Connecticut General Statutes Title 18. Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction § 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.