KRS 439.620: Employment for prisoner -- Considerations in securing.

Before securing employment for any prisoner under the provisions of KRS 439.600, the

commissioner shall determine:

(1) That the paid employment will not result in the displacement of employed workers,

or be applied in skills, crafts, or trades in which the re is a surplus of available

gainful labor in the locality, or impair existing contracts for services; and

(2) That the rates of pay or other conditions of employment will not be less than those

paid or provided for work of similar nature in the locality i n which the work is

performed.