1998 Minnesota Statutes

     383B.125 Manufacture of goods. 

    Subdivision 1.  The board, upon the recommendations of the 
 county administrator and the superintendent, is authorized to 
 establish, equip, maintain, and operate at the corrections 
 facility a factory for the manufacture, processing, repairing, 
 and production of goods, wares, and merchandise and for that 
 purpose to make use of the labor of inmates and to employ a 
 staff which the board determines necessary for the proper 
 instruction and employment of inmates. 

    Subd. 2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 
 373.01, subdivision 1, clause (3) and 375.21, the board shall 
 establish procedures for setting the terms and conditions under 
 which the county will either sell the products manufactured or 
 will charge for the production, repair, or processing of 
 materials by inmates of the corrections facility. 

    Subd. 3.  The superintendent, with the approval of the 
 board, shall provide for wages to inmates employed under this 
 section as the superintendent may deem proper, the amount of the 
 wage to depend upon the quality and character of the work 
 performed as determined by the superintendent. 

    HIST: 1979 c 198 art 3 s 8; 1986 c 444