Title 13
Criminals — Correctional Institutions

Chapter 7
Prisoner Made Goods

R.I. Gen. Laws § 13-7-15

§ 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. 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.

History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 167, art. XXIII, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 10, § 1.