[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR345.40]

[Page 458-459]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER III--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 345--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES (FPI) INMATE WORK PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart E--Inmate Worker Standards and Performance Appraisal
 
Sec. 345.40  General.


    This subpart authorizes the establishment of minimum work standards 
for inmate workers assigned to the Industries program at all field 
locations. The SOI may reproduce these standards and may also develop 
additional local guidelines to augment these standards and to adapt them 
to local needs and conditions. Local Industries shall place these 
standards and any additional local guidelines on display at appropriate 
locations within the industrial sites. Inmates shall be provided with a 
copy of these standards and local guidelines, and shall sign receipts 
acknowledging they have received and understand them before beginning 
work in the Industries program. In the case of a disabled inmate, 
alternate media or means of communicating this information and 
indicating the inmate's receipt may be provided, if necessary as a 
reasonable accommodation.
    (a) At a minimum, each industrial location is to have work standards 
for each of the following areas:
    (1) Safety--ensuring the promotion of workplace safety and the 
avoidance of activities that could result in injury to self or others.

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    (2) Quality assurance--ensuring that work is done as directed by the 
supervisor in an attentive manner so as to minimize the chance of error.
    (3) Personal conduct and hygiene--ensuring the promotion of harmony 
and sanitary conditions in the workplace through observation of good 
hygiene and full cooperation with other inmate workers, work 
supervisors, and training staff.
    (4) Punctuality and productivity--ensuring the productive and 
efficient use of time while the inmate is on work assignment or in 
training.
    (b) Compliance with work standards. Each inmate assigned to FPI 
shall comply with all work standards pertaining to his or her work 
assignment. Adherence to the standards should be considered in 
evaluating the inmate's work performance and documented in individual 
hiring, retention, and promotion/demotion situations.