301.31 Wages to prisoners. The department may provide for assistance of prisoners on their discharge; for the support of their families while the prisoners are in confinement; or for the payment, either in full or ratably, of their obligations acknowledged by them in writing or which have been reduced to judgment by the allowance of moderate wages, to be paid from the operation, maintenance, farm and construction appropriations of the institution in which they are confined. Until the prisoner's final discharge, the funds arising from the wages shall be under the control of the officer in charge of the institution and shall be used for the benefit of the prisoner, the prisoner's family and other obligations specified in this section. Earnings by inmates working in the prison industries and the retention and distribution thereof shall be governed by ss. 303.01 (4) and (8) and 303.06 (2).
History: 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 269.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
301.001 - Purposes of chapters.
301.02 - Institutions governed.
301.025 - Division of juvenile corrections.
301.027 - Treatment program at one or more juvenile correctional facilities.
301.029 - Contracts requiring prisoner access to personal information.
301.03 - General corrections authority.
301.032 - Juvenile correctional services; supervisory functions of state department.
301.035 - Division of hearings and appeals; administrator's general duties.
301.046 - Community residential confinement.
301.047 - Inmate rehabilitation and aftercare.
301.048 - Intensive sanctions program.
301.049 - Mother-young child care program.
301.055 - Prisoner population limits.
301.06 - Education and prevention.
301.065 - Religious organizations; contract powers.
301.068 - Community services to reduce recidivism.
301.07 - Cooperation and contracts with federal government.
301.073 - American Indian tribal community reintegration program.
301.075 - Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.
301.08 - Purchase of care and services.
301.085 - Payment of benefits.
301.09 - Grants for pilot programs or demonstration projects.
301.095 - Council on offender reentry.
301.10 - Purchases, bills, audits, payments.
301.103 - Prescription drug formulary.
301.105 - Telephone company commissions.
301.11 - Reports of corrections institutions.
301.13 - Minimum security correctional institutions.
301.132 - Honesty testing of sex offenders.
301.135 - Electronic monitoring.
301.14 - State-local shared correctional facilities.
301.15 - Medium security prison.
301.16 - Construction or establishment of certain institutions.
301.17 - Minimum security corrections institutions.
301.18 - Correctional and other institutions; expansion and establishment of facilities.
301.19 - Restrictions on construction or modifications of correctional facilities.
301.205 - Reimbursement to visiting families.
301.21 - Contracts for the transfer and confinement of Wisconsin prisoners in other states.
301.235 - Structures, facilities and permanent improvements.
301.24 - Lands; condemnation, easements, leases, sales, purchases.
301.25 - Sewer system at Taycheedah Correctional Institution.
301.26 - Juvenile correctional services; state services.
301.27 - Meal and other charges; vending stands; commissary; and butter and cheese.
301.28 - Training of correctional officers.
301.285 - In-service and work experience training.
301.286 - State identification upon release from prison.
301.287 - Correctional officer overtime.
301.29 - Bonds of employees; police powers; investigation of complaints.
301.30 - Inmate wages, allowances and release payments.
301.315 - Corrections programs report.
301.32 - Property of prisoners, residents and probationers.
301.323 - Vendors of personal property items.
301.325 - Prisoner reimbursement to the state.
301.328 - Judgment for litigation loans to prisoners.
301.33 - Freedom of worship; religious ministration.
301.35 - Law enforcement officer access to department records.
301.36 - General supervision and inspection by department.
301.37 - County buildings; establishment, approval, inspection.
301.373 - Operating loss reimbursement program.
301.38 - Notification of victims and witnesses about prisoner escapes.
301.45 - Sex offender registration.
301.46 - Access to information concerning sex offenders.
301.47 - Sex offender name changes prohibited.
301.475 - Sex offenders to notify schools.
301.48 - Global positioning system tracking and residency requirement for certain sex offenders.
301.49 - Global positioning system tracking for persons who violate certain orders or injunctions.