303.01 Prison industries. (1) CREATION. (a) In this subsection “manufacturing” includes reprocessing, repairing, salvaging, servicing and storing. (b) The department, with the approval of the prison industries board and after a hearing is held under par. (c), may establish industries for the employment of inmates in the state prisons or residents in any correctional institution operated by the department for holding in secure custody persons adjudged delinquent. Except as provided in par. (d), prison industries may engage in manufacturing articles for and providing services to the state and its political subdivisions and any tax-supported institution or nonprofit agency and for sale of such articles and services to other states or political divisions thereof or to the United States. The department shall fix the price of all products and services as near the market price as possible. Supplies, materials and equipment may be reconditioned by prison industries for sale under s. 16.72. (c) Prior to establishing any prison industry, the department shall provide written notification of its proposed action to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. The cochairpersons shall hold a public hearing before the committee concerning the proposal. (d) Prison industries may sell wood and metal office furniture and laundry services only to state agencies, as defined in s. 20.001 (1). (2) POWERS OF DEPARTMENT. In the administration of the prison industries program, the department may: (a) Submit bids for any state contract; (b) Submit bids for any contract or subcontract with a nonprofit organization as defined in s. 108.02 (19); (c) Purchase machinery and raw materials; (d) Operate a central warehouse and central generating station with the employment of prisoners to supply its institutions; (e) Maintain auto shops in connection with auto schools and may receive from licensed automobile dealers and regularly established automobile repair shops vehicles to be repaired, painted or otherwise processed by inmates or residents of the school; (em) Lease space, with or without equipment, within the precincts of state prisons, as specified in s. 302.02, or within the confines of correctional institutions operated by the department for holding in secure custody persons adjudged delinquent, to not more than 2 private businesses to employ prison inmates and institution residents to manufacture products or components or to provide services for sale on the open market. The department shall comply with s. 16.75 in selecting businesses under this paragraph. The department may enter into a contract under this paragraph only with the approval of the joint committee on finance.
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County reforestation camps. “Huber Law”; employment of county jail prisoners. Huber facilities. County work camp. County house of correction. Administration and management. Commitments; municipal prisoners; contract with other county. Employment of prisoners; time credits, earnings and rewards. United States convicts. Compensation to injured prisoners. Compensation to prisoners or residents injured in prison industries employment. Work on Sundays and holidays.
The department may not enter into or amend a contract under this paragraph unless the contract or amendment specifies each state prison or juvenile correctional institution at which the private business will employ inmates or institution residents. The department shall consult with appropriate trade organizations and labor unions prior to issuing requests for proposals and prior to selecting proposals under this paragraph. Each such private business may conduct its operations as a private business, subject to the wage standards under sub. (4), the disposition of earnings under sub. (8), the provisions regarding displacement in sub. (11), the requirements for notification and hearing under sub. (1) (c), the requirement for prison industries board approval under s.