Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

53140.6 Federal Certification

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) administers the PIECP. Federal guidelines (Federal Register: April 7, 1999, Volume 64, Number 66) outline Federal participation and certification requirements. The CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is required to ensure that businesses that enter into an agreement with the CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation be designated by BJA as having met all program guideline requirements. This designation allows businesses to engage in interstate commerce pursuant to Title 18 U.S.United States Code Section 1761(c) for the sale of prisoner-made goods.

• This designation shall remain in effect until cancelled, through written notice, by the CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The BJA may cancel State certification if it finds that California’s JVPJoint Venture Program businesses are not being conducted in conformity with the requirements of the Federal guidelines.