31-141. Enforcement of sentence imposing hard labor; employment of prisoners; definition A. If a person is sentenced to serve a certain number of days in a county jail, the court imposing the sentence may order, in addition to any other sentence authorized by law, that the defendant be kept at hard labor during the term […]
31-142. Use of prisoners on public works A. The sheriff may, with the consent of the board of supervisors, require prisoners under his charge who are capable of hard labor to be employed on the public streets, highways or other public works where they will not compete with free labor in the county. B. If […]
31-143. Use of prisoners by county engineer The county engineer shall receive and work prisoners sentenced to hard labor who are authorized by the board of supervisors to be employed. The engineer may exercise the powers of a constable to transport, supervise and control available numbers of prisoners released to him for work.
31-144. Double time allowance for work done outside jail as trusty A. A prisoner in a city, town or county jail, while working on the public streets, highways or other public works as a trusty outside the jail without requiring armed guards, or while holding a position of trust either within or without the jail, […]
31-145. Allowance for hard labor in reduction of fine A. A prisoner sentenced to pay a fine shall be allowed not to exceed fifty dollars per day credited to the fine for each day he is employed at hard labor. B. A person committed for nonpayment of a fine shall be given credit toward payment […]
31-146. Notice of discharge of prisoners sentenced to pay fine or to be imprisoned until payment made Within five days after the end of each week, the officer having custody of prisoners who have been sentenced to pay a fine and ordered imprisoned until the fine is paid shall give notice to the committing court […]
31-250. Definition of work crew In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, " work crew" means a group of prison inmates who possess the skills and training to work at prison sites and to participate, under the security supervision of correctional service officers, in any phase of prison construction, maintenance, renovation or conversion. In […]
31-251. Hard labor required of prisoners; labor classification; definition A. The director has the authority to require that each able-bodied prisoner under commitment to the state department of corrections engage in hard labor for not less than forty hours per week, except that not more than twenty hours per week of participation in an educational, […]
31-251.01. Definition In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " First offender" means a prisoner who has not previously served a prison term for conviction of an offense which would constitute a felony if committed in this state.
31-252. Use of prisoners in public works; cooperative prisoner labor system; definitions A. The director may enter into a cooperative agreement with any state agency or political subdivision of this state or any department or agency of the federal government to provide hard labor by prisoners on public works. B. The director shall develop and […]
31-253. Use of prisoners in prison construction; definition A. The director of the state department of corrections and the director of the department of administration shall use prisoner labor to the maximum extent feasible in the construction of all prison facilities. B. Prisoner labor shall be used exclusively for all fencing and concrete flatwork as […]
31-254. Compensation for labor performed; price of prison made articles; distribution of earnings; workers’ compensation A. Each prisoner who is engaged in productive work in any state prison or institution under the jurisdiction of the department or a private prison under contract with the department as a part of the prison industries program shall receive […]
31-255. Alcohol abuse treatment fund A. The alcohol abuse treatment fund is established. B. Notwithstanding section 31-254, the director of the state department of corrections shall deposit in the fund the lesser of sixty-seven per cent or fifty cents per hour of the monies earned by persons sentenced to the department pursuant to section 28-1381, […]
31-256. Prisoner training; individual certificates; requirements While incarcerated, a prisoner who successfully completes a training program that results in certification to work in a specific field or trade shall receive an individual certificate that includes the prisoner’s name, the date of the training and information that the prisoner successfully completed the training program and is […]
