2019 New York Laws
COR - Correction
Article 26 - Temporary Release Programs for State Correctional Institutions
860 - Disposition of Earnings.

§   860.   Disposition  of  earnings.  * The  earnings  of  an  inmate
  participating in a work release program,  less  any  payroll  deductions
  required   or   authorized   by   law,  shall  be  turned  over  to  the
  superintendent  who  shall  deposit  such  receipts  as  inmates'  funds
  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred  sixteen. Such receipts shall not be
  subject to attachment or garnishment in the hands of the superintendent.
  The commissioner may authorize the superintendent to make  disbursements
  of  such receipts, and such receipts may be disbursed, for any or all of
  the following purposes:
1.  Appropriate  and  reasonable  costs  related   to   the   inmate's
  participation in a temporary release program;
* NB Expired September 1, 1977
The  earnings  of  an  inmate participating in a work release program,
  less any payroll deductions required or  authorized  by  law,  shall  be
  turned  over  to  the warden who shall deposit such receipts as inmates'
  funds pursuant to section one hundred  sixteen  of  this  chapter.  Such
  receipts  shall not be subject to attachment or garnishment in the hands
  of the warden. The commissioner of correction may authorize  the  warden
  to  make  disbursements  of  such  receipts,  and  such  receipts may be
  disbursed, for any or all of the following purposes:
1.  Appropriate  and  reasonable  costs  related   to   the   inmate's
  participation in the work release program;
2. Support of the inmate's dependents;
3. Payment of fines imposed by any court;
4.  Payment  of  any  court  ordered  restitution or reparation to the
  victim of the inmate's crime.
5. Purchases by the inmate from the commissary of the institution.
The balance of such receipts, if  any,  after  disbursements  for  the
  foregoing  purposes  shall be paid to the inmate upon termination of his
  imprisonment.