(a) Duty to maintain.--The department shall maintain an account of the labor performed by all inmates under sentence in the institution.
(b) Contents of accounts.--In the account, the department shall credit the inmate with wages for the time the inmate is actually engaged in work. The rate of the wage and the amount credited to each inmate shall be determined at the discretion of the department.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Section 3101 - Inmates to be employed
Section 3102 - Disposition of proceeds of labor
Section 3103 - Agricultural labor at county correctional institutions
Section 3104 - Inmate labor in county correctional institutions
Section 3105 - Inmate labor in counties of the first class
Section 3106 - Inmate-made goods to be branded
Section 3107 - Sale of inmate-made goods
Section 3121 - Inmates to be employed
Section 3122 - Manufacturing Fund
Section 3123 - Deposit of sales receipts
Section 3124 - Inmates accounts
Section 3125 - Remainder of inmate accounts