§57-549.

§57-549.
   
   A. The State Board of Corrections shall have the following powers and
   duties with respect to the operation of prison industries, the
   Construction Division, and administration of inmate trust funds:
   
   1. The power to make leases or other contracts consistent with the
   operation of prison industries, and to set aside land or facilities
   for the use of such industry;
   
   2. The power to establish conditions for expenditures by the
   Department of Corrections from the Industries Revolving Fund;
   
   3. The power to negotiate wages and working conditions on behalf of
   prisoners working in prison industries or prisoners working in the
   Construction Division. Pay grades for the Construction Division
   "on-the-job training" inmate crews shall be as follows:
   
   a. Pay Grade "A" - Inmate Worker,
   
   b. Pay Grade "B" - Inmate Worker,
   
   c. Pay Grade "C" - Apprentice,
   
   d. Pay Grade "D" - Skilled Craft;
   
   4. The power to collect wages on behalf of the inmate, to apportion
   inmate wages in accordance with the law; and the duty to preserve
   those wages reserved for the inmate in an account for his or her
   benefit, and to establish procedures by which the inmate can draw
   funds from this account under the conditions and limitations and for
   the purposes allowed by law;
   
   5. The duty to establish the percentages of such wages which shall be
   available for apportionment to inmate savings; to the inmate for his
   or her personal use; to the lawful dependents of the inmate, if any;
   to the victim of the inmate's crime; for payment of creditors; for
   payment of costs and expenses for criminal actions against such
   inmate; and to the Department of Corrections for costs of
   incarceration. Provided, that not less than twenty percent (20%) of
   such wages shall be placed in an account, payable to the prisoner upon
   his or her discharge or upon assignment to a prerelease program. Funds
   from this account may be used by the inmate for fees or costs in
   filing a civil or criminal action as defined in Section 151 et seq. of
   Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes or for federal action as defined in
   Section 1911 et seq. of Title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C.,
   Section 1911 et seq.; and
   
   6. The power to invest the twenty percent (20%) mandatory savings of
   each inmate in an interest-bearing account with the interest accruing
   and payable to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, as provided in
   Section 142.17 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The interest from
   each inmate's savings account shall be payable to the Crime Victims
   Compensation Fund, at such intervals as may be determined by the
   Board, in addition to any other payments to such fund required by the
   inmate's sentence or otherwise by law. An inmate shall not have the
   right, use or control of any interest derived from any funds placed in
   a mandatory savings account.
   
   B. The State Board of Corrections shall cause to be placed in an
   account income from the inmate's employment and any other income or
   benefits accruing to or payable to and for the benefit of said inmate,
   including any workers' compensation or Social Security benefits.
   
   1. From this account the State Board of Corrections may charge any
   inmate working in private prison industries or any other inmate for
   costs of incarceration not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of any
   deposits made to said account.
   
   2. The Department of Corrections shall pay into the Crime Victims
   Compensation Revolving Fund, Section 142.17 of Title 21 of the
   Oklahoma Statutes, an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the gross
   wages earned by inmates working in a private prison industries
   program, said amount to be paid from the amount deducted for cost of
   incarceration.
   
   3. Withdrawals and deposits shall be made according to rules and
   regulations established by the State Board of Corrections.
   
   C. The Department of Corrections may assess costs of incarceration
   against all inmates beginning on September 1, 1992. Such costs shall
   be a debt of the inmate owed to the Department of Corrections and may
   be collected as provided by law for collection of any other civil
   debt. In addition to the provisions of this section authorizing
   expenditure of inmate trust funds for costs of incarceration, any
   monies received for costs of incarceration shall be deposited in the
   Department of Corrections Revolving Fund.