356.30 Prisoner to pay for board — limitations.
Every prisoner of a county jail under a sentence to accommodate the person’s work schedule in accordance with section 356.26 is liable for the cost of the prisoner’s board in the jail as fixed by the county board of supervisors. The sheriff shall charge the prisoner’s account for the board and any meals provided in section 356.31. If the prisoner is gainfully self-employed the prisoner shall pay the sheriff for the board, in default of which the prisoner’s privilege under this chapter is automatically forfeited. If necessarily absent from jail at a meal time, the prisoner shall at the prisoner’s request be furnished with a lunch to carry to work. If the jail food is furnished directly, by the county, the sheriff shall account for and pay over the meal payments to the county treasurer. The county board of supervisors may by resolution provide that the county furnish or pay for the transportation of prisoners employed under sections 356.26 through 356.35 to and from the place of employment. However, the charges for board and meals under this section shall not exceed fifty percent of the wages or salaries of the prisoner, after deductions required by law, including deductions to satisfy any court-ordered child support obligations, earned during the period of time for which the charges are made.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §356.30]
84 Acts, ch 1144, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1105, §2; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §224
Referred to in §331.303, 356.7, 356.28, 356.29, 356.33, 356A.4, 903.3
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Chapter 356 - JAILS AND MUNICIPAL HOLDING FACILITIES
Section 356.3 - Minors separately confined.
Section 356.4 - Separation of men and women.
Section 356.5 - Keeper’s duty.
Section 356.6 - Sheriff’s duty.
Section 356.6A - Duty to inform about veteran services.
Section 356.7 - Charges for administrative costs and room and board — enforcement procedures.
Section 356.14 - Refractory prisoners.
Section 356.15A - Responsibility for payment of required medical aid.
Section 356.17 - Labor on public works.
Section 356.19 - Rules — labor not to be leased.
Section 356.20 - Violation of city ordinance.
Section 356.21 - Control and punishment.
Section 356.22 - Credit for labor.
Section 356.23 - Cruel treatment.
Section 356.24 - Protecting prisoners.
Section 356.25 - Annoyance of prisoner.
Section 356.26 - Leaving jail for certain purposes — intermittent sentencing — in-home detention.
Section 356.27 - Privilege expressly granted.
Section 356.29 - Wages or salary collected by sheriff.
Section 356.30 - Prisoner to pay for board — limitations.
Section 356.31 - Application of wages.
Section 356.32 - Employment in another county.
Section 356.33 - Orders of courts.
Section 356.34 - Support of dependents.
Section 356.35 - Suspension of privileges.
Section 356.36 - Jail standards.
Section 356.37 - Confinement and detention report — design proposals.
Section 356.43 - Inspection — hearing — remedial action — report.
Section 356.44 - Rules of sheriff.
Section 356.46 - Time off for good behavior.
Section 356.47 - Sentence suspended.