Florida Statutes Part II - Leased Or Managed Work Programs (Ss. 946.501-946.525)

• 946.501 - Findings Of Fact.
  (1) It is the finding of the Legislature that correctional work programs of the Department of Corrections are uniquely different from other programs operated or conducted...
• 946.502 - Legislative Intent With Respect To Operation Of Correctional Work Programs.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that a nonprofit corporation lease and manage the correctional work programs of the Department of Corrections.(2) It is further...
• 946.5025 - Authorization Of Corporation To Enter Into Contracts.
  The corporation established under this part may enter into contracts to operate correctional work programs with any county or municipal authority that operates a correctional...
• 946.5026 - Sovereign Immunity In Tort Actions.
  The provisions of s. 768.28 shall be applicable to the corporation established under this part, which is deemed to be a corporation primarily acting as...
• 946.503 - Definitions To Be Used With Respect To Correctional Work Programs.
  As used in this part, the term:(1) “Corporation” means the private nonprofit corporation established pursuant to s. 946.504(1), or a private nonprofit corporation whose sole member...
• 946.504 - Organization Of Corporation To Operate Correctional Work Programs; Lease Of Facilities.
  (1) The department shall lease buildings and land to the nonprofit corporation authorized to operate the correctional work programs, the members of which are appointed by...
• 946.505 - Reversion Upon Dissolution Of Corporation Or Termination Of Lease.
  (1) In the event the corporation is dissolved or its lease of any correctional work program expires or is otherwise terminated, all property relating to such...
• 946.506 - Modification Or Termination Of Correctional Work Program By The Corporation.
  This part does not prevent the corporation from modifying, altering, or terminating any correctional work program, once assumed, so long as the corporation is otherwise...
• 946.509 - Insurance Of Property Leased Or Acquired By The Corporation.
  (1) The State Risk Management Trust Fund created under s. 284.30 shall insure all property eligible for coverage under part I of chapter 284 which is...
• 946.5095 - Elimination Of Hazardous Conditions.
  Pursuant to the applicable provisions of part I of chapter 284, whenever state-insured property leased to or otherwise held by the corporation is inspected by...
• 946.510 - Insurance By Division Of Risk Management.
  Pursuant to the applicable provisions of chapter 284, the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Financial Services is authorized to insure the corporation...
• 946.511 - Inmate Labor To Operate Correctional Work Programs.
  (1) Inmates shall be evaluated and identified during the reception process to determine basic literacy, employment skills, academic skills, vocational skills, and remedial and rehabilitative needs....
• 946.512 - Inmate Compensation Plan.
  The corporation shall establish a compensation plan that provides for a specific amount to be paid to the department to be credited to an account...
• 946.513 - Private Employment Of Inmates; Disposition Of Compensation Received.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, an inmate may be employed by the corporation or by any other private entity operating on the grounds...
• 946.514 - Civil Rights Of Inmates; Inmates Not State Employees; Liability Of Corporation For Inmate Injuries.
  (1) Nothing contained in this part is intended to restore in whole or in part the civil rights of inmates.(2) No inmate compensated under this part or...
• 946.515 - Use Of Goods And Services Produced In Correctional Work Programs.
  (1) Any service or item manufactured, processed, grown, or produced by the corporation in a correctional work program may be furnished or sold to any legislative,...
• 946.516 - Corporation Status Report And Annual Financial Audit Report.
  (1) The corporation shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature, on or before July 1 of each year, a report on the status of the...
• 946.517 - Corporation Records.
  Corporation records are public records; however, proprietary confidential business information shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art....
• 946.518 - Sale Of Goods Made By Prisoners; When Prohibited, When Permitted.
  Goods, wares, or merchandise manufactured or mined in whole or in part by prisoners (except prisoners on parole or probation) may not be sold or...
• 946.520 - Assignment Of Inmates By Department Of Corrections.
  (1) The department shall exert its best efforts to assign inmates to the corporation, or the private sector business authorized under this part, who have not...
• 946.522 - Prison Industries Trust Fund.
  (1) The Prison Industries Trust Fund is created, to be administered by the Department of Financial Services. The trust fund shall consist of moneys authorized to...
• 946.523 - Prison Industry Enhancement (Pie) Programs.
  (1) The corporation may operate or contract with the private sector for substantial involvement in a prison industry enhancement (PIE) program that includes, but is not...
• 946.524 - Corporation Work Camps.
  (1) The corporation may establish work camps that the corporation maintains and operates in accordance with chapter 951.(2) The corporation may designate appropriate land that is owned...
• 946.525 - Participation By The Corporation In The State Group Health Insurance And Prescription Drug Programs.
  (1) The board of directors of the corporation established under this part may apply for participation in the state group health insurance program authorized in s....

Last modified: September 23, 2016