Section 52.222-3 - Convict LaborAs prescribed in 22.202, insert the following clause:
Convict Labor (JUN 2003)
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this clause, the Contractor shall not employ in the performance of this contract any person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment imposed by any court of a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.(b) The Contractor is not prohibited from employing persons-(1) On parole or probation to work at paid employment during the term of their sentence;(2) Who have been pardoned or who have served their terms; or(3) Confined for violation of the laws of any of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands who are authorized to work at paid employment in the community under the laws of such jurisdiction, if-(i) The worker is paid or is in an approved work training program on a voluntary basis;(ii) Representatives of local union central bodies or similar labor union organizations have been consulted;(iii) Such paid employment will not result in the displacement of employed workers, or be applied in skills, crafts, or trades in which there is a surplus of available gainful labor in the locality, or impair existing contracts for services;(iv) The rates of pay and other conditions of employment will not be less than those paid or provided for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the work is being performed; and(v) The Attorney General of the United States has certified that the work-release laws or regulations of the jurisdiction involved are in conformity with the requirements of Executive Order 11755, as amended by Executive Orders 12608 and 12943. (End of clause)
68 FR 28085, May 22, 2003