52-5-120: Youth industries programs.

The department of corrections may:

(1) establish youth industries programs in state correctional facilities that:

(a) assist in the training and rehabilitation of residents who are youth at correctional facilities; and

(b) provide the production or manufacture of products and the rendering of services that may be needed by:

(i) a department or agency of the state of Montana or a unit of local government;

(ii) an agency of the federal government; or

(iii) an office or agency of another state or a political subdivision of another state;

(2) contract with private industry for the sale of goods produced or manufactured at correctional facilities; and

(3) fix the purchase price for goods and services available under the industries program established in subsection (1).