Pennsylvania § 3126 Inmate-made goods to be branded

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 3126 — Inmate-made goods to be branded

Pennsylvania § 3126

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 61PRISONS AND PAROLE

PartPART III

Ch. 31INMATE LABOR

Subch.STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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Bluebook

61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3126 (2026).

Text

(a)General rule.--All goods, wares, merchandise or other article or thing made by inmate labor in any correctional institution or other establishment in which inmate labor is employed, whether for the direct benefit and maintenance of the correctional institution or other establishment or upon contract by the authorities of the same with any third person, immediately upon the completion of the same, shall be branded as provided in this section and may not be taken into or exposed in any place for sale at wholesale or retail without that brand.

(b)Style and place of brand.--

(1)The brand required by this section shall be in plain English lettering and shall contain at the head or top of the brand the words "inmate made," followed by the year and name of the department, correctional ins

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(a) General rule.--All goods, wares, merchandise or other article or thing made by inmate labor in any correctional institution or other establishment in which inmate labor is employed, whether for the direct benefit and maintenance of the correctional institution or other establishment or upon contract by the authorities of the same with any third person, immediately upon the completion of the same, shall be branded as provided in this section and may not be taken into or exposed in any place for sale at wholesale or retail without that brand.

(b) Style and place of brand.--

(1) The brand required by this section shall be in plain English lettering and shall contain at the head or top of the brand the words "inmate made," followed by the year and name of the department, correctional institution or other establishment in which made.

(2) The brand shall in all cases, when the nature of the article will permit, be placed on the article and only where the branding is impossible may it be on the box or other receptacle or covering in which it is contained.

(3) The brand shall be affixed to the article by casting, burning, pressing or other such process or means so that the article may not be defaced and in all cases shall be upon the most conspicuous place upon the article or the box, receptacle or covering containing the article.

(c) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to goods, wares and merchandise shipped to points outside this Commonwealth.