2004 Minnesota Statutes

     243.61 Contract labor; tools and machinery.  

    No contracts for leasing the labor of prisoners confined in 
 any such institution, at a certain rate per diem, giving the 
 contractor full control of the labor of the prisoners, shall be 
 made; but such prisoners shall be employed, under rules 
 established by the commissioner of corrections, in such 
 industries as shall, from time to time, be fixed upon by the 
 officers in charge and the commissioner, or in the manufacture 
 of articles by the piece, under the so-called "piece price 
 system," by contracts with persons furnishing the materials.  
 The chief officer, under the direction of the commissioner, 
 shall purchase such tools, implements, and machinery as the 
 officer shall deem necessary for the work.  

    HIST: (10810) RL s 5447; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 
 c 444