New York S 888: Relates to incarcerated individuals wages

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S00888 Summary:

BILL NOS00888 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07165

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §187, Cor L

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Relates to incarcerated individuals wages; provides that incarcerated individuals shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; provides that incarcerated individuals not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty shall be paid $1.00 per day, adjusted every 5 years for cost of living.

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BILL NOS00888 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 888

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to incarcerated individ-
 uals wages

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 187 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 3 5. Incarcerated individuals shall be compensated for all work and
 4 program assignments at a base rate of compensation of one dollar twenty
 5 cents to ten dollars per day and shall be given biannual raises for
 6 adequate performance in such assignments. An incarcerated individual
 7 working in a manufacturing or industrial assignment shall receive
 8 compensation of five to ten dollars per day for the duration of the time
 9 such incarcerated individual works in such assignment and shall revert
 10 to such incarcerated individual's previous rate of compensation once
 11 they are no longer working in such assignment. Unless an incarcerated
 12 individual is leaving such manufacturing or industrial assignment, such
 13 incarcerated individual's compensation for performing such work or
 14 program assignment shall not be decreased if they are transferred to a
 15 different facility or changes assignments within a facility. The depart-
 16 ment shall review and adjust the base rate of compensation of incarcer-
 17 ated individuals every five years after the effective date of this
 18 subdivision to adjust for cost-of-living increases. A cost-of-living
 19 adjustment shall be made if the sum of the annual average changes of the
 20 consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published annu-
 21 ally by the United States department of labor bureau of labor statis-
 22 tics, is ten percent or greater upon review. Incarcerated individuals
 23 who are not able to work or participate in programs because of a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02258-01-5

 S. 888 2

 1 medical, mental, cognitive, developmental or physical impairment or
 2 condition or who are over the age of sixty and not participating in a
 3 work or program assignment because of age-related infirmity or frailty
 4 shall be paid one dollar per day, adjusted every five years for cost of
 5 living.
 6 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 7 law.

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