20.13.102    INMATE TRUST ACCOUNTS

(1) The Department of Corrections has an inmate trust account system in which it has established non-interest bearing accounts for inmates.

(2) The department will account for all inmate funds in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and discourage theft and the inappropriate use of cash that may present safety and security concerns within facilities.

(3) All money in the inmate's possession at intake, received while in state prison from approved correspondents, or earned from an inmate work assignment or hobby sales will be deposited in the inmate's trust account.

(4) The accounting unit will make deductions from money received for obligations under 53-1-107(2), MCA, prior to depositing the money in the inmate's trust account.

(5) When an inmate is released from a facility, the balance of the inmate's trust account will be returned to the inmate.

History: 53-1-107, MCA; IMP, 53-1-107, MCA; NEW, 2017 MAR p. 294, Eff. 3/11/17.