Assembly Bill A7165

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to incarcerated individuals wages

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A7165 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S888
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §187, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10120
2019-2020: A4340, A8080, S4778
2021-2022: A1502, S2104
2023-2024: A6469, S467

2025-A7165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to incarcerated individuals wages; provides that incarcerated individuals shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; provides that incarcerated individuals 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.

2025-A7165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7165
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to incarcerated individ-
   uals 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. INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS 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 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL
 WORKING IN  A  MANUFACTURING  OR  INDUSTRIAL  ASSIGNMENT  SHALL  RECEIVE
 COMPENSATION OF FIVE TO TEN DOLLARS PER DAY FOR THE DURATION OF THE TIME
 SUCH  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL WORKS IN SUCH ASSIGNMENT AND SHALL REVERT
 TO SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL'S PREVIOUS  RATE  OF  COMPENSATION  ONCE
 THEY  ARE  NO LONGER WORKING IN SUCH ASSIGNMENT.  UNLESS AN INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUAL IS LEAVING SUCH MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL ASSIGNMENT,  SUCH
 INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL'S  COMPENSATION  FOR  PERFORMING  SUCH  WORK OR
 PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT SHALL NOT BE DECREASED IF THEY ARE TRANSFERRED  TO  A
 DIFFERENT FACILITY OR CHANGES ASSIGNMENTS WITHIN A FACILITY. THE DEPART-
 MENT  SHALL REVIEW AND ADJUST THE BASE RATE OF COMPENSATION OF INCARCER-
 ATED INDIVIDUALS 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 ANNU-
 ALLY BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU  OF  LABOR  STATIS-
 TICS,  IS  TEN  PERCENT OR GREATER UPON REVIEW. INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02258-01-5

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