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2006 Nebraska Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2006)

handle is hein.sag/sagne0006 and id is 1 raw text is: Whether the Department of Correctional Services Can
Authorize Withholding of a Percentage of Wages Paid
to Inmates on Work Release for Deposit Into the
Victim's Compensation Fund.
(January 03, 2006)
Opinion 06001
SUBJECT: Whether the Department of Correctional Services Can Authorize
Withholding of a Percentage of Wages Paid to Inmates on Work Release for
Deposit Into the Victim's Compensation Fund.
REQUESTED BY: Dwite A. Pedersen, State Senator
WRITTEN BY: Jon Bruning, Attorney General
Linda L. Willard, Assistant Attorney General
Tom Stine, Assistant Attorney General
You have asked whether the Department of Correctional Services can authorize
withholding of wages paid to inmates on work release for deposit into the Victim's
Compensation Fund. It is our determination that the present statutory scheme
does not authorize Department of Correctional Services to withhold wages paid
to inmates on work release for deposit into the Victim's Compensation Fund.