The department may maintain a canteen at any prison or institution under its jurisdiction for the sale to persons confined therein of toilet articles, candy, notions, and other sundries, and may provide the necessary facilities, equipment, personnel, and merchandise for the canteen. The director shall specify what commodities shall be sold in the canteen. The sale prices of the articles offered for sale shall be fixed by the director at the amounts that will, as far as possible, render each canteen self-supporting. The department may undertake to insure against damage or loss of canteen and handicraft materials, supplies and equipment owned by the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections as provided in Section 5006.
The canteen operations at any prison or institution referred to in this section shall be audited biennially by the Department of Finance, and at the end of each intervening fiscal year, each prison or institution shall prepare a statement of operations. At least one copy of any audit report or statement of operations shall be posted at the canteen and at least one copy shall be available to inmates at the library of each prison or institution.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 798, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 9 of Ch. 798.)
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