(a) (Reserved).
(b) Surrender of wages.--When an inmate is employed for wages or salary, the chief administrator of the county correctional institution shall collect the wages or salary or require the inmate to turn over his wages or salary in full when received, and the chief administrator shall deposit the same in a trust checking account and keep a ledger showing the status of the account of each inmate.
(c) Liability for board cost.--
(1) An inmate gainfully employed shall be liable for the cost of his board in the county correctional institution as fixed by the county commissioners. If necessarily absent from jail at a meal time, the inmate shall, at his request, be furnished with an adequately nourishing lunch to carry to work.
(2) The chief administrator of the county correctional institution shall charge the inmate's account if the inmate has one for such board.
(3) If the inmate is gainfully self employed, the inmate shall pay for such board in default of which his privilege under this section shall be automatically forfeited.
(4) If the food in the county correctional institution is furnished directly by the county, the chief administrator of the county correctional institution shall account for and pay over such board payments to the county treasurer.
(d) Disbursements from inmate accounts.--By order of the court, the wages or salaries of employed inmates shall be disbursed for the following purposes in the order stated:
(1) The board of the inmate.
(2) Necessary travel expense to and from work and other incidental expenses of the inmate.
(3) Support of the inmate's dependents, if any, the amount to be determined by the court.
(4) Payment of docket costs connected with the commitment of the inmate.
(5) Payment either in full or ratably of the inmate's obligations acknowledged by him in writing or which have been reduced to judgment.
(6) The balance, if any, to the inmate upon discharge.
(e) Intercounty custody.--The court may by order authorize the chief administrator of a county correctional institution to which an inmate is committed to arrange with the chief administrator of another county correctional institution for the employment of the prisoner in the other's county and while so employed to be in the other's custody but in other respects to be and continue subject to the commitment.
(Aug. 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2009 Amendment. Act 33 added section 9755.1.
Cross References. Section 9755.1 is referred to in sections 9755, 9756 of this title.
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