CERTIFICATIONS FOR 50 JURISDICTIONS The following additional departments of corrections were certified when the new Federal Guidelines were issued April 7, 1999: Colorado, Delaware (later decertified), Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (later decertified and then re-certified), Red River County (TX) (later decertified), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas Youth Commission (later included in the Texas Oversight Authority), Texas Oversight Authority, Utah County, Vermont, Virginia, Washington State Jail Industries Board (later de-certified), Wisconsin, and Wyoming. As of 6/1/2016 were 46 PIECP Certificate Holders: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Denver County (CO), Colorado, Connecticut, Federal Prison Industries, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan Hennepin County (MN), Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Strafford County (NH), Belknap County (NH), New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas Oversight Authority, Utah County (UT), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. BJA monitors the performance of PIECP CACs to ensure that they operate in full compliance with all legislative and administrative program requirements. Under a grant to the NCIA, it conducts regular, on-site and desk reviews of all active PIECP CACs. BJA responds to matters involving possible non-compliance by taking appropriate remedial action and proposing a corrective action plan. MANDATORY CRITERIA FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION To become eligible for BJA certification, an applicant department of corrections must comply with nine specified statutory requirements. ELIGIBILITY BJA has discretion with respect to eligibility. A state, a county, or a combination of state and local departments of correction and youth authorities may apply for certification. INMATE WAGES The PIECP statute requires that inmate workers be paid a rate which is not less than “at that paid for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the work is performed.” Wage determinations are to be established by the state department of economic security (DES) agencies and must be updated on an annual basis.
CERTIFICATIONS FOR 50 JURISDICTIONS The following additional departments of corrections were certified when the new Federal Guidelines were issued April 7, 1999: Colorado, Delaware (later decertified), Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (later decertified and then re-certified), Red River County (TX) (later decertified), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas Youth Commission (later included in the Texas Oversight Authority), Texas Oversight Authority, Utah County, Vermont, Virginia, Washington State Jail Industries Board (later de-certified), Wisconsin, and Wyoming. As of 6/1/2016 were 46 PIECP Certificate Holders: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Denver County (CO), Colorado, Connecticut, Federal Prison Industries, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan Hennepin County (MN), Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Strafford County (NH), Belknap County (NH), New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas Oversight Authority, Utah County (UT), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. BJA monitors the performance of PIECP CACs to ensure that they operate in full compliance with all legislative and administrative program requirements. Under a grant to the NCIA, it conducts regular, on-site and desk reviews of all active PIECP CACs. BJA responds to matters involving possible non-compliance by taking appropriate remedial action and proposing a corrective action plan. MANDATORY CRITERIA FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION To become eligible for BJA certification, an applicant department of corrections must comply with nine specified statutory requirements. ELIGIBILITY BJA has discretion with respect to eligibility. A state, a county, or a combination of state and local departments of correction and youth authorities may apply for certification. INMATE WAGES The PIECP statute requires that inmate workers be paid “at a rate which is not less than that paid for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the work is performed.” Wage determinations are to be established by the state department of economic security (DES) agencies and must be updated on an annual basis.
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