2016 New York Laws
COR - Correction
Article 27 - (Correction) WORK RELEASE PROGRAM FOR COUNTY JAILS
872 - Disposition of earnings.

 872. Disposition of earnings.  (a) The wages or salary of a prisoner
  participating  in  the  work  release  program,  less payroll deductions
  required by law, shall be deposited with the sheriff  in  a  trust  fund
  account,  which  fund shall not be subject to garnishment or attachment.
  The sheriff shall keep a ledger of the account of each prisoner  and  he
  may disburse from the said trust fund account:
(1)  such  sum as the prisoner may be legally obligated to pay for the
  support of his dependents as recommended by  the  department  of  social
  services  of  the  county  in  which  such  dependents reside, provided,
  however, that the prisoner may authorize that a sum greater than that so
  recommended be disbursed for this purpose;
(2) a sum determined by the sheriff to be the cost to  the  county  of
  providing food, lodging and clothing for such prisoner subject, however,
  to approval by the state commission of correction;
(3)  a  sum  determined by the sheriff to be the cost to the county of
  the actual and  necessary  food,  travel  and  other  expenses  of  such
  prisoner when released from confinement for the purpose of participating
  in the work release program;
(4)  such  sums  as  may be necessary to satisfy any fines outstanding
  against the prisoner;
(5) such sums as may be necessary to  satisfy  any  outstanding  legal
  obligations  of  the  prisoner, acknowledged by him in writing and filed
  with the sheriff in such form as the sheriff shall specify.
(b) Any balance  remaining  in  the  trust  fund  account  after  such
  disbursements  shall  be  paid  to  the prisoner upon his discharge from
  confinement.
(c) On or before the thirty-first day of January  of  each  year,  the
  sheriff  shall  prepare  a  summary of receipts and disbursements of all
  accounts kept during the previous year and shall forward the summary  to
  the chief executive officer of the county. The summary shall be a public
  record.