Current through August 26, 2024
(1) Under s.
DOC 324.06(1), during the application
process for work or study release, each inmate shall list all financial
obligations. Inmates approved for study release shall apply for all benefits to
which they are entitled as a result of placement in an educational or training
program.
(2) Appropriate department
personnel shall investigate and determine the following:
(a) Cost of the inmate's food and clothing in
the placement assigned.
(b) Cost of
an educational placement, including but not limited to tuition and
books.
(c) Necessary travel
expenses to and from the placement and other incidental expenses.
(d) Support obligations for the inmate's
dependents.
(e) Reasonable room
charges as determined by the department.
(f) Financial obligations set by a court
judgment and debts acknowledged in writing by the inmate.
(3) The inmate shall sign an agreement
acknowledging the department's authority to disburse funds earned while on work
release or funds received for study release in accordance with s.
303.065(5),
Stats. Refusal to sign shall make an inmate ineligible for
participation.
(4) The state
correctional facility business manager shall disburse money received as wages
or educational benefits in the following order:
(a) For board including food and clothing for
the inmate, any fee charged under s.
301.135,
Stats., plus, if the inmate is on study release, tuition, books, fees, tools,
and other supplies or, if the inmate is on work release, work related
expenses.
(b) Necessary travel
expense to and from the placement and other incidental expenses of the
inmate.
(c) Payment of the crime
victim and witness assistance surcharge under s.
973.045(4),
Stats.
(d) Payment of the
deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge under s.
973.046(4),
Stats.
(e) Support of the inmate's
dependents, if any.
(f) A
reasonable room charge as determined by the department.
(g) After investigation under sub. (2),
payment, either in full or proportionately, of the inmate's obligations that
were acknowledged by the inmate in writing or that have been reduced to
judgment.
(h) Wages to the inmates
on work or study release until the current canteen limit under s.
DOC 309.52(1) (b) is reached. Unspent
money shall be deposited in the inmate's general account. Before releasing an
inmate to field supervision, the releasing institution shall inform the parole
agent of the balances in the inmate's general account under s.
DOC 309.49, release account under s.
DOC 309.466
and segregated account under s.
DOC 309.50. The agent shall instruct the institution
business manager as to where these balances shall be transferred and as to
disbursement of work or study release funds from general and segregated
accounts.
(5) Books,
tools, supplies, and other items necessary for study release purchased with the
inmate's funds remain the inmate's property.
(6) The institution business manager shall
establish a separate account for each inmate and make disbursements under sub.
(4) and s.
303.065(5),
Stats. All paychecks from work release and funds received for study release
shall be sent to the institution business manager unless the work release
coordinator approves other arrangements.
