California Penal Code ARTICLE 1.5 - Joint Venture Program

• Section 2717.1.
  Definitions.(a) For the purposes of this section, joint venture program means a contract entered into between the Director of Corrections and any public entity, nonprofit or...
• Section 2717.2.
  The Director of Corrections shall establish joint venture programs within state prison facilities to allow joint venture employers to employ inmates confined in the state...
• Section 2717.3.
  The Director of Corrections shall prescribe by rules and regulations provisions governing the operation and implementation of joint venture programs, which shall be in furtherance...
• Section 2717.4.
  (a) There is hereby established within the Department of Corrections the Joint Venture Policy Advisory Board. The Joint Venture Policy Advisory Board shall consist of the...
• Section 2717.5.
  In establishing joint venture contracts the Director of Corrections shall consider the impact on the working people of California and give priority consideration to inmate...
• Section 2717.6.
  (a) No contract shall be executed with a joint venture employer that will initiate employment by inmates in the same job classification as non-inmate employees of...
• Section 2717.7.
  Notwithstanding Section 2812 of the Penal Code or any other provision of law which restricts the sale of inmate-provided services or inmate-manufactured goods, services performed...
• Section 2717.8.
  The compensation of prisoners engaged in programs pursuant to contract between the Department of Corrections and joint venture employers for the purpose of conducting programs...
• Section 2717.9.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a prisoner who participates in a joint venture program is ineligible for unemployment benefits upon his or her release...

Last modified: October 22, 2018