Section 7. Hereafter an account shall be kept by the proper officers of the Western Penitentiary, the Eastern Penitentiary, the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon, the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, and the other correctional institutions hereafter established by the Commonwealth, of the labor performed by all prisoners under sentence in such institution. In such account the prisoner shall be credited with wages for the time he or she is actually engaged in work, the rate of such wage, and the amount credited to each, to be regulated at the discretion of the Prison Labor Commission, or such persons as they may designate. In no case shall the amount be less than ten cents, nor over fifty cents, for each day of labor actually performed. The difference in the rate of compensation shall be based both upon the pecuniary value of the work performed and also on the willingness, industry, and good conduct of such prisoner.
(7 amended Apr. 6, 1921, P.L.101, No.61)