20-412. COMPENSATION — AMOUNT — CREDITING ACCOUNT OF PRISONER — CIVIL RIGHTS — PRISONERS NOT EMPLOYEES. Each prisoner, who is engaged in productive work as authorized by this chapter, may receive for his work such compensation as the board shall determine, to be paid out of any funds available in the correctional industries betterment account. Such compensation, if any, shall be in accordance with a graduated schedule based on quantity and quality of work performed and skill required for its performance. Compensation shall be credited to the account of the prisoner, and paid from the correctional industries betterment account.
Nothing in this section or in this act is intended to restore, in whole or in part, the civil rights of any inmate. No inmate who is compensated under this act shall be considered to be an employee of or employed by the state, the board of correction or any private agricultural employer that is a party to a contract for inmate labor pursuant to section 20-413A, Idaho Code. No inmate engaged in productive work as authorized by this chapter shall be entitled to worker’s compensation benefits or unemployment compensation under chapter 4 or chapter 13, title 72, Idaho Code, whether on behalf of himself or any other person.
History:
[20-412, added 1974, ch. 48, sec. 2, p. 1096; am. 1980, ch. 101, sec. 10, p. 223; am. 1983, ch. 223, sec. 4, p. 619; am. 2015, ch. 125, sec. 1, p. 318.]
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