2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-101. - Disposition of inmate compensation.

(a) Whenever any inmate to whom privileges have been granted under section 18-100 is employed for compensation, the Commissioner of Correction or the commissioner's designee shall collect such compensation or require such inmate to deliver to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee the full amount of such compensation when received. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall deposit such funds in an account in a savings bank or state bank and trust company in this state or an account administered by the State Treasurer and shall credit such funds to the inmate's individual account and shall keep a record showing the status of the account of each inmate.
(b) On granting privileges to any inmate under section 18-100, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall disburse any compensation earned by such inmate in accordance with the following priorities: (1) Federal taxes due; (2) restitution or payment of compensation to a crime victim ordered by any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) payment of a civil judgment rendered in favor of a crime victim by any court of competent jurisdiction; (4) victims compensation through the criminal injuries account administered by the Office of Victim Services; (5) state taxes due; (6) support of such inmate's dependents, if any; (7) such inmate's necessary travel expense to and from work and other incidental expenses; and (8) costs of such inmate's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section. The commissioner shall pay any balance remaining to such inmate upon the inmate's release from incarceration. Each inmate gainfully self-employed shall pay to the commissioner the costs of such inmate's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section, and on default in payment thereof the inmate's participation under section 18-100 shall be revoked.
(c) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall notify the Commissioner of Social Services and the welfare department of the town where the dependents of any inmate employed under the provisions of section 18-90b or 18-100 reside of the amounts of any payments being made to such dependents.
(1967, P.A. 773, S. 5; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 79-560, S. 5, 39; P.A. 88-300, S. 3; P.A. 90-230, S. 85, 101; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-310, S. 27, 32; P.A. 04-234, S. 20; P.A. 07-158, S. 4; P.A. 13-69, S. 4; P.A. 18-155, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-560 replaced commissioner of human resources with commissioner of income maintenance; P.A. 88-300 amended Subsection (a) by adding reference to Sec. 18-90b and amended Subsec. (b) re disbursement of compensation by requiring disbursement in accordance with the following priorities: Federal taxes due, restitution or compensation to crime victim, payment of civil judgment, victims compensation, state taxes due, support of dependents, necessary travel expenses and costs of board; P.A. 90-230 added reference to Sec. 18-90b in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-310 changed commission on victim services to office of victim services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 04-234 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “costs of his board as determined by said commissioner” with “costs of such person's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section” where appearing, effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 07-158 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re amount transferred to a discharge savings account, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 13-69 substituted “inmate” for “person”, amended Subsec. (a) to require commissioner to deposit funds in account in a savings bank or state bank and trust company in this state or in account administered by State Treasurer and credit funds to inmate's individual account, and to delete provision re compensation received by inmate not to be subject to levy or attachment, amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to privileges granted under Sec. 18-90b, to add new Subdiv. (8) re deposits credited to inmate's discharge savings account under Sec. 18-84a, and to redesignate existing Subdiv. (8) as Subdiv. (9), and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 18-155 deleted former Subsec. (b)(8) re deposits credited to inmate's discharge savings account under Sec. 18-84a, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(9) as Subsec. (b)(8) and made technical and conforming changes.