§ 46. Production and sale of prison-made articles and materials
essential to the defense effort. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, and during the defense emergency, under and pursuant
to such regulations as may be adopted jointly by the state commissioner
of correction, the state commissioner of commerce and the state
commissioner of general services which they determine will best utilize
the labor of prisoners to aid the defense effort, equipment, goods,
products, articles and materials essential to the defense effort may be
manufactured, produced, processed, reprocessed, treated, altered or
repaired in any prison, reformatory, penitentiary or jail or other
correctional institution in the state with the labor of prisoners
therein and distributed or sold in accordance with such regulations.
Such regulations may be amended or repealed from time to time but no
such regulation or amendment or repeal thereof shall become effective
until approved by the council. All of the provisions of article seven of
the correction law, not inconsistent with the provisions of this section
or inconsistent with the regulations adopted pursuant to this section,
shall be applicable to the work performed and actions taken under the
provisions of this section.