DO THEY RECEIVE MONEY FOR WORKING IN THE PRISON

All inmates have to have a job. The prisons work like a little community where the inmates work to make the operation and living conditions civilized. The prisons pay the most nominal of wages. For instance, the federal system has a pay scale commiserate with the type of work and the length of time in their job. Pay starts at $0.12/hour and tops out at $0.40/hour. They are paid monthly and it is deposited into the Inmate Trust Account for use at commissary, telephone or Corrlinks email program. Some of the jobs are kitchen work from cooking to washing dishes, landscaping, orderlies for dormitory cleaning responsibilities, working in commissary, working in education, working in recreation or clerking for the counselors.