Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
I.
AUTHORITY:
The Board of Correction and Community Punishment is vested with
the authority to promulgate Administrative Rules by Act 50 of 1968,
Extraordinary Session, as amended; Acts 548 and 549 of 1993, Regular Session
(Ark. Code Ann. ss
16-93-1203
and
12-27-105
of 1993).
II.
PURPOSE:
To ensure that proper and accurate accounting records for funds
of offenders are maintained at each facility.
III.
APPLICABILITY:
To the warden/center supervisor/accounting staff of each facility
responsible for the establishment and maintenance of book of account.
IV.
DEFINITIONS:
Offenders: Persons sentenced to the Department of Correction or
to the Department of Correction for judicial transfer to the Department of
Community Punishment or confined in a community punishment center as a
condition of probation, suspended imposition of sentence or post prison
transfer.
V.
POLICY:
The policy of the Board of Correction and Community Punishment is
to ensure that proper and accurate accounting records for funds of offenders
are maintained at each facility.
VI.
PROCEDURE:
A. Each facility warden/center supervisor
ensures that appropriate staff work within the guidelines established by the
Department's Administrative Services Division that clearly and accurately
depict receipts and disbursement transactions and balances for each offender's
account. The responsibility of the Warden/Center Supervisor for maintenance of
offenders' accounts includes, but is not limited to...
1. Establishment, and notification to
offenders, of procedures whereby monies are deposited to offender
account(s).
2. Establishment, and
notifications to offenders, of procedures whereby the offender may disburse or
otherwise use personal funds.
B. Personal funds of offenders will be given
to the offender at the offender's release from custody. In the event of
transfer to another facility of the Department or a corrections institution
outside the Arkansas Department of Correction/Community Punishment, the funds
will be sent to the receiving facility. In the event that an offender is no
longer in the custody of the Department, and personal funds of the offender
remain on the books of account of the facility, the monies in the account will
be provided to the Department's Administrative Services Division to be
permanently held for subsequent claim by the offender. The Administrative
Services Division may release such funds only to individuals that are properly
authorized to make the claim; to include adherence to the appropriate policy or
directive in the event of the death of the offender to whom the funds
belong.
C. In no event will money
be maintained for more than seven (7) years. At that time, funds would be
deposited into the Offender Assistance or Welfare Fund.
VII.
REFERENCES:
3-4045; 3-4047 (ACA Standards)
Board Approval Date: 2/17/94
Effective Date: 3/10/94
