Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

929 OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Honorable 0, a. 8. naungaon Qelteralwer Texa8 Prleon 8yItem matail1e, Texas reopeot to it0 6e Vernon's no- raf%matioa . All l3Pbuaero ahallb@ world titml the 8on~allS aabap on ruam omsd or p"ieaoed by the Bkte# mll in no erolltBball the labor of a maorable 01 J. Se Ellingrrorr- Rrga e paomr be 8Old to q oontraator sr lsrraes to tork on tu’ms, or SlseMmre, nor *all sw IsQsr be worked on any farm or 0 tr sxylss, up i!tlmrSP, ex- ospt such farabe onm3 or lsased by the Gtats of TstuC a roM by Is, wnriatlon the OozWot'5 tlmf3 anil eervi4x3s are no 1 srhisoanbuttheybsloxqforthe fimo b&.ng to the 00&a 8 to as a pmalty for a trsas~eselon or th43 law. The t&3 and mezvloss of such com%at, thsro- fore,arsaolo the subjsot-anttsr of -7ate aentraet botreen the 00ntr at aal another, but they 8r0, In such man- ner as a,y be @zsaribadby tho et&tat&s, a pops a%bjsOf- ptter for eontractbetween ths State rad another. The stat3 itmlf, howver, aan do aothlngthat would prt the eomict, a& In$iMsnWlly 31.28labor, beyoxl it6 control. speoifieally, our statutes prmids Ear tbo gsner- al oo?~trol of the Prison Systsm as f'ollowsi lThsT- P&onBamd,tog~Umr‘ 85th the nanagsrha-r provided for, shall be tested with the sxeXns2vs Iswbgmmt aIxl00lltro1 of the lw.eon systsm,mldollpropsrt~bsl~ thereto0 eubjsot only to the lImita= tions Of this Aat, axl shall be rs- iikTzi%?&%S~~~ zxr the moper aarea trsatamt,teedUgr QlOthlng and zarulag0Qnt of the prls- onare oonfln&~thoreln.~ &t&o10 eltwj authorhes the Texas Frlson Board to manage nnl oontrol the Prison Syeten through a Eanager selected br it* and erprossly declares athe duty of' suoh Unager shallsxtsmdto the emplOym3nt and thsdlsthaPgSr vith the approval of theBoard, of suob persons as qb3 rrcoessary for the sffl0ien.t oonluot of the Prison Bgstemg Th8Leglslature inits regularbien&&l appro- priation pro~Ues.for the various employees of the Edison 8yStem, 8hbh OUqtOmr.$8 ~h%SfratOd d3i ths a~O~t~~ for tho ciurmntbIenIIiUm Uhersin the V~W~OUS O!?fiOs2~ as2 Bonor8810 0. J. 8. Elliryson - Fags 8 s0p lo y ssn swdsd in th eia p o r a tlo o fth a elyotem 8x93 naamd, lnslaaia6 m omployeoo as farm mmagsro, amaistunt iarm mnugers8 dog rsrgwntr, piaet men, stsmrds, guards, and the Itie. It TUB the svldsztt intention of fho Legislature that ghoao sPpl~yeee tom to '80 fres QBPI 00 1s0t0sntrast*,andmt wllvlots. o8vlou8ly, 3Lagi81at~~ OsuldaUth~rlce the use of oomiots in tlio psr?ornbanae of those sex-- riose not lasompattile tit& ths Stats*5 duty of re- etralnt and the oonvlatd duty to serve, but It has not don3 80 In the partiou1sr as to wblsh you imqulrs. me smploopDllt or ssnv%si& 60 gufwds 38 ths o&bBl%tiOB Of t&S PPiSOB 8yStWU fs 00 ObVbRO~LO~~~Sd to the gtmwal ga-inslplos and the statutory hsreinabovs mrBtloBQcl and'dlsstum?d aa that or of the l!anugsr to control the PrMon sJ&mh lfo therefore answac your inquiry in the nsga- t1t0. very truly your0