N.Y. Correction Law § 154: Disposition of Earnings

§ 154. Disposition of Earnings. The earnings of a prisoner

participating in a work release program, less any payroll deductions

required or authorized by law, shall be deposited with the department in

a trust fund account. Such earnings shall not be subject to attachment

or garnishment in the hands of the department. The commissioner is

authorized to provide for disbursements from the trust fund account for

any or all of the following purposes:

1. Such costs incident to the prisoner's confinement as the

commissioner deems appropriate and reasonable.

2. Such costs related to the prisoner's work release program as the

commissioner deems appropriate and reasonable.

3. Support of the prisoner's dependents.

4. Payment of court fines, mandatory surcharge, sex offender

registration fee, DNA databank fee, restitution or reparation, or

forfeitures.

The balance of such earnings, if any, after disbursements for any of

the foregoing purposes shall be paid to the prisoner upon termination of

his imprisonment.