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BOP Program Statement 8570.02 § 10
INDIVIDUAL INMATE PIECE RATE WORKERS
Two factors determine the amount of payment made to individual piece rate workers. The first
factor is the number of units the individual piece rate worker produces. The second factor is the
rate of pay for each unit.
Example: During a specific month, a piece rate worker produces 1,440 units with a
predetermined piece rate of eight cents per unit. The inmate worker’s monthly pay would be
$115.20. Assuming the inmate put in 150 working hours, his or her rate of pay per hour would be
approximately 77 cents an hour.
While the hours worked are not necessary for determining an inmate's monthly paycheck, those
hours must be maintained for other payroll and control purposes. The number of hours provides a
basis for reviewing and analyzing the current individual piece rate formula’s reasonableness
compared with estimates or standards.
All FPI jobs under comparable pay systems with comparable grade assignments are to provide
approximately the same compensation to inmates. The particular product group or factory
involved should not be a determining factor in the payment rate made for comparable work.
History
PS 8570.02 dated 2026-09-03
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
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