§ 25-13-104 — Agreements with private employers; leases

(a) The department, in consultation with the correctional
industries advisory board, may establish programs for the
employment of inmates by private employers and enter into
agreements with private employers under which the employer owns,
constructs, leases to or from the department or otherwise
establishes facilities to manufacture or process goods, provide
services or conduct any other business, commercial or
agricultural enterprise and employ inmates from a correctional
facility. Facilities established under this section may be
located within or outside the exterior boundaries of a state
correctional facility property. Construction of facilities by
private employers under this section shall not be subject to
competitive bid requirements applicable to construction by the
state. Inmate labor may be used pursuant to W.S. 7-16-202 for
construction of facilities that occurs within the exterior
boundaries of a state correctional facility property under this
section.
(b) If any state correctional facility operates a program
involving the use, purchase, training or sale of wild horses,
the program shall not use any wild horse which was not initially
captured or found within the boundaries of the state or within
the boundaries of a bureau of land management herd management
area contiguous to the state. There shall be a brand and
ownership inspection under W.S. 11-20-203 at the time of
transfer of a wild horse to or from any state correctional
facility. Not later than November 1 of each year, the department
shall report to the joint agriculture, state and public lands
and water resources interim committee on any use of or other
transactions involving wild horses at correctional facilities in
this state. As used in this section, "wild horse" means as
defined in W.S. 11-30-115(a).