(730 ILCS 5/3-12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-2)
Sec. 3-12-2. Types of employment.
(a) The Department shall provide inmate workers for Illinois Correctional Industries to work in programs established to train and employ committed
persons in the production of food stuffs and finished goods and any articles, materials or supplies for
resale to State agencies and authorized purchasers. It may also employ committed persons on public
works, buildings and property, the conservation of natural resources of the
State, anti-pollution or environmental control projects, or for other public
purposes, for the maintenance of the Department's buildings and properties and
for the production of food or other necessities for its programs. The
Department may establish, maintain and employ committed persons in the
production of vehicle registration plates. A committed person's labor shall
not be sold, contracted or hired out by the Department except under this
Article.
(b) Works of art, literature, handicraft or other items produced by
committed persons as an avocation and not as a product of a work program of the
Department may be sold to the public under rules and regulations established by
the Department. The cost of selling such products may be deducted from the
proceeds, and the balance shall be credited to the person's account under
Section 3-4-3.
(Source: P.A. 101-235, eff. 1-1-20.)
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