30:8-27 - Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents - New Jersey Statutes

30:8-27.  Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents
    When it shall appear that a prisoner has a wife or dependent children or others legally dependent on him for support, the board of chosen freeholders may, in each case, pay to such dependents or to the society or institution having their care and custody all or any portion of the wages earned by the prisoner under sections 30:8-25 and 30:8-26 of this title.  The board may first  deduct any court costs charged against the prisoner and disburse the remainder  to the several dependents under such rules and regulations as it may adopt and  may designate an officer or employee of the county as its disbursing agent who  in delivering such earnings to dependents may avail himself of the services of  the county probation officer, overseer of the poor or any private charitable  society or society for the prevention of cruelty to children.