Title 41, Correctional Institutions and Inmates

(a) Judgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion of the suit, action, claim or appeal as in other proceedings. If the judgment against the inmate includes the payment of costs, the inmate shall be required to pay the full amount of costs ordered. (b) The clerk of the cour…

The court may hold a hearing under this part at a county jail or a facility operated by the department or may conduct the hearing with video communications technology that permits the court to see and hear the inmate and that permits the inmate to see and hear the court and any o…

(a) The court may request a person with an admissible document or admissible testimony relevant to the subject matter of the hearing to submit a copy of the document or an affidavit stating the substance of the testimony. An affidavit submitted under this section must be made und…

(a) The court may enter an order dismissing the entire claim or a portion of the claim. If a portion of the claim is dismissed, the court shall designate the issues and defendants on which the claim may proceed, subject to §§ 41-21-807 and 41-21-808. (b) An order under this secti…

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), on notice of assessment of any fees, taxes, costs and expenses under this part, a clerk of a court may not accept for filing another claim by the same inmate until prior fees, taxes, costs and other expenses are paid in full. (b) A court …

In order to implement this part, a court may develop for its use a questionnaire to be completed and filed by the inmate.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this part may not be modified or repealed by any rule promulgated or adopted by the supreme court.

This part does not authorize a claim for preventive relief against the department, an employee of the department or of any other agency, agent, employee or officer of this state if the claim is brought by a person housed in a facility operated by the department and the claim accr…

(a) The commissioner shall forfeit an inmate's good conduct sentence reduction credits in the amount specified by subsection (b) on:(1) Receipt by the department of a certified copy of a final order of a state or federal court that dismisses as frivolous or malicious a claim or l…

(a) The department shall develop and maintain a system for the resolution of grievances by inmates housed in facilities operated by the department that qualifies for certification under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, and the department shall obtain certification under that section. A remedy …

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, c…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Inmate Financial Responsibility Act of 1998.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Assets” means property, tangible or intangible, real or personal, belonging to or due an inmate or former inmate, including income or payments to the inmate from social security, workers' compensation, veteran's…

(a) The department shall develop a form to be used by the department to obtain information from inmates regarding assets of the inmates. (b) Upon being developed, the form shall be submitted to each person who is an inmate as of June 28, 2010, and to any person who thereafter is …

The department shall develop a report on each inmate who is required to complete a form in accordance with § 41-21-903, together with all other information available on the assets of the inmate and an estimate of the total cost of care for that inmate.

(a) The department shall investigate or cause to be investigated each report furnished pursuant to § 41-21-904. (b) If the department, upon completing the investigation, has good cause to believe that an inmate has sufficient assets to recover not less than ten percent (10%) of t…

(a) An inmate shall fully cooperate with the state by providing complete financial information for purposes under this part. (b) The failure of an inmate to fully cooperate as provided in subsection (a) may be considered by the board of parole for purposes of a parole determinati…

(a) The circuit court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all proceedings under this part. The attorney general and reporter may file a complaint in the circuit court of the county from which an inmate was sentenced, stating that the person is or has been an inmate in a state …

(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c), in seeking to secure reimbursement under this part, the attorney general and reporter may use any remedy, interim order, or enforcement procedure allowed by law or court rule, excluding an ex parte restraining order to restrain the in…

(a) The sentencing judge, the sheriff of the county, the warden of the state correctional facility and the state treasurer shall furnish to the attorney general and reporter or prosecuting attorney all information and assistance possible to enable the attorney general and reporte…

The department of correction, the attorney general and reporter, district attorneys general, the department of human services, and the department of labor and workforce development shall all cooperate and share information to the extent not prohibited by law concerning assets, wo…

Notwithstanding § 50-6-223(b), a court may assign up to fifty percent (50%) of workers' compensation made by periodic payments to pay an arrearage owed by an inmate who is confined in the custody of the department; provided, that the assignment is administered in