PRINTER'S NO. 2346
No. 191 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, SURRA, READSHAW, LEVDANSKY, TRAVAGLIO,
HALUSKA, BOSCOLA, YEWCIC AND WOZNIAK, JUNE 29, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 29, 1995
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Department of Corrections in conjunction with
2 other Commonwealth agencies to conduct a study and issue a
3 report on the use of prison inmate labor along this
4 Commonwealth's highway and State park system.
5 WHEREAS, The Department of Corrections currently utilizes
6 prison inmate labor within the perimeters of the Commonwealth's
7 correctional institutions; and
8 WHEREAS, The current prison population of the Commonwealth's
9 correctional institutions provides a potential pool of labor
10 which could be used on Commonwealth property to perform various
11 ancillary duties, including cleanup duties along Commonwealth
12 highways; and
13 WHEREAS, This inmate labor pool would enhance the success of
14 the "Adopt a Highway" program as well as provide maintenance
15 work along the highways across this Commonwealth; and
16 WHEREAS, The Department of Environmental Resources recently
17 approved an increase in State park fees to offset the increasing
18 costs of maintenance due to aging facilities; and
1 WHEREAS, The potential inmate labor pool could be used to
2 augment the maintenance and cleaning efforts of the Department
3 of Conservation and Natural Resources within the State park
4 system; and
5 WHEREAS, The use of prison inmates should be used to augment
6 projects where there will be no impact to the civilian labor
7 force; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage the
9 Secretary of Corrections, in conjunction with the Department of
10 Transportation, to develop and institute a program to utilize
11 inmate labor to perform cleaning and road maintenance along this
12 Commonwealth's highways; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Department of Corrections
14 conduct a study and issue a report on the use of inmate labor
15 outside the perimeters of the Commonwealth's correctional
16 institutions; and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of Corrections issue the report
18 to the General Assembly within one year from the adoption of
19 this resolution.
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