156 - Liability for a Prisoner on Work Release.

§  156.  Liability  for  a  Prisoner  on  Work  Release.  No  prisoner  participating in a work release program or whose place of confinement is  extended pursuant to this article shall be deemed an agent, employee  or  involuntary  servant  of  the  department  or the city while employed or  going to and from such employment or released from confinement  pursuant  to  this  article;  provided, however, that where a prisoner is employed  and paid by the city, his relationship to the city arising out  of  such  employment  shall  be determined in the same manner as if he were a free  person so employed.