February 1, 2017
Civilian Inmate Labor Policy Memo
Enclosed is a policy memo that clarifies procedures for acceptance of civilian inmate labor services at all USACE Civil Works project. Former policy included the civilian labor inmate program under the Volunteer Program. Upon review by Army General Counsel, it was determined that USACE entities will now utilize the authority provided under 18 USC4125(a) to accept civilian inmate labor services from Federal Corrections facilities, and will utilize the USACE contributions authority provided under 33 USC 2325, Section 203 to accept Civilian inmate labor services from State and local corrections facilities. Acceptance of civilian inmate labor, whether from federal or non-federal corrections facilities and regardless of the applicable statutory authority, must comply with the procedures and requirements defined in this memo.

Please distribute this to Division, District and project staff who may be using or considering use of civilian inmate labor. The Point of Contact for this policy memo is Ms. Heather Burke, National Partnership Program Manager, heather.d.burke@usace.army.mil

Respectfully,
Mary J. Coulombe
Chief, Natural Resources Management

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