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61 PA Cons Stat § 1794 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1794 - Financial reporting

§ 1794. Financial reporting.  A detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures by any county constituting a part of the district for a joint industrial farm and workhouse erected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be published by the county commissioners of each county or by the controller in the county. Where the report is published by the controller, it shall be included in the annual statement of the fiscal affairs of the county.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1795 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1795 - Allocation of expenses to counties

§ 1795. Allocation of expenses to counties.   (a) General rule.--The original cost of the site and buildings of the joint industrial farm and workhouse, the equipment thereof, all additions thereto and all fixed overhead charges in conducting the joint industrial farm and workhouse shall be paid by the counties constituting the districts in the ratio of their population according to the last preceding United States census.  (b) Inmate expense.--The cost of the care and maintenance of the inmates shall be certified monthly to the counties from which inmates have been committed. The cost shall be paid by the counties in proportion to the number of inmates committed from each county. All payments shall be on warrants of the county commissioners, countersigned by the county controller in counties where a county controller exists.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1796 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1796 - Borrowing authorized

§ 1796. Borrowing authorized.  The county commissioners of each county joining in establishing a joint industrial farm and workhouse, as provided for in this subchapter, may incur or increase the indebtedness of the county, in the manner provided by law, to an amount sufficient to pay its proportionate part of the cost of acquiring a site and of erecting, constructing and equipping the joint industrial farm and workhouse by issuing coupon bonds at a rate of interest not exceeding 6% and payable within 30 years from the date of issue. The county commissioners of the county shall levy an annual tax in an amount necessary to pay interest and sinking fund charges upon the bonds.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1797 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1797 - Exemption from taxation

§ 1797. Exemption from taxation.  All the property, real and personal, authorized to be held under this subchapter shall be exempt from taxation.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1798 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1798 - Nonapplicability

§ 1798. Nonapplicability.  This subchapter does not apply to cities and counties of the first class.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3101 - Inmates to be employed

§ 3101. Inmates to be employed. The chief administrators may employ the inmates under their control for and on behalf of the Commonwealth and the inmates for and on behalf of their respective counties.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3102 - Disposition of proceeds of labor

§ 3102. Disposition of proceeds of labor.  All moneys received under the provisions of this subchapter for labor done within county correctional institutions or the products of such labor sold shall be credited on account of the receipts and expenditures paid to and for the maintenance of the respective correctional institutions. (Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.)
61 PA Cons Stat § 3103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3103 - Agricultural labor at county correctional institutions

§ 3103. Agricultural labor at county correctional institutions.   (a) General rule.--The chief administrator of a county correctional institution shall permit the employment of such inmates serving sentences therein, as they shall deem advisable, at agricultural labor on any county farm of the county under the direction of any person appointed by the chief administrator, and all inmates so employed shall at all times be amenable to restraint, discipline and punishment in the same manner as if they were confined in the county correctional institution.  (b) Liability.--No person appointed by a chief administrator of a county correctional institution or his sureties shall be held liable on any bond conditioned for the safekeeping of persons given into that person's care, in case any inmate so employed shall escape, if due care and diligence has been exercised in the discharge of the duties imposed on that person.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3104 - Inmate labor in county correctional institutions

§ 3104. Inmate labor in county correctional institutions.   (a) General rule.--An inmate of a county correctional institution who is physically capable may be employed at labor for not more than eight hours each day, other than Sundays and public holidays. The employment may be in such character of work and the production of such goods as may now be manufactured and produced in county correctional institutions and may also be for: (1) the manufacture and production of supplies for the county correctional institutions; (2) the preparation and manufacture of building material for the construction or repair of the county correctional institution; (3) the manufacture and production of crushed stone, brick, tile and culvert pipe or other material suitable for draining roads; or (4) the preparation of road building and ballasting material.  (b) Authority to county commissioners.--The county commissioners or chief administrator of the county correctional institution shall: (1) determine the amount, kind and character of the machinery to be erected and the industries to be carried on in the county correctional institution; (2) arrange for the purchase and installation of such machinery at the expense of the county; and (3) provide for the sale of articles and material produced.  (c) Funding.--The county commissioners shall make available the necessary funds to carry out the provisions of this section.  (d) Inmate accounts.--  (1) The authorities in charge of a county correctional institution shall fix the wages of each inmate to be employed and shall keep an account of all such wages and the amount due each inmate. (2) Three-fourths of the amount credited to each inmate, or the entire amount if the inmate so elects, shall constitute a fund for the relief of any person or persons dependent upon the inmate and shall be paid to such persons, establishing dependency to the satisfaction of the authorities, at such times as they may prescribe. (3) In case an inmate has no person dependent upon him, the inmate's wages shall be deposited for his benefit and shall be paid to him as follows: (i) one-third at the time of his discharge; (ii) one-third, three months thereafter; and (iii) one-third, six months thereafter.  (e) Special administrative fund.--  (1) The authorities in charge of a county correctional institution may establish a fund for the purpose of carrying out this section and may provide for the purchase of machinery and materials and payment of wages from such fund. (2) All revenues received from the sale of articles produced shall be paid into the fund.  (f) Nonapplicability.--This section shall not apply to a county of the first class.    Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 10 of Act 33 of 2009 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3105 - Inmate labor in counties of the first class

