§ 187. Earnings of incarcerated individuals. 1. Every incarcerated
individual confined in a state correctional facility, subject to the
rules and regulations of the department of corrections and community
supervision, and every incarcerated individual 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 incarcerated individuals 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 incarcerated
individuals 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 incarcerated individuals confined therein. Such
rules shall provide for the payment of compensation to each incarcerated
individual, who shall meet the requirements established by the
department of corrections and community supervision, based upon the work
performed by such incarcerated individuals.

3. The department shall prepare graded wage schedules for incarcerated
individuals, 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
incarcerated individual and the manner in which such earnings shall be
paid to the incarcerated individual or his or her dependents or held in
trust for him or her until his or her release.

4. Any compensation paid to an incarcerated individual under this
article shall be based on the work performed by such incarcerated
individual. Compensation may be paid from moneys appropriated to the
department and available to facilities for nonpersonal service.