2019 New York Laws
COR - Correction
Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions
187 - Earnings of Inmates.

§  187.  Earnings  of  inmates.  1.  Every  inmate confined in a state
  correctional facility, subject to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the
  department  of  corrections  and community supervision, and every inmate
  confined in a local correctional facility,  in  the  discretion  of  the
  sheriff  thereof, may receive compensation for work performed during his
  or her imprisonment. Such compensation shall be graded by the department
  of corrections and community supervision with regard to inmates employed
  in prison industries, based upon the work performed  by  such  prisoners
  for  prisoners  confined  in  state  correctional facilities, and by the
  sheriffs in all  local  correctional  facilities  for  inmates  confined
  therein.
2. The department of corrections and community supervision shall adopt
  rules,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  director of the budget, for
  establishing in all of the state correctional  facilities  a  system  of
  compensation  for the inmates confined therein. Such rules shall provide
  for the payment of compensation to  each  inmate,  who  shall  meet  the
  requirements  established by the department of corrections and community
  supervision, based upon the work performed by such inmates.
3. The department shall prepare graded  wage  schedules  for  inmates,
  which  schedules  shall  be  based upon classifications according to the
  value of work performed by each. Such schedules need not be  uniform  in
  all institutions. The rules of the department shall also provide for the
  establishment of a credit system for each inmate and the manner in which
  such  earnings  shall  be paid to the inmate or his or her dependents or
  held in trust for him or her until his or her release.
4. Any compensation paid to an inmate  under  this  article  shall  be
  based  on  the  work  performed by such inmate. Compensation may be paid
  from moneys appropriated to the department and available  to  facilities
  for nonpersonal service.