Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections DOC 309.45 - Inmate funds and canteen - purpose

The department shall manage inmate funds and permit and forbid spending to achieve the following objectives:

(1) To promote the eventual successful reintegration of inmates into society through a policy designed to ensure that an inmate will have funds available upon release and can manage them responsibly;

(2) To prevent the exchange of contraband and victimization within institutions by prohibiting inmates from carrying money and by requiring all inmate funds to be deposited in accounts for the inmate;

(3) To develop a sense of responsibility on the part of inmates for payment of family financial obligations and debts;

(4) To permit inmates to obtain personal property in accordance with s. DOC 309.20; and

(5) To give inmates the opportunity to manage their funds in a manner consistent with ss. DOC 309.45 to 309.52.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections DOC 309.45

Cr. Register, October, 1981, No. 310, eff. 11-1-81; emerg. am. (1), eff. 5-15-86; am. Register, September, 1986, No. 369, eff. 10-1-86; correction in (4) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register, September, 1998, No. 513.