Suffolk County, NY Article III Payment of Incarceration Costs by Inmates

[Adopted 11-25-1997 by L.L. No. 28-1997 (Ch. 327A of the 1985 Code)]

§ 33-7 Legislative intent. [1]

With the rise of incarceration costs at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility, it is in the best interests of the County of Suffolk to require certain persons who are incarcerated in the Suffolk County Correctional Facility and are subsequently convicted of the crime which led to their incarceration to pay the County of Suffolk for actual unreimbursed costs of incarceration.

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV).

§ 33-8 Definition; payment of costs.

"Incarceration costs" shall mean costs incurred by the Sheriff's Department in housing a person convicted of a crime, but not limited to room, board and educational expenses, to be paid as follows:

A. Prisoners with assets in excess of $100,000 shall pay $130 per day.

B. Prisoners with assets of $100,000 or less shall pay $40 per day.

C. Prisoners represented by Legal Aid are not required to pay any expenses associated with their incarceration.

§ 33-9 Pre-conviction and post-conviction expenses. [1]

Any person convicted of a crime which led to his or her incarceration in the Suffolk County Correctional Facility shall pay the County of Suffolk for pre-conviction and post-conviction expenses, as set forth herein, incurred in conjunction with the incarceration of such person.

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV).

§ 33-10 Waiver.

The Sheriff of the County of Suffolk may waive all or part of the incarceration costs where, because of the indigence of the person sentenced, the payment of said costs would work an unreasonable hardship on the person convicted, his or her immediate family or any other person who is dependent on such individual for financial support.

§ 33-11 Enforcement of payments.

In the event of nonpayment of any costs which have not been waived, the County of Suffolk may seek to enforce payments in any manner permitted by law for enforcement of a debt.