Colorado Revised Statutes Title 17. Corrections § 17-32-108. Sale of goods and services

(1)(a) The correctional education program is authorized to sell goods and services to inmates, invited guests, employees of the department, governmental agencies, or nonprofit organizations only if the provision of the goods or services offers a valuable educational experience for inmates and fulfills the goals and objectives of the program.

(b) The department shall adopt procedures for hearing complaints of unfair competition by privately owned businesses. If a privately owned business makes a complaint of unfair competition in relation to the activities of the correctional education program, the department shall hold a hearing on the complaint. The executive director or his or her designee shall hear the complaint, and the decision of the director or designee is final. As part of the report required by section 17-32-105(8), the department shall report the number of complaints filed pursuant to this paragraph (b) and the outcome of the complaints.

(2)(a) The program shall fix and determine the prices at which all labor is performed and at which all goods and services produced are sold. Such prices must be as near to the prevailing market prices for goods and services of similar quality as is practical or goods and services sold through the Colorado community college system pursuant to section 24-113-104, C.R.S.

(b) The program shall ensure that the level of quality of goods and services produced is comparable to similar goods and services available from the private sector or the Colorado community college system. The sale of such goods or services shall not give rise to any warranties. No refund or replacement shall be made after ninety days from the date of the sale.

(c) The correctional education program shall transmit all revenues collected by the program from the sale of goods or services to the state treasurer for deposit in the correctional education program fund, created pursuant to section 17-32-107.