2024 -- S 2804

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PRISONER MADE

GOODS

     Introduced By: Senators McKenney, Burke, LaMountain, Tikoian, and Britto

     Date Introduced: March 22, 2024

     Referred To: Senate Commerce

     (Dept. of Corrections)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 13-7-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 13-7 entitled "Prisoner Made

Goods" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     13-7-15. Business operations and budget.

     Correctional industries shall maintain an accurate and timely accounting of monies

received from the sale of products or services of committed offenders. Monies accredited into the

correctional industries fund shall be used for the purchase of materials, supervision, and other

requirements necessary to support the production of goods and services. Entities that place orders

with correctional industries are required to pay correctional industries fifty percent (50%) of their

quoted material costs once the items have been ordered. All expenditures from the correctional

industry fund shall be subject to the approval of the director of corrections or his or her designee,

who may employ those funds to defray all operating expenses. All net profits for the fiscal year

shall be reinvested into the correctional industries fund to support capital purchases, and the general

expansion and development of correctional industries. All additional profits will revert to the

general treasury.

     SECTION 2. Chapter 13-7 of the General Laws entitled "Prisoner Made Goods" is hereby

amended by adding thereto the following section:

     13-7-8.2. Requisition of goods by nonprofits.

     The department of corrections may accept orders from any 501(c)(3) for any articles,

services or materials similar to those produced at the adult correctional institutions.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PRISONER MADE

GOODS

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     This act would allow correctional industries to conduct business for goods or services with

any 501(c)(3) and would require customers of correctional industries to pay fifty present (50%) of

an order upon the placement of the order.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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