BILL REQ. #:  H-2039.1 

READ FIRST TIME 03/04/03.   

     AN ACT Relating to inmate labor; amending RCW 72.09.070; and adding a new section to chapter 72.09 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 72.09 RCW to read as follows:
     Inmates currently under the custody of the department, who participate in a state-operated work crew as provided under RCW 9.94A.725, state-operated labor camp as authorized under RCW 72.64.060, state-operated work camp as provided in RCW 72.64.050, or provide any state inmate labor as part of a department interlocal cooperation agreement as provided in chapter 39.34 RCW, are prohibited from providing services to or working on any project that is not owned by a governmental entity or nonprofit entity.

Sec. 2   RCW 72.09.070 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 535 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) There is created a correctional industries board of directors which shall have the composition provided in RCW 72.09.080.
     (2) Consistent with general department of corrections policies and procedures pertaining to the general administration of correctional facilities, the board shall establish and implement policy for correctional industries programs, state-operated work crews provided under RCW 9.94A.725, state-operated labor camps as authorized under RCW 72.64.060, and state-operated work camps provided in RCW 72.64.050 designed to:
     (a) Offer inmates meaningful employment, work experience, and training in vocations that are specifically designed to reduce recidivism and thereby enhance public safety by providing opportunities for legitimate means of livelihood upon their release from custody;
     (b) Provide industries which will reduce the tax burden of corrections and save taxpayers money through production of goods and services for sale and use;
     (c) Operate correctional work programs in an effective and efficient manner which are as similar as possible to those provided by the private sector;
     (d) Encourage the development of and provide for selection of, contracting for, and supervision of work programs with participating private enterprise firms;
     (e) Develop and design correctional industries work programs;
     (f) Invest available funds in correctional industries enterprises and meaningful work programs that minimize the impact on in-state jobs and businesses.
     (3) The board of directors shall at least annually review the work performance of the director of correctional industries division with the secretary.
     (4) The director of correctional industries division shall review and evaluate the productivity, funding, and appropriateness of all correctional work programs and report on their effectiveness to the board and to the secretary.
     (5) The board of directors shall have the authority to identify and establish trade advisory or apprenticeship committees to advise them on correctional industries work programs. The secretary shall appoint the members of the committees.
     Where a labor management trade advisory and apprenticeship committee has already been established by the department pursuant to RCW 72.62.050 the existing committee shall also advise the board of directors.
     (6) The board shall develop a strategic yearly marketing plan that shall be consistent with and work towards achieving the goals established in the six-year phased expansion of class I and class II correctional industries established in RCW 72.09.111. This marketing plan shall be presented to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 17 of each calendar year until the goals set forth in RCW 72.09.111 are achieved.