Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 41-1624 (2026)

Arizona correctional industries revolving fund; definitions

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A. The director may establish a revolving fund to be used to pay the expenses required:

1. For the purchase of raw materials, components and supplies to be used for the production of food and other items to be sold by the department's Arizona correctional industries.

2. For the compensation of prisoners and Arizona correctional industries professional and outside services.

3. For the purchase or rental of equipment to be used by the department's Arizona correctional industries.

4. For the construction or reconstruction of facilities.

5. For other operating expenses and in-state travel.

6. For the purchase of workers' compensation insurance for inmates who are employed in a federally certified prison industry enhancement program pursuant to section 41-1674.

7. For prisoner instruction related to vocational education, job training, parenting and alcohol and other drug use treatment classes.

B. Monies received for or derived from the operation of Arizona correctional industries, including monies from the sale of obsolete or unneeded material, supplies, equipment or property, shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in a specially designated revolving fund and expended without need of previous encumbrance upon warrants drawn upon order of the director or the director's designee. The fund is a continuing fund and is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190. The director shall transfer one million dollars from the revolving fund annually to the department of corrections building renewal fund established by section 41-797.

C. On notice from the director, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.

D. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Components" means the parts, subassemblies and packaging materials that will become part of a final product or service.

2. "Raw materials" means the materials that are converted or combined during the manufacturing process.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1988–2013 · leading case: William Castle v. Eurofresh, Inc., 731 F.3d 901 (9th Cir. 2013).
William Castle v. Eurofresh, Inc., 731 F.3d 901 (9th Cir. 2013). · cites it 2× “” See Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 41-1624 . ACI describes its mission as creating “opportunities for offenders to develop marketable job skills and good work habits through enterprises that produce quality products and services for [ACI’s] customers.”
Hale v. Arizona, 993 F.2d 1387 (9th Cir. 1993). · cites it 4× “Ten to twenty percent of Arizona prisoners work for the ARCOR correctional industries program, whose goods and services include clothing, fabricated steel, livestock, dairy products, and hotel reservations for Best Western motels. Revenue from ARCOR enterprises is placed in a…”
Gilbreath v. Cutter Biological, Inc., 931 F.2d 1320 (9th Cir. 1991). · cites it 3× “5 As an aside, it also is worth reminding that, under Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 41-1624, the Department can use part of the prisoners’ wages for purposes other than compensation.”
City of South Tucson v. Indus. Comm'n, 753 P.2d 1199 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 3× “See former A.R.S. § 41-1624(A)(2). 4 This compensation, in turn, is paid “pursuant to § 31-254.”
Young v. Cutter Biological, 694 F. Supp. 651 (D. Ariz. 1988). “Furthermore, this compensation “shall be paid out of the fund established pursuant to § 41-1624 or out of funds appropriated for such purpose by the legislature when required.”
Hale v. Arizona, 967 F.2d 1356 (9th Cir. 1992). “Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 41-1624(A). 11 There is nothing in the record indicating whether a judgment could be completely satisfied from money held in this revolving fund.”
William Castle v. Eurofresh, Inc. (9th Cir. 2013). “” See Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 41-1624 . ACI describes its mission as creating “opportunities for offenders to develop marketable job skills and good work habits through enterprises that produce quality products and services for [ACI’s] customers.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 41-1624(A) — 2 cases
Hale v. Arizona, 993 F.2d 1387 (9th Cir. 1993). “Ten to twenty percent of Arizona prisoners work for the ARCOR correctional industries program, whose goods and services include clothing, fabricated steel, livestock, dairy products, and hotel reservations for Best Western motels. Revenue from ARCOR enterprises is placed in a…”
Hale v. Arizona, 967 F.2d 1356 (9th Cir. 1992). “Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 41-1624(A). 11 There is nothing in the record indicating whether a judgment could be completely satisfied from money held in this revolving fund.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 41-1624(A)(2) — 2 cases
City of South Tucson v. Indus. Comm'n, 753 P.2d 1199 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1988). “See former A.R.S. § 41-1624(A)(2). 4 This compensation, in turn, is paid “pursuant to § 31-254.”
Gilbreath v. Cutter Biological, Inc., 931 F.2d 1320 (9th Cir. 1991). “5 As an aside, it also is worth reminding that, under Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 41-1624, the Department can use part of the prisoners’ wages for purposes other than compensation.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 41-1624(B) — 1 case
Gilbreath v. Cutter Biological, Inc., 931 F.2d 1320 (9th Cir. 1991). “5 As an aside, it also is worth reminding that, under Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 41-1624, the Department can use part of the prisoners’ wages for purposes other than compensation.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 41-1624(C) — 1 case
Hale v. Arizona, 993 F.2d 1387 (9th Cir. 1993). “Ten to twenty percent of Arizona prisoners work for the ARCOR correctional industries program, whose goods and services include clothing, fabricated steel, livestock, dairy products, and hotel reservations for Best Western motels. Revenue from ARCOR enterprises is placed in a…”
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