20-413. GOODS AND SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS,
AND PUBLIC USE -- CONTRACTS. The board is hereby authorized and empowered to
cause the inmates in the state prison to be employed in the rendering of such
services and in the production and manufacture of such articles, materials,
and supplies as are now or may hereafter be needed by any public institution
or agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof, including but
not limited to counties, districts, municipalities, schools, nonprofit or-
ganizations, and other public use. The board may cause the inmates to be em-
ployed in rendering such services or producing and manufacturing such arti-
cles, materials, and supplies as are now or may hereafter be needed for use
by the federal government for any department, agency or corporation thereof.
The board may contract to sell products manufactured by correctional indus-
tries to retail or wholesale establishments within the state. The board or
its designated agent may enter into contracts for the purposes of this arti-
cle.
The board may contract with other state and federal penal institu-
tions and with out-of-state governmental entities for the production,
manufacture, exchange, sale, or purchase of goods, wares and merchandise
manufactured or produced wholly or in part by inmates of the Idaho state
penitentiary or of any state or federal penal institution.
[I.C., sec. 20-413, as added by 1974, ch. 48, sec. 2, p. 1096; am.
1978, ch. 147, sec. l, p. 329; am. 1980, ch. 101, sec. 11, p. 224; am.
1981, ch. 155, sec. 1, p. 267.]