Assemblyman Crouch opposes pay raise for inmates
ALBANY – Assemblyman Clifford Crouch (R-Bainbridge) is blasting the idea of a statewide pay increase for criminal workers.
Crouch voiced opposition on Thursday for comments made by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in which Cuomo stated he would support a pay raise for criminal workers in New York.
A bill currently working its way through the state legislature would favor compensation for inmates at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day. Biannual raises would be given for adequate performance.
The bill also stipulates that inmates not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty will be paid $1 per day, adjusted to the cost of living every five years.
“This just isn’t a priority of the average middle-class New Yorker,” said Crouch. “As legislators, we should be focusing on issues that directly impact the people we represent, and this just isn’t one of them.”
Crouch said the state legislature should turn attention to lowering taxes and attracting well paying jobs.
Proponents argue that New York's inmates earn among the lowest wages in any correctional system in the country – approximately 60 cents per day for most (though some earn up to a $1.60 for some industrial jobs). Unassigned inmates who can't perform work due to illness or disability currently receive a daily 45-cent stipend.
The bill made its way through the Correction Committee in June and is referred to the Ways and Means Committee when legislators return for session.
Crouch voiced opposition on Thursday for comments made by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in which Cuomo stated he would support a pay raise for criminal workers in New York.
A bill currently working its way through the state legislature would favor compensation for inmates at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day. Biannual raises would be given for adequate performance.
The bill also stipulates that inmates not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty will be paid $1 per day, adjusted to the cost of living every five years.
“This just isn’t a priority of the average middle-class New Yorker,” said Crouch. “As legislators, we should be focusing on issues that directly impact the people we represent, and this just isn’t one of them.”
Crouch said the state legislature should turn attention to lowering taxes and attracting well paying jobs.
Proponents argue that New York's inmates earn among the lowest wages in any correctional system in the country – approximately 60 cents per day for most (though some earn up to a $1.60 for some industrial jobs). Unassigned inmates who can't perform work due to illness or disability currently receive a daily 45-cent stipend.
The bill made its way through the Correction Committee in June and is referred to the Ways and Means Committee when legislators return for session.
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