N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 784/51 § 46: Production and sale of prison-made articles and materials essential to the defense effort

§ 46. Production and sale of prison-made articles and materials

essential to the defense effort. Notwithstanding any inconsistent

provision of law, and during the defense emergency, under and pursuant

to such regulations as may be adopted jointly by the state commissioner

of correction, the state commissioner of commerce and the state

commissioner of general services which they determine will best utilize

the labor of prisoners to aid the defense effort, equipment, goods,

products, articles and materials essential to the defense effort may be

manufactured, produced, processed, reprocessed, treated, altered or

repaired in any prison, reformatory, penitentiary or jail or other

correctional institution in the state with the labor of prisoners

therein and distributed or sold in accordance with such regulations.

Such regulations may be amended or repealed from time to time but no

such regulation or amendment or repeal thereof shall become effective

until approved by the council. All of the provisions of article seven of

the correction law, not inconsistent with the provisions of this section

or inconsistent with the regulations adopted pursuant to this section,

shall be applicable to the work performed and actions taken under the

provisions of this section.