DOC 309.55(1)(b)2.
2. To enable inmates to make purchases from the canteen and accumulate funds to assist them upon their release;
DOC 309.55(1)(b)4.
4. To promote institutional order by providing inmates with an incentive for good behavior; and
DOC 309.55(1)(b)5.
5. To encourage inmates to develop skills that will be useful in helping them to become reintegrated into the community upon release.
DOC 309.55(2)(a)
(a) “Full performance level" means the maximum level of performance expected on a work assignment or program assignment other than school or vocational training in terms of skills exhibited, output achieved, responsibility, diligence and effort shown, and level of supervision required.
DOC 309.55(2)(b)
(b) “Program assignment" means a placement in a school, vocational training or other program to which the inmate has been assigned by a program review committee in accordance with ch.
DOC 302.
DOC 309.55(2)(c)
(c) “Range" means the ranking established by an institution for a work assignment or for a program assignment other than school or vocational training, based on the skill and responsibility required for the assignment.
DOC 309.55(3)
(3)
Eligibility. Except as provided under sub.
(7), only inmates participating in approved work and program assignments while confined in a correctional institution shall be compensated.
DOC 309.55(4)
(4)
Exceptions. No compensation may be paid under this section to an inmate who:
DOC 309.55(4)(a)
(a) Participates in a work release program approved under ch.
DOC 324, unless the inmate participates in a work or program assignment in a correctional institution in addition to the work release program;
DOC 309.55(4)(b)
(b) Participates in a work or program assignment while assigned to the assessment and evaluation program at Dodge correctional institution;
DOC 309.55(4)(e)1.
1. Voluntary confinement under s.
DOC 306.05, unless the inmate requested placement in this status upon the recommendation or approval of the security director for the purpose of ensuring the inmate's personal safety and the inmate was receiving pay immediately prior to placement in voluntary confinement;
DOC 309.55 Note
Note: DOC 306.045 was repealed eff. 8-1-01.
DOC 309.55(4)(e)2.
2. Administrative confinement under ch.
DOC 308, if the inmate was not receiving pay immediately prior to that placement and is not participating in an approved work or program assignment while in administrative confinement;
DOC 309.55(4)(e)3.
3. Observation under ch.
DOC 311, if the inmate was not receiving pay immediately prior to that placement and is not participating in an approved work or program assignment while in observation status;
DOC 309.55(5)(a)(a) Each institution shall rank its work assignments on a scale of one to 5 based on the level of skill and responsibility required by each assignment. Range 5 shall include work assignments requiring the most skill and responsibility and range one shall include work assignments requiring the least. The department shall ensure that the ranking of comparable work assignments within an institution is consistent. The range of the work assignment shall determine the pay rate for the full performance level of the work assignment.
DOC 309.55(5)(b)
(b) The number of work assignments an institution may have in each range may vary to meet institutional needs, but an institution may not exceed the total allocation of work assignment funds made available to it on the basis of the percentages in Table 309.55.
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DOC 309.55(5)(c)
(c) Compensation for inmates in work assignments shall be computed on an hourly basis. The department shall determine an hourly pay rate for the full performance level of each range. The hourly pay rate for work assignments requiring more skill and greater responsibility shall be higher than the hourly pay rate for work assignments requiring less skill and responsibility.
DOC 309.55(5)(d)
(d) The department shall set hourly pay rates for weekend and legal holiday work which are higher than the full performance level pay rates determined under par.
(c).
DOC 309.55(5)(e)
(e) Institutions may vary compensation rates for inmates working in comparable work assignments at less than the full performance level based on individual work performance. If an inmate is compensated at less than the full performance level pay rate under this paragraph, the inmate's supervisor shall evaluate the inmate's performance in writing at least once a month until the inmate is paid at the full performance level pay rate. The criteria to be used in evaluating the inmate's work performance include, but are not limited to, the following:
DOC 309.55(5)(e)2.
2. Initiative and ability to perform assignments with minimal supervision;