00 HOUSE BILL NO. 224 01 "An Act relating to the employment of prisoners." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 33.30.191 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 04 (e) In directing prisoners to work under this section, the commissioner 05 (1) shall require a prisoner assigned to community custody to be 06 employed, or assign the prisoner to work details or community work for, at least 35 07 hours a week; 08 (2) may not assign a prisoner classified as 09 (A) minimum custody to a work detail outside of a correctional 10 facility unless the work detail is supervised by at least one staff member; 11 (B) medium custody to a work detail outside of a correctional 12 facility unless the work detail is supervised by at least one armed correctional 13 officer for every five prisoners in the work detail; 14 (C) close custody to a work detail outside of a correctional 01 facility unless the work detail is supervised by at least two armed correctional 02 officers for every five prisoners in the work detail.