Colorado § 17-24-119 - Training and employment by organizations - account for proceeds and wages.

§ 17-24-119. Training and employment by organizations - account for proceeds and wages.

(1) The division, after consultation with the respective superintendents of the correctional facilities and with the director of the division of adult parole, is authorized to contract with any corporation, association, labor organization, or private nonprofit organization or with any federal or state agency for the purpose of training or employing offenders who have been committed to the department of corrections or who have been assigned to a community correctional program.

(2) Proceeds and wages due an offender from the sale of products produced by the offender under a program authorized by subsection (1) of this section shall be held in an account maintained by the division and distributed periodically for:

(a) Compensation of the victim of the crime committed by the offender in an amount not to exceed forty percent of the offender's wages for expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the injury to the person or property of the victim, including medical expenses, loss of earning power, and any other pecuniary loss directly resulting from the injury to the person or property or the death of the victim, which a court of competent jurisdiction determines to be reasonable and proper;

(b) Payment of such amounts for the support of the offender's dependents as is deemed appropriate by the division after consultation with the respective superintendents of the correctional facilities and with the director of the division of adult parole;

(c) Establishment of funds in trust for the offender upon his release; except that an amount consistent with the payment plan for existing correctional industries programs shall be allocated by the division to the offender for personal expenses while serving his sentence;

(d) Voluntary payment of such amounts to the victims assistance and law enforcement fund established in section 24-33.5-506, C.R.S., as is deemed appropriate by the division after consultation with the respective superintendents of the correctional facilities and with the director of the division of adult parole.

(3) A portion of said wages and proceeds in an amount determined by the division, but not to exceed twenty percent, may be used to defray the costs incident to the offender's confinement.

(4) The provisions of this section shall apply only to a program established pursuant to this section and not to other programs established pursuant to this article.

Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 963, § 1, effective May 27. L. 88: (1) amended, p. 1430, § 8, effective June 11. L. 96: (2)(d) added, p. 1149, § 9, effective June 1. L. 2000: (1), (2)(b), and (2)(d) amended, p. 857, § 68, effective May 24.