California · Penal Code

PEN §2891: No person or corporation may sell, expose for sale or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part by prisoners (except prisoners on parole or proba

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is illegal for any person or corporation to sell goods made by prisoners or in state prisons unless specifically authorized by law. Violation is a misdemeanor offense.

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No person or corporation may sell, expose for sale or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part by prisoners (except prisoners on parole or probation) or manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part in any State prison the sale of which is not specifically sanctioned by law; and any person or corporation violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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