§1601. Employment of prisoners generally The county commissioners may authorize the employment of prisoners committed for crime, for the benefit of the county or of their dependent families, in some suitable manner not inconsistent with their security and the discipline of the prison. The commissioners may pay the proceeds of that labor, less a reasonable […]
§1602. Charitable organizations (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 629, §1 (RP).
§1603. Contracts subject to cancellation or suspension Except for contracts made under section 1602, any contract for the employment of prisoners made by the county commissioners with any person, firm or corporation, shall be made subject to the right of the county commissioners to withdraw, cancel or suspend the contract in whole or in part. […]
§1604. Pay for labor of prisoners before sentence Any person charged with a crime or awaiting sentence who, while confined in any jail where provision for labor has been made, chooses to labor as provided for persons under sentence, shall receive such sum for that labor as, in the judgment of the commissioners of that […]
§1605. Employment of county jail prisoners 1. Order of release; purpose. Any person sentenced or committed to a county jail for crime, nonpayment of a fine or forfeiture or court order or criminal or civil contempt of court, may be granted the privilege of leaving the jail during necessary and reasonable hours for any of […]
§1606. Prisoner voluntary participation in public works projects and in work projects within the jails 1. Participation in public works projects authorized. The sheriff in charge of a county jail, or the sheriff of a county that shares a regional jail with other counties, may permit certain inmates of that jail, who have been […]
§1607. Family support A prisoner may not participate in a work program under section 1605 or any other program administered by the sheriff by which a prisoner is able to generate money unless the prisoner consents to pay at least 25% of that money for the support of that prisoner’s dependent children if the parent, […]
