CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 114
S. B. No. 62
(Erickstad)
EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS
AN ACT
Authorizing the parole of prisoners, providing for the compensation and working conditions of prisoners, for violations by the prisoner of his condition of parole.
Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:
§ 1. Employment Of Prisoners While On Parole; Compensation; Confinement.) Any person convicted of a misdemeanor and sentenced to the county jail by the district court, county court with increased jurisdiction, or county justice court may, at the committing court's discretion, be paroled to the sheriff, as parole officer, for outside employment. At the committing court's discretion, where the convicted person has been regularly employed, the sheriff shall arrange for a continuation of said work in so far as possible without interruption. If the convicted person has not been employed in any job, the sheriff at the committing court's discretion shall make every effort to secure some suitable employment. Any prisoner so employed shall be paid a fair and reasonable wage for such work and shall work at fair and reasonable employment and hours per day and per week. Whenever the prisoner is not employed, and between the hours or periods of employment, he shall be confined in jail unless the committing court shall direct otherwise. The court may also make such other conditions for the parole as seems desirable to the court.
§ 2. Collection And Use Of Prisoner's Compensation.) The earnings of the prisoner shall be collected by the sheriff and used for the support of the prisoner's family or dependents, for the actual expenses of the prisoner while on parole and for the payment of the fine and costs assessed by the court.
§ 3. Violation of Conditions Of Employment.) In case of a violation of the conditions laid down for the prisoner's conduct, custody and employment, the prisoner shall then be returned to the committing court, and said court may then require the prisoner to serve the balance of his sentence in actual confinement at hard labor.
Approved March 9, 1957.
