Section 8-217 - Inmates.
§ 8-217. Inmates.
(a) Not-for-profit entities.- Employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a not-for-profit organization or a governmental entity is not covered employment.
(b) Private, for-profit employers.-
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a private, for-profit employer is not covered employment.
(2) Employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a private, for-profit employer is covered employment if the inmate continues to be employed by the private, for-profit employing unit after being permanently released from the custodial or penal institution, including released by parole.
[An. Code 1957, art. 95A, § 20; 1991, ch. 8, § 2; 1998, ch. 747.]