Pay rates for prison jobs in California were lower than the national average

Number of states with minimum pay in each range

Pay rates for prison jobs in California were lower than the national average

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Source: Sawyer (2017).

NOTES: The orange bar indicates where California fell until the 2024 prisoner pay revision moved the state into the 11 to 20 cents per hour category.

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