Section 3-609 - Financial accounts of inmates.
§ 3-609. Financial accounts of inmates.
(a) In general.- A correctional facility in the Division shall maintain a reserve financial account and a spending financial account for each inmate in the correctional facility.
(b) Charges against accounts.- The accounts of an inmate may be charged for:
(1) the reasonable value of any State property that the inmate:
(i) willfully or maliciously destroys; or
(ii) destroys as the result of gross negligence; or
(2) any fees assessed under § 2-118 of this article.
(c) Regulations.- The Commissioner shall adopt regulations that:
(1) set forth those items that may be credited to or disbursed from an account under this section; and
(2) set forth procedures for carrying out this section, including procedures that provide due process of law to each inmate before the inmate's accounts may be charged with a disbursement under subsection (b) of this section.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 678B; 1999, ch. 54, § 2; 2000, ch. 224, § 2.]