in productive employment within or outside a correctional facility, or enter into a contract under AS 33.30.191 for the employment of a prisoner if the Correctional Industries Commission determines that the employment will have minimal negative impact on an existing private industry or labor force in the state; and

(5) subject to the provisions of AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code), enter into joint cooperative ventures with private industry for the establishment and operation of "Free Venture" industries under AS 33.32.017 if the Correctional Industries Commission determines at the time of inception that the "Free Venture" industry will not compete with an existing private industry or labor force in the state.

(c) This section does not require the commissioner of corrections to establish and administer a vocational training program under the correctional industries program.