KRS 196.110: Department to study crime prevention methods -- Encourage employment

of inmates.

The department shall:

(1) Study the sources and causes of crime, delinquency, and dependency and suggest

and put into effect remedial measures in the prevention and ultim ate eradication of

antisocial acts and conditions; and

(2) Encourage the employment of the inmates of the institutions under its control in

such ways as will contribute to their physical, mental, and moral improvement and

to meeting the cost of their maint enance. The department may utilize the product of

inmate labor in the upkeep or maintenance of the respective institutions or for other

departments of the state government, and may transfer from one (1) institution to

another, or otherwise dispose of, any surplus products produced.