The Commissioner of the Division of Corrections or the commissioner's designee has exclusive authority to execute contracts for the sale of products manufactured or serviced at state correctional facilities, as necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The commissioner or designee is authorized to purchase equipment, raw materials and supplies and to employ necessary supervisory personnel to establish and maintain, at state correctional facilities and institutions under the commissioner's control, industries which use the services of inmates to manufacture and produce articles and products for use by any office, department, institution or agency supported, in whole or in part, by this state or its political subdivisions.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 25. Division of Corrections
Article 7. Correctional Industries Act of 2009
§25-7-3. Establishment of Industries at Correctional Facilities; Purposes and Extent
§25-7-4. Correctional Industries Service Contracts
§25-7-5. Purchase of Inmate-Made Goods by State Agencies
§25-7-6. Exceptions to Mandatory Purchase Requirement
§25-7-7. Catalogues and a Website of Articles and Products Made and Produced
§25-7-8. Commissioner to Determine Prices
§25-7-9. Annual Statements by the Commissioner
§25-7-10. Indebtedness for Capital Outlay Projects
§25-7-11. Correctional Industries Account
§25-7-12. Sale of Inmate-Made Goods on Open Market Prohibited; Penalty; Exceptions