                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SALE OF PRISON GOODS AND SERVICES; PRINT SHOP (§ 53.1-45)

A. Articles produced or manufactured and services provided by prisoners
sentenced to state correctional facilities may be disposed of by the Director by
sale only to municipal and county agencies in Virginia and to federal, state and
local public agencies within or without the Commonwealth or as the Director,
with the approval of the Governor, may deem to be in the best interests of the
Commonwealth. Except as otherwise provided, no articles produced or manufactured
nor services provided by prisoners may be bought, sold or acquired by exchange
on the open market.

B. The products of any printing shop in any state correctional facility shall be
sold only to the departments, institutions and agencies of the Commonwealth
which are supported in whole or in part with funds from the state treasury and
to offices or agencies of the counties, cities and towns of the Commonwealth.
Such products shall not be sold on the open market except as provided in &#xA7;
53.1-45.1.

C. The Department shall not offer manufactured goods for resale to any
department, agency or institution of the state unless those goods (i) have been
incorporated into a finished product produced or manufactured by prisoners, (ii)
are necessary for use with a product produced or manufactured by prisoners, or
(iii) are a component part of a product system, a portion of which comprises
goods produced or manufactured by prisoners.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 53-63, 53-64; 1970, c. 648; 1977, c. 540; 1982, c. 636;
1983, c. 186; 1993, cc. 464, 488; 1998, c. 240.