About Correction EnterprisesCorrection Enterprises is a division within the North Carolina Department of Correction that provides the state's inmates with opportunities to learn job skills by producing goods and services for the Department of Correction and other tax-supported entities.No money is appropriated by the General Assembly for the operation of Correction Enterprises. This organization aids in the rehabilitation of inmates by teaching them job skills that are easily transferable to the private sector upon release.Correction Enterprises consists of 30 separate revenue producing operations located throughout the state, plus administrative offices in Raleigh and a central warehouse in Apex. The Enterprises operation employs approximately 380 staff and 2100 inmate workers.It is the intent of North Carolina Correction Enterprises to provide the highest quality goods and services to its customers at competitive prices.It is through the vigilance of each Enterprises employee and the constructive feedback from Enterprises customers that products and services continuously improve. Effective until July 1, 2012) Any current employee or retiree of the State of North Carolina or of a unit of local government of this State, verified through State-issued identification, or through proof of retirement status, but purchases by a State or local governmental employee or retiree may not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2, 500) during any calendar year. Products purchased by State and local governmental employees and retirees under this section may not be resold.( Effective July 1, 2012) or retiree or of a unit of local government of this State, or through proof of retirement status by a State or local governmental employee or retiree Products purchased by State and local governmental employees and retirees under this section may not be resold. (2007-280, s. 1; 2009-451, s. 19.16.)G.S. 148-134 Preference for Department of Correction Products All departments, institutions, and agencies of this State that are supported in whole or in part by the State shall give preference to Correction Enterprises products in purchasing articles, products, and commodities that these departments, institutions, and agencies require and that are manufactured or produced within the State prison system and offered for sale to them by Correction Enterprises. No article or commodity available from Correction Enterprises shall be purchased by any State department, institution, or agency from any other source unless the prison product does not meet the standard specifications and the reasonable requirements of the department, institution, or agency as determined by the Secretary of Administration or the requisition cannot be complied with because of an insufficient supply of the articles or commodities required. The provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes respecting contracting for the purchase of all supplies, materials, and equipment required by the State government or any of its departments, institutions, or agencies under competitive bidding shall not apply to articles or commodities available from Correction Enterprises. Correction Enterprises shall be required to keep the price of such articles or commodities substantially in accord with that paid by governmental agencies for similar articles and commodities of equivalent quality. (2007-280, s. 1.)is a division of North Carolina Department of Correction Website designed, developed & maintained by Correction Enterprises Computing Supportweb: correctionenterprises.com phone: 800) 241-0124 or (919) 716-3600G.S.

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