Wyoming § 7-16-205 Disposition of earnings; confidentiality of
amount

Wyoming Statutes

§ 7-16-205 — Disposition of earnings; confidentiality of amount

Wyoming § 7-16-205

Title 07Criminal Procedure

Ch. 16LABOR BY PRISONERS

Art. 2PRISON LABOR

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-16-205 (2026).

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(a)Payment for services performed by any prisoner under W.S. 7-16-202 shall be deposited in the trust and agency account at the institution and shall be disbursed for the purposes provided in this subsection and in the order specified:

(i)Unless the prisoner is serving a sentence of death or life without the possibility of parole or is subject to mandatory savings under W.S. 25-13-107(b)(i), ten percent (10%) shall be credited to the prisoner's personal savings account within the correctional facility's trust and agency account, until the prisoner's account has a balance of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Once the prisoner's personal savings account balance reaches one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), the income otherwise distributed to the prisoner's savings account under this paragraph

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(a) Payment for services performed by any prisoner under
W.S. 7-16-202 shall be deposited in the trust and agency account
at the institution and shall be disbursed for the purposes
provided in this subsection and in the order specified:
(i) Unless the prisoner is serving a sentence of
death or life without the possibility of parole or is subject to
mandatory savings under W.S. 25-13-107(b)(i), ten percent (10%)
shall be credited to the prisoner's personal savings account
within the correctional facility's trust and agency account,
until the prisoner's account has a balance of one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00). Once the prisoner's personal savings
account balance reaches one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), the
income otherwise distributed to the prisoner's savings account
under this paragraph shall be distributed to the prisoner as
provided by paragraphs (ii) through (vi) of this subsection.
Funds in the prisoner's personal savings account shall be paid
to the prisoner upon parole or final discharge;
(ii) Support of dependent relations of the prisoner;
(iii) Personal necessities and assessments of fees
for programs, services and assistance pursuant to subsection (e)
of this section;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 62, § 2.
(v) Court ordered restitution, fines, sanctions and
reimbursement for the services of public defender or court
appointed counsel, the surcharge imposed under W.S. 1-40-119,
victims compensation obligations under W.S. 1-40-112(g) and the
surcharge imposed under W.S. 5-12-118;
(vi) Remaining funds shall be paid the prisoner upon
parole or final discharge.
(b) The amount in the trust and agency fund assigned to
the credit of any prisoner is confidential information and is
not subject to public inspection.
(c) Except as otherwise provided for correctional
industries programs authorized by W.S. 25-13-101 through
25-13-107, any compensation earned by a prisoner while
incarcerated shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
(d) The department of corrections shall establish
regulations governing provisions for travel, clothing and cash
needed by each prisoner upon release from any state penal
institution.
(e) The department of corrections may establish
regulations providing for assessment of fees to prisoners for
self-improvement programs, services, including medical services,
and assistance provided by the department when the inmate has
money to pay for the programs, services and assistance.