(a) Payment on discharge.--All sums credited to an inmate shall be for the benefit of the inmate and paid to the inmate on the inmate's discharge.
(b) Use for present needs.--An inmate who has sums to the inmate's credit may, subject to the rules and regulations of the department, draw upon the balance of the wages for present needs.
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