05RS HB75

HB75

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HB 75/CI (BR 299) - B. Yonts

     AN ACT relating to inmate labor.
     Create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to allow the Department of Corrections to lease the labor of its inmates on certain conditions, including that the inmate be paid the prevailing wage in the locality for the work and that the inmate's earnings be used for payment of restitution, and support of dependents, with the goods produced being authorized to be sold both to public and private purchasers.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)

     Jan 4-introduced in House
     Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)


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