41-21-512 - Distribution of inmate earnings. - Tennessee Statutes

41-21-512. Distribution of inmate earnings.

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.

[Acts 1970, ch. 471, § 13; T.C.A., § 41-1812.]