2022 Wyoming Statutes
Title 7 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 18 - Community Corrections
Section 7-18-114 - Record and Disbursement of Wages; Exemption From Process; Confidentiality of Amount.
7-18-114. Record and disbursement of wages; exemption from process; confidentiality of amount.
(a) Wages earned by an inmate, parolee or offender while in an adult community corrections program shall be retained and accounted for by the program operator and shall be disbursed for the purposes provided in this subsection and in the order specified:
(i) Personal necessities;
(ii) Room and board to the program operator at a rate to be established by the department;
(iii) Support of dependent relations;
(iv) Court ordered restitution, fines, sanctions and reimbursement for the services of public defender or court appointed counsel, the surcharge imposed under W.S. 1-40-119, victims compensation obligations under W.S. 1-40-112(g) and the surcharge imposed under W.S. 7-13-1616;
(v) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 62, § 2.
(vi) Costs of health insurance; and
(vii) Remaining funds shall be paid to the inmate, parolee or offender upon parole or final discharge.
(b) Wages earned by offenders, other than parolees or inmates, while in a residential adult community corrections program shall be retained and accounted for by the program operator and shall be disbursed only for the purposes and in the order specified in subsection (a) of this section unless otherwise ordered by the sentencing court. Any remaining funds shall be paid to the offender upon his satisfactory discharge from the program. Upon revocation of an offender's probation, the program operator shall forward any remaining funds to the court or to the institution to which the offender is sentenced as directed by the court.
(c) Program operators shall keep an accurate record and account of all wages earned by inmates, parolees and offenders pursuant to the rules promulgated by the department.
(d) The earnings of inmates under this act are not subject to garnishment, attachment or execution.
(e) Information relating to the amount of wages earned by an inmate, parolee or offender in an adult community corrections program is confidential and is not subject to public inspection.
