Payment for prisoners' work, &c.
34 Payment for prisoners' work, &c.
A prisoner who performs work pursuant to section 33 is entitled to be paid such amount for that work as is determined from time to time by the Director.
A prisoner or detainee who performs work for which the prisoner or detainee volunteered is entitled to be paid for that work.
The Director is to hold on behalf of a prisoner the money that the prisoner is entitled to be paid for work performed and is to pay that money to the prisoner on the prisoner's release or as otherwise provided by the regulations.
Notwithstanding subsection (2), a court of competent jurisdiction may order, before a prisoner is released from prison, that the whole or any part of the money that the prisoner is entitled to be paid is to be paid towards the maintenance of the prisoner's dependants or in settlement of a judgment debt of that court.
The Director is not liable for any costs associated with the performance by a prisoner of work for which the prisoner volunteered outside the precincts of the prison for a person other than the State.
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