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Committee moves bill to lift county wage cap for incarcerated workers, letting counties set pay
Summary
AB 248 would remove a statutory $2-per-8-hour-shift cap (effectively 25 cents per hour) on wages for incarcerated workers in county jails, allowing counties to set wages. Supporters framed the change as ending an arbitrary, exploitative cap and enabling counties and communities to decide wages; opponents were not recorded at the hearing. The bill
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan presented AB 248 to remove the state-imposed wage ceiling for incarcerated workers in county jails. Under current law, a statutory cap restricts county compensation for incarcerated workers to a maximum of $2 per eight-hour shift (commonly…
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