Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

53140.6.1 Sale of Inmate Goods or Services to the Public

• PCPenal Code Section 2717.7 allows for services performed and articles manufactured by JVPJoint Venture Program inmate-employees to be sold to the public. PCPenal Code Section 2812, which prohibits the sale of inmate-provided services or inmate-manufactured goods to the public, is not applicable to the JVPJoint Venture Program. Also, under Title 18, U. S. Code Section 1761(c), the PIECP exempts participating agencies from Federal restraints placed on the marketability of prison-made goods by permitting the transport of such goods in interstate commerce.