2006 Code of Virginia § 53.1-45 - Sale of prison goods and services; print shop

53.1-45. Sale of prison goods and services; print shop.

A. Articles produced or manufactured and services provided by prisonerssentenced to state correctional facilities may be disposed of by the Directorby sale only to municipal and county agencies in Virginia and to federal,state and local public agencies within or without the Commonwealth or as theDirector, with the approval of the Governor, may deem to be in the bestinterests of the Commonwealth. Except as otherwise provided, no articlesproduced or manufactured nor services provided by prisoners may be bought,sold or acquired by exchange on the open market.

B. The products of any printing shop in any state correctional facility shallbe sold only to the departments, institutions and agencies of theCommonwealth which are supported in whole or in part with funds from thestate treasury and to offices or agencies of the counties, cities and townsof the Commonwealth. Such products shall not be sold on the open marketexcept as provided in 53.1-45.1.

C. The Department shall not offer manufactured goods for resale to anydepartment, agency or institution of the state unless those goods (i) havebeen incorporated into a finished product produced or manufactured byprisoners, (ii) are necessary for use with a product produced or manufacturedby prisoners, or (iii) are a component part of a product system, a portion ofwhich comprises goods produced or manufactured by prisoners.

(Code 1950, 53-63, 53-64; 1970, c. 648; 1977, c. 540; 1982, c. 636; 1983,c. 186; 1993, cc. 464, 488; 1998, c. 240.)