ARTICLE 1.5. Joint Venture Program

Article 1.5 added November 6, 1990, by initiative Proposition 139, Sec. 5.

§§ 2717.1–2717.9 · 9 sections

• § 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…
• § 2717.2 The Director of Corrections shall establish joint venture programs within state prison facilities to allow joint venture employers to employ inmates confined…
• § 2717.3 The Director of Corrections shall prescribe by rules and regulations provisions governing the operation and implementation of joint venture programs, which…
• § 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…
• § 2717.5 In establishing joint venture contracts the Director of Corrections shall consider the impact on the working people of California and give priority…
• § 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…
• § 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,…
• § 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…
• § 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…