N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 69
Sale of incarcerated individual made goods
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Current — January 1, 2022
As of January 1, 2015
§ 69. Sale of inmate made goods. No goods, wares, or merchandise,\nmanufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part by inmates, except\ninmates or persons on parole, probation, or release, shall be sold in\nthis state to any person, firm, association or corporation except that\nnothing in this section shall be construed to forbid the sale of such\ngoods produced in the correctional facilities of this state to the\nstate, the government of the United States or to any state of the United\nStates, or any political subdivision thereof, or for any public\ninstitution owned or managed and controlled by the state, or any\npolitical subdivision thereof, as provided in section one hundred\neighty-four of the correction law, or any public corporation or\neleemosynary association or corporation funded in whole or in part by\nany federal, state or local funds, or to forbid the sale, subject to the\nrules and regulations of the head of the department or other like\ngovernmental authority having jurisdiction, of any product resulting\nfrom occupational therapy within any penal or correctional institution,\nas provided in section one hundred ninety-seven of the correction law.\n Nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid the sale of parts\nand components produced by inmate labor in correctional industry\nprograms of the government of the United States or any state of the\nUnited States, or any political subdivision thereof, to the department\nof corrections and community supervision's division of correctional\nindustries for use in its manufacturing operations.\n A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a\nmisdemeanor.\n
§ 69. Sale of incarcerated individual made goods. No goods, wares, or\nmerchandise, manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part by\nincarcerated individuals, except incarcerated individuals or persons on\nparole, probation, or release, shall be sold in this state to any\nperson, firm, association or corporation except that nothing in this\nsection shall be construed to forbid the sale of such goods produced in\nthe correctional facilities of this state to the state, the government\nof the United States or to any state of the United States, or any\npolitical subdivision thereof, or for any public institution owned or\nmanaged and controlled by the state, or any political subdivision\nthereof, as provided in section one hundred eighty-four of the\ncorrection law, or any public corporation or eleemosynary association or\ncorporation funded in whole or in part by any federal, state or local\nfunds, or to forbid the sale, subject to the rules and regulations of\nthe head of the department or other like governmental authority having\njurisdiction, of any product resulting from occupational therapy within\nany penal or correctional institution, as provided in section one\nhundred ninety-seven of the correction law.\n Nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid the sale of parts\nand components produced by incarcerated individual labor in correctional\nindustry programs of the government of the United States or any state of\nthe United States, or any political subdivision thereof, to the\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision's division of\ncorrectional industries for use in its manufacturing operations.\n A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a\nmisdemeanor.\n
Official source: NYS Open Legislation (New York State Senate). Reproduced from public-domain New York statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.