Distribution of Inmate Earnings

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Correctional Institutions and Inmates
  4. Inmates
  5. Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1970
  6. Distribution of Inmate Earnings

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After initial payment of board, the wages and salaries of employed inmates shall be disbursed for the following purposes in the order set forth:

  1. Necessary travel expense to and from work and associated incidental expenses;
  2. Support of dependents, if any, in amounts fixed by the division of rehabilitative services;
  3. Payment of any outstanding court costs assessed inmates;
  4. Payment in full or ratably of obligations acknowledged in writing by inmates; and
  5. The balance, if any, to inmates upon discharge from confinement.


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