(a) Goods produced in whole or in part by inmates of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction participating in private sector prison industry enhancement programs may be transported and sold in the same manner as goods produced by free persons, provided that the inmates participating in the private sector prison industry enhancement programs are paid at least the minimum wage prescribed by state law.
(b) The minimum wage requirement does not apply to hobby and craft items produced by the inmates on their own time and with their own resources or to inmates working in any other prison industries program.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs
Chapter 30 - State Inmate Industries and Labor
Subchapter 5 - Privatized Prison-Made Goods
§ 12-30-501. Private sector prison industry enhancement programs