Which system produced goods only for use by the prison or other government agencies?

Which system produced goods only for use by the prison or other government agencies?

• A. Public-account system
• B. Hawes-Cooper Act
• C. State-use system
• D. Pride Act

Answer: (C)

The state-use system focuses prison labor on producing goods that are intended for government use—supplied directly to state agencies and public institutions rather than sold on the open market. This setup makes the defining feature the destination of the products: they go to government buyers. The Hawes-Cooper Act is a related law about labeling and restricting interstate shipments of prison-made goods, not the procurement framework itself, so it doesn’t describe a system designed for government-only use. The other terms aren’t standard descriptions of prison-industry production aimed specifically at government clients.

The state-use system focuses prison labor on producing goods that are intended for government use—supplied directly to state agencies and public institutions rather than sold on the open market. This setup makes the defining feature the destination of the products: they go to government buyers. The Hawes-Cooper Act is a related law about labeling and restricting interstate shipments of prison-made goods, not the procurement framework itself, so it doesn’t describe a system designed for government-only use. The other terms aren’t standard descriptions of prison-industry production aimed specifically at government clients.