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NY A10490
Bill
Status
5/22/2020
Primary Sponsor
Alicia Hyndman
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AI Summary
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Establishes a $5 per hour minimum wage for all inmates performing labor, including work-release programs, nonprofit volunteer work, prison manufacturing, and other assigned tasks.
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Allows the Department of Corrections to charge nonprofit organizations a reasonable hourly rate for meals and housing of volunteering inmates.
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Permits up to 40% of inmate hourly compensation to be deposited into a newly established "prison inmate fund" for supporting inmates' families with daycare, child support, rent, and medical expenses.
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Creates the prison inmate fund under joint custody of the State Comptroller and Department of Corrections, with funds kept separate from other state moneys and available for investment in U.S. or state obligations.
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Takes effect 180 days after enactment into law.
Legislative Description
Relates to the Inmates Responsibility and Fair Wages Act; establishes a minimum wage for inmates of five dollars per hour; establishes a prison inmate fund where up to forty percent of an inmates wages can be sent to his or her family to help pay for certain expenses.
Last Action
referred to correction
5/22/2020