(a) The requirements of Chapter 15 of Title 32 shall apply to prisoners employed in any prison industries program that is approved under the PIE Program. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring Workers’ Compensation Act or comparable insurance benefits for prisoners employed in a prison industry that is not federally approved under that program.
(b) The Director or the parties to a prison industry joint venture agreement may purchase insurance to protect against the risk of loss, theft, or damage of finished or unfinished products produced by a prison industry wherever these products, equipment, materials, and supplies are located while in the possession of the Department or a prison industry, in transit to or from the possession of the Department or a correctional industry, or in storage. The cost of the insurance shall be paid from the Fund if such payment is authorized by Congress in an appropriations act.
(May 8, 1996, D.C. Law 11-117, § 13, 43 DCR 1179.)
1981 Ed., § 24-458.12.
This section is referenced in § 24-231.04.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 24 - Prisoners and Their Treatment
Chapter 2 - Prisons and Prisoners
Subchapter IV - Prison Industries
§ 24–231.02. Establishment of Prison Industries Fund
§ 24–231.03. Use of Fund revenues
§ 24–231.04. Maintenance of the prison industries program; administration by the Director
§ 24–231.06. Joint venture agreements
§ 24–231.07. Prison Industries Joint Venture Advisory Board. [Repealed]
§ 24–231.09. Status of prisoners with respect to prison industries
§ 24–231.10. Wages of employed prisoners; unemployment compensation
§ 24–231.11. Disbursement of wages to employed prisoners; deductions; accounting
§ 24–231.12. Workers’ compensation insurance
§ 24–231.13. Annual report; annual inventory