§ 3105. Inmate labor in counties of the first class.   (a) General rule.--The board of inspectors of a county correctional institution of a county of the first class may establish, from time to time, a scale of wages that shall not be less than 10¢ per day and may pay, and the inmates may receive compensation for their work, according to such scale.  (b) Inmate account.--  (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), the earnings of each inmate shall be credited to his account and disbursements made on approval of the chief administrator of the institution and the written order of the inmate. (2) When an inmate is committed for nonsupport, the court which sentenced the inmate shall order payment of his earnings, and, in the case of other inmates, the court which sentenced the inmate may order payments from his earnings to be paid to his dependents. (3) At time of release or discharge, the inmate shall receive all moneys remaining in his account and give receipt for the same.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3106 - Inmate-made goods to be branded

§ 3106. Inmate-made goods to be branded.   (a) General rule.--All goods, wares, merchandise or other article or thing made by inmate labor in any correctional institution or other establishment in which inmate labor is employed, whether for the direct benefit and maintenance of the correctional institution or other establishment or upon contract by the authorities of the same with any third person, immediately upon the completion of the same, shall be branded as provided in this section and may not be taken into or exposed in any place for sale at wholesale or retail without that brand.  (b) Style and place of brand.--  (1) The brand required by this section shall be in plain English lettering and shall contain at the head or top of the brand the words "inmate made," followed by the year and name of the correctional institution or other establishment in which made. (2) The brand shall in all cases, when the nature of the article will permit, be placed on the article and only where the branding is impossible may it be placed on the box or other receptacle or covering in which it is contained. (3) The brand shall be affixed to the article by casting, burning, pressing or other such process or means so that the article may not be defaced and in all cases shall be upon the most conspicuous place upon the article or the box, receptacle or covering containing the article.  (c) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to goods, wares and merchandise shipped to points outside of this Commonwealth.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3107 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3107 - Sale of inmate-made goods

§ 3107. Sale of inmate-made goods.  The department may contract to sell or sell the articles manufactured or produced in any correctional institution which cannot be used therein, to the Commonwealth or to any political subdivision thereof, or to any State, municipality or county authority, created by or under any law of this Commonwealth, or to any State correctional institution, or to any educational or charitable institution receiving aid from the Commonwealth, or to the Federal Government or any department, bureau, commission, authority or agency thereof, or to any other state or political subdivision or authority thereof, or to any institution receiving aid from the Federal Government or of any other state.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3121 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3121 - Inmates to be employed

§ 3121. Inmates to be employed.  The Chief Administrators at any correctional institution established by the Commonwealth may employ inmates under their control for and on behalf of the Commonwealth, any county, city, borough or township or for any public institution owned, managed and controlled by the Commonwealth.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3122 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3122 - Manufacturing Fund

§ 3122. Manufacturing Fund.  For the purchase of material, equipment and machinery to be used in the designated State correctional institutions, special appropriations shall be made, from time to time, to the Manufacturing Fund.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3123 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3123 - Deposit of sales receipts

§ 3123. Deposit of sales receipts.   (a) General rule.--The receipts from the sales of manufactured articles, sold as authorized in this subchapter, shall be deposited into the Manufacturing Fund and used for the purchase of further material, equipment, machinery, supplies, staff compensation and inmate pay.  (b) Monthly reporting.--The department shall make a full monthly report of the products, sales, receipts and disbursements of the industries authorized under this subchapter to the Auditor General.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3124 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3124 - Inmates accounts

§ 3124. Inmates accounts.   (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.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3125 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3125 - Remainder of inmate accounts

§ 3125. Remainder of inmate accounts.   (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.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3126 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3126 - Inmate-made goods to be branded

§ 3126. Inmate-made goods to be branded.   (a) General rule.--All goods, wares, merchandise or other article or thing made by inmate labor in any correctional institution or other establishment in which inmate labor is employed, whether for the direct benefit and maintenance of the correctional institution or other establishment or upon contract by the authorities of the same with any third person, immediately upon the completion of the same, shall be branded as provided in this section and may not be taken into or exposed in any place for sale at wholesale or retail without that brand.  (b) Style and place of brand.--  (1) The brand required by this section shall be in plain English lettering and shall contain at the head or top of the brand the words "inmate made," followed by the year and name of the department, correctional institution or other establishment in which made. (2) The brand shall in all cases, when the nature of the article will permit, be placed on the article and only where the branding is impossible may it be on the box or other receptacle or covering in which it is contained. (3) The brand shall be affixed to the article by casting, burning, pressing or other such process or means so that the article may not be defaced and in all cases shall be upon the most conspicuous place upon the article or the box, receptacle or covering containing the article.  (c) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to goods, wares and merchandise shipped to points outside this Commonwealth.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3127 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor|Section 3127 - Sale of inmate-made goods

§ 3127. Sale of inmate-made goods.  The department may contract to sell or sell the articles manufactured or produced in any correctional institution which cannot be used therein to the Commonwealth or to any political subdivision thereof, or to any State, municipality or county authority created by or under any law of this Commonwealth or to any State correctional institution or to any educational or charitable institution receiving aid from the Commonwealth, or to the Federal Government or any department, bureau, commission, authority or agency thereof, or to any other state or political subdivision or authority thereof, or to any institution receiving aid from the Federal Government or of any other state.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 33 - Medical Services|Section 3301 - Short title of chapter

§ 3301. Short title of chapter.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Correctional Institution Medical Services Act.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 33 - Medical Services|Section 3302 - Definitions

§ 3302. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Program." The Medical Services Program established for inmates under section 3303 (relating to Medical Services Program).
61 PA Cons Stat § 3303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 33 - Medical Services|Section 3303 - Medical Services Program

§ 3303. Medical Services Program.   (a) Establishment.--The Medical Services Program is established in the department which shall include, but not be limited to, the provisions of this chapter. The program shall be a copay program requiring inmates to pay a fee to cover a portion of the actual costs of the medical services provided.  (b) Fees.--  (1) The department shall develop by regulation a program for inmates which includes fees for certain medical services. The regulations shall provide for consistent medical services guidelines by specifying the medical services which are subject to fees, the fee amounts, payment procedures, medical services which are not subject to fees and fees applicable to medical emergencies, chronic care and preexisting conditions. (2) In addition to other medical services provided to the inmate, an inmate may be required to pay a fee for medical services provided because of injuries the inmate inflicted upon himself or another inmate.  (c) Explanation of program.--Each inmate shall be advised of the medical services fees and payment procedures at the time of intake. An explanation of the program regulations shall be included in the inmate handbook.  (d) Written notice of changes.--Each inmate shall receive written notice of any changes in medical services fees and payment procedures and an initial written notice of the program's implementation.  (e) Payment for medical services.--  (1) No inmate shall be denied access to medical services because of an inability to pay the required fees. (2) The department shall devise and implement a program whereby inmates of State correctional institutions who have medical insurance shall pay for their own medical needs through that insurance. This program shall be contained in regulations promulgated by the department.  (f) Fee debits.--An inmate shall acknowledge in writing any debit made to his inmate account for a medical services fee.  (g) Deposits.--Medical services fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the General Fund.    Cross References. Section 3303 is referred to in sections 3302, 3304 of this title.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 33 - Medical Services|Section 3304 - Powers and duties of department

§ 3304. Powers and duties of department.  The department shall implement the program by: (1) Issuing regulations as required under section 3303 (relating to Medical Services Program). (2) Providing department staff and medical services providers with training relating to the program. (3) Developing administrative forms for the implementation of the program. (4) Providing for administrative and accounting procedures for the program and an annual audit of the program. (5) Providing written notice to all current inmates regarding implementation of the program.    Cross References. Section 3304 is referred to in section 3306 of this title.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 33 - Medical Services|Section 3305 - Costs outstanding upon release

§ 3305. Costs outstanding upon release.   (a) Right to seek recovery of costs.--The department may seek to recover any amount owed for medical services fees by an inmate upon release from prison through a civil action brought within one year of the inmate's release. The department shall have the burden to prove the amount owed.  (b) Defense.--An inmate's inability to pay as determined by the court shall be a defense to the payment of part or all of the fees.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 33 - Medical Services|Section 3306 - Report to General Assembly

§ 3306. Report to General Assembly.  The department shall submit to the chairmen and minority chairmen of the Appropriations Committee and the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the chairmen and minority chairmen of the Appropriations Committee and the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives an annual report on the program. The report shall provide information on the fees charged and the fees collected under the program and shall include a summary of the annual audit of the program as required under section 3304 (relating to powers and duties of department). The report may recommend legislative changes for the program and propose model legislation for counties which may wish to develop similar programs.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 33 - Medical Services|Section 3307 - Applicability

§ 3307. Applicability.  The department shall collect fees for medical services provided to an inmate after the effective date of the program regulations as published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 35 - Visitation|Section 3501 - (Reserved)

§ 3501. (Reserved).     Prior Provisions. Former section 3501, which related to gubernatorial visitor for philanthropic purposes, was added August 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, and reserved July 5, 2012, P.L.1050, No.122, effective in 60 days.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3502 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 35 - Visitation|Section 3502 - (Reserved)

§ 3502. (Reserved).     Prior Provisions. Former section 3502, which related to official visitors, was added August 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, and reserved July 5, 2012, P.L.1050, No.122, effective in 60 days.