California prison officials aim to raise hourly minimum wage for incarcerated workers – to at least 16 cents

Over the seven years Lawrence Cox worked as an inmate in California state prisons, he washed kitchen dishes and pans and cleaned urinals and dormitories. Cox said he was never paid more than 18 cents an hour and was not paid at all for some work assignments. California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation then deducted about half of his meager earnings to cover court-imposed restitution fines.

California Prison Officials Aim to Raise Hourly Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers — to at Least 16 Cents | KQED

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