2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 18-85. Compensation of inmates. Disbursement priorities.
Sec. 18-85. Compensation of inmates. Disbursement priorities. The commissioner, after consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall establish a schedule of compensation for services performed on behalf of the state by inmates of any institution or
facility of the department. Such schedule shall recognize degrees of merit, diligence
and skill in order to encourage inmate incentive and industry. Sums so earned shall be
deposited, under the direction of the administrative head of such institution or facility,
in a savings bank or state bank and trust company in this state, and shall be paid to the
inmate on his discharge; but the warden or Community Correctional Center Administrator may, while the inmate is in custody, disburse any compensation earned by such
inmate in accordance with the following priorities: (1) Federal taxes due; (2) restitution
or payment of compensation to a crime victim ordered by any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) payment of a civil judgment rendered in favor of a crime victim by any
court of competent jurisdiction; (4) victims compensation through the criminal injuries
account administered by the Office of Victim Services; (5) state taxes due; (6) support
of his dependents, if any; (7) his necessary travel expense to and from work and other
incidental expenses; (8) costs of such inmate's incarceration under section 18-85a and
regulations adopted in accordance with said section; and (9) payment to the clerk of the
court in which an inmate of a community correctional center, held only for payment of
a fine, was convicted, such portion of such compensation as is necessary to pay such
fine. Any interest that accrues shall be credited to any institutional fund established for
the welfare of inmates. Compensation under this section shall be in addition to any
compensation received or credited under section 18-50.
History: 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers; P.A. 77-614 required consultation with commissioner of administrative services and secretary of the office of policy and management rather than with council of correction and personnel policy board; P.A. 87-282 deleted reference to "superintendent"; P.A. 88-300 amended provision re disbursement of compensation by requiring following priorities as Subdivs. (1) to (9): Federal taxes due, restitution or compensation to crime victim, payment of civil judgment, victims compensation, state taxes due, support of dependents, travel expense to and from work, costs of board and payment of fine; P.A. 93-310 changed commission on victim services to office of victim services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 04-234 amended Subdiv. (8) to replace "costs of his board as determined by the commissioner" with "costs of such inmate's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section" and made a technical change, effective June 8, 2004.
