§ 177. Labor of incarcerated individuals in state and local\ncorrectional facilities. 1. The labor of incarcerated individuals in the\nstate correctional facilities, after the necessary labor for and\nmanufacture of all needed supplies for said institutions, shall be\nprimarily devoted to the state, the public buildings and institutions\nthereof, and the manufacture of supplies for the state, and public\ninstitutions thereof, and secondly to the political subdivisions of the\nstate, and public institutions thereof;\n 2. The labor of incarcerated individuals in local correctional\nfacilities after the necessary labor for and manufacture of all needed\nsupplies for the same, shall be primarily devoted to the counties,\nrespectively, in which said local correctional facilities are located,\nand the towns, cities and villages therein, and to the manufacture of\nsupplies for the public institutions of the counties, or the political\nsubdivisions thereof, and secondly to the state and the public\ninstitutions thereof;\n 3. However, for the purpose of distributing, marketing or sale of the\nwhole or any part of the product of any correctional facility in the\nstate, other than by said state correctional facilities, to the state or\nto any political subdivisions thereof or to any public institutions\nowned or managed and controlled by the state, or by any political\nsubdivisions thereof, or to any public corporation, authority, or\neleemosynary association funded in whole or in part by any federal,\nstate or local funds, the sheriff of any such local correctional\nfacility and the commissioner of corrections and community supervision\nmay enter into a contract or contracts which may determine the kinds and\nqualities of articles to be produced by such institution and the method\nof distribution and sale thereof by the commissioner of corrections and\ncommunity supervision or under his or her direction, either in separate\nlots or in combination with the products of other such institutions and\nwith the products produced by incarcerated individuals in state\ncorrectional facilities. Such contracts may fix and determine any and\nall terms and conditions for the disposition of such products and the\ndisposition of proceeds of sale thereof and any and all other terms and\nconditions as may be agreed upon, not inconsistent with the\nconstitution. However, no such contract shall be for a period of more\nthan one year and any prices fixed by such contract shall be the prices\nestablished pursuant to section one hundred eighty-six of this article\nfor like articles or shall be approved by the department of corrections\nand community supervision and the director of the budget on presentation\nto them of a copy of such contract or proposed contract, and provided\nfurther that any distribution or diversification of industries provided\nfor by such contract shall be in accordance with the rules and\nregulations established by the department of corrections and community\nsupervision or shall be approved by such department on presentation to\nit of a copy of such contract or proposed contract.\n 4. No product manufactured in whole or in part by incarcerated\nindividuals in any correctional facility of the state or of a political\nsubdivision thereof, shall be sold, or otherwise disposed of for profit,\nby any officer, or administrative body, of such institution, or by any\nofficer, or administrative body of the state, or of a political\nsubdivision thereof, except to the state itself or to a political\nsubdivision thereof, the government of the United States or to any state\nof the United States, or to an officer or administrative body of the\nstate, or of a political subdivision thereof, or to or for a public\ninstitution owned or managed and controlled by the state or by any\npolitical subdivision thereof, or to a public corporation, authority, or\neleemosynary association funded in whole or in part by federal, state or\nlocal funds. In no cas
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