Section 309.45. Inmate funds and canteen — purpose.

  The department shall manage inmate funds and permit and forbid spending to achieve the following objectives:

(1)  To promote the eventual successful reintegration of inmates into society through a policy designed to ensure that an inmate will have funds available upon release and can manage them responsibly;

(2)  To prevent the exchange of contraband and victimization within institutions by prohibiting inmates from carrying money and by requiring all inmate funds to be deposited in accounts for the inmate;

(3)  To develop a sense of responsibility on the part of inmates for payment of family financial obligations and debts;

(4)  To permit inmates to obtain personal property in accordance with s. DOC 309.20 ; and

(5)  To give inmates the opportunity to manage their funds in a manner consistent with ss. DOC 309.45 to 309.52 .

Cr. Register, October, 1981, No. 310 , eff. 11-1-81; emerg. am. (1), eff. 5-15-86; am. Register, September, 1986, No. 369 , eff. 10-1-86 ; correction in (4) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, September, 1998, No. 513 .