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Penal Code - PEN

PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000 - 10008]

  ( Part 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. )
  

TITLE 1. IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS [2000 - 3105]

  ( Title 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. )
  

CHAPTER 5. Employment of Prisoners [2700 - 2792]

  ( Heading of Chapter 5 amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 893. )
  

ARTICLE 1.5. Joint Venture Program [2717.1 - 2717.9]
  ( Article 1.5 added November 6, 1990, by initiative Proposition 139, Sec. 5. )

  
2717.5.  

In establishing joint venture contracts the Director of Corrections shall consider the impact on the working people of California and give priority consideration to inmate employment which will retain or reclaim jobs in California, support emerging California industries, or create jobs for a deficient labor market.

(Added November 6, 1990, by initiative Proposition 139.)