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NY A04340
Bill
Status
2/4/2019
Primary Sponsor
David Weprin
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AI Summary
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Establishes inmate compensation at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day with biannual raises for adequate performance in work and program assignments.
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Provides inmates in manufacturing or industrial assignments $5 to $10 per day, reverting to previous rates when they leave such assignments.
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Prohibits reduction of inmate compensation when transferred to different facilities or reassigned within a facility, unless leaving a manufacturing or industrial assignment.
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Requires the Department of Corrections to review and adjust base compensation rates every five years based on cumulative consumer price index (CPI-U) changes of 10 percent or greater.
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Sets compensation at $1.00 per day for inmates unable to work due to medical, mental, cognitive, developmental, or physical impairments, or those over 60 with age-related infirmity, adjusted every five years for cost of living.
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Takes effect one year after enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to inmate wages; provides that inmates shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; and provides that inmates not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty shall be paid $1.00 per day, adjusted every 5 years for cost of living.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
5/31/2019