Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Corrections
Chapter DOC 313 - Prison Industries
Section DOC 313.17 - Private sector prison industry enhancement certification programs
Current through February 26, 2024
Prison industries programs certified by the federal private sector prison industry enhancement certification program (PSPIEC) under 18 USC 17.61(c) and operating under the authority of s. 303.06(2), Stats., are not subject to s. DOC 313.07 but are subject to all of the following:
(1) Each inmate employee working in a PSPIEC program shall be paid a wage comparable to that paid in the private sector for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the prison industry is located or, as a minimum, the federal minimum wage.
(2) Overtime hours shall be compensated for in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC 201.
(3) An inmate employee injured in the performance of job duties shall receive injury compensation pay in an amount equal to the amount the inmate employee would have received had the inmate employee worked during the inmate's recuperation.
(4) The regular work schedule for PSPIEC programs shall be as close to 40 hours per week as possible based on institution schedules and prison industries workload.
(5) An inmate employee who has been laid off and is called back to the same position within 60 calendar days shall return at the inmate employee's former wage rate. If the inmate employee is called back to a different position, the inmate employee shall receive an appropriate wage for the duties being performed.
