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State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Type of poverty penalty or poverty trap | Level of offense | Mandatory | |
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Connecticut | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-85(b) | Compensation of inmates. Deposit in account. Disbursement priorities. |
(b) Compensation so earned shall be deposited, under the direction of the Commissioner of Correction, in an account in a savings bank or state bank and trust company in this state or an account administered by the State Treasurer. Any compensation so earned shall be paid to the inmate on the inmates release from incarceration, except that the commissioner may, while the inmate is in custody, disburse any compensation earned by such inmate in accordance with the following priorities: (1) Federal taxes due; (2) restitution or payment of compensation to a crime victim ordered by any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) payment of a civil judgment rendered in favor of a crime victim by any court of competent jurisdiction; (4) victims compensation through the criminal injuries account administered by the Office of Victim Services; (5) state taxes due; (6) support of the inmates dependents, if any; (7) the inmates necessary travel expense to and from work and other incidental expenses; (8) deposits credited to the inmates discharge savings account under section 18-84a; (9) costs of such inmates incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section; and (10) payment to the clerk of the court in which an inmate, confined in a correctional facility only for payment of a fine, was convicted, such portion of such compensation as is necessary to pay such fine.
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Wage/bank account garnishment | All | No |
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Connecticut | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-101(b) | Disposition of Inmate Compensation |
(b) On granting privileges to any inmate under section 18-100, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall disburse any compensation earned by such inmate in accordance with the following priorities: (1) Federal taxes due; (2) restitution or payment of compensation to a crime victim ordered by any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) payment of a civil judgment rendered in favor of a crime victim by any court of competent jurisdiction; (4) victims compensation through the criminal injuries account administered by the Office of Victim Services; (5) state taxes due; (6) support of such inmate's dependents, if any; (7) such inmate's necessary travel expense to and from work and other incidental expenses; (8) deposits credited to the inmate's discharge savings account under section 18-84a; and (9) costs of such inmate's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section
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Wage/bank account garnishment | All | Yes |
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Connecticut | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-361a | Execution on wages after judgment. |
(a) Application. If a judgment debtor fails to comply with an installment payment order, the judgment creditor may apply to the court for a wage execution. The application shall contain the judgment creditor's or the judgment creditor's attorney's statement setting forth the particulars of the installment payment order and of the judgment debtor's failure to comply. The application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars payable to the clerk of the court for the administrative costs of complying with the provisions of this section which fee may be recoverable by the judgment creditor as a taxable cost of the action.
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Wage/bank account garnishment | All | No |
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 973.05(4)(b) | Fines ("Wage/benefits garnishment") |
(4) If a defendant fails to pay the fine, surcharge, costs, or fees within the period specified under sub. (1) or (1m), the court may do any of the following: + See more (b) Issue an order assigning not more than 25 percent of the defendants commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, pension benefits, benefits under ch. 102, and other money due or to be due inthe future to the clerk of circuit court for payment of the unpaid fine, surcharge, costs, or fees. In this paragraph, employer includes the state and its political subdivisions.
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Wage/bank account garnishment | All | No |
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 973.05(4)(c) | Fines ("Garnishment of lottery winnings") |
(4) If a defendant fails to pay the fine, surcharge, costs, or fees within the period specified under sub. (1) or (1m), the court may do any of the following: + See more (c) Issue an order assigning lottery prizes won by a defendant whose name is on the list supplied to the clerk of circuit court under s. 565.30 (5r) (a), for payment of the unpaid fine, surcharge, costs, or fees.
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Wage/bank account garnishment | All | No |
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