Assembly Bill A4340

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to inmate wages

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A4340 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
S4778 ,
A8080 ,
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §187, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10120
2021-2022: A1502, S2104
2023-2024: A6469, S467

2019-A4340 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to inmate wages; provides that inmates shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; and provides that inmates not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty shall be paid $1.00 per day, adjusted every 5 years for cost of living.

2019-A4340 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4340
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN, DE LA ROSA, GOTTFRIED, RIVERA -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to inmate wages
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  187 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. INMATES SHALL BE COMPENSATED FOR ALL WORK AND  PROGRAM  ASSIGNMENTS
 AT A BASE RATE OF COMPENSATION OF ONE DOLLAR TWENTY CENTS TO TEN DOLLARS
 PER  DAY  AND SHALL BE GIVEN BIANNUAL RAISES FOR ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE IN
 SUCH ASSIGNMENTS. AN INMATE WORKING IN  A  MANUFACTURING  OR  INDUSTRIAL
 ASSIGNMENT SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION OF FIVE TO TEN DOLLARS PER DAY FOR
 THE  DURATION OF THE TIME SUCH INMATE WORKS IN SUCH ASSIGNMENT AND SHALL
 REVERT TO HIS OR HER PREVIOUS RATE OF COMPENSATION ONCE HE OR SHE IS  NO
 LONGER  WORKING  IN  SUCH ASSIGNMENT.   UNLESS AN INMATE IS LEAVING SUCH
 MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL ASSIGNMENT,  HIS  OR  HER  COMPENSATION  FOR
 PERFORMING  HIS OR HER WORK OR PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT SHALL NOT BE DECREASED
 IF HE OR SHE IS TRANSFERRED TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY OR  CHANGES  ASSIGN-
 MENTS WITHIN A FACILITY. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND ADJUST THE BASE
 RATE  OF  COMPENSATION  OF  INMATES EVERY FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO ADJUST FOR COST OF LIVING INCREASES. A  COST
 OF  LIVING  ADJUSTMENT  SHALL  BE  MADE IF THE SUM OF THE ANNUAL AVERAGE
 CHANGES OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U),  AS
 PUBLISHED  ANNUALLY  BY  THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF
 LABOR STATISTICS, IS TEN PERCENT OR GREATER UPON REVIEW. INMATES WHO ARE
 NOT ABLE TO WORK OR  PARTICIPATE  IN  PROGRAMS  BECAUSE  OF  A  MEDICAL,
 MENTAL,  COGNITIVE, DEVELOPMENTAL OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT OR CONDITION OR
 WHO ARE OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN A WORK OR PROGRAM
 ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE OF AGE-RELATED INFIRMITY OR FRAILTY SHALL BE PAID ONE
 DOLLAR PER DAY, ADJUSTED EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR COST OF LIVING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.

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