Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

53140.1 Policy

• The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) shall establish Joint Venture Program (JVPJoint Venture Program) operations within State prison facilities to allow businesses as a Joint Venture Employer (JVE) to employ inmates confined in the State prison system for the purpose of producing goods or services. Such programs shall be patterned after operations outside of prison so as to provide inmates with the skills and work habits necessary to become productive members of society upon their release from State prison.

• The JVE and any and all agents and employees of the JVE are an independent business entity and are not officers or employees of the State. “Joint Venture Program” is merely the colloquial name of the program, and does not create or connote a “joint venture” partnership or any other business relationship between a JVE and the State as defined under California law or any other law.

• Nothing in these provisions is intended to establish an employer/employee relationship between any inmate participating in the JVPJoint Venture Program and the State of California, the CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or any individual agency or office of the State of California.