KRS 197.070: Employment of prisoners -- Manufacture of clothing -- Industrial training.

(1) The Department of Corrections shall provide employment for all prisoners in the

penitentiaries and it shall exhaust every resource at its command to provide

employment for all prisoners in its custody.

(2) The department shall acquire necessary equipme nt and materials and have

manufactured all clothing, except that privately furnished, that is needed for the

usual and suitable clothing of all state prisoners, and of all inmates in all state

institutions, who are required to be clothed by the state. The department shall

acquire equipment for the manufacture and production of all other state supplies,

that in the reasonable discretion of the department is deemed practicable, and shall

have the products manufactured, sold, and distributed as provided in this chapter.

(3) The department shall establish industrial training in the penitentiaries and shall

classify state prisoners according to the uses for prison labor and ability and talent

of the prisoners, utilizing the best available local talent and other t alent that may be

obtained at an economical and practical cost, and shall select a suitable number of

guards with the qualifications, when possible, and thereby avoid duplicate expense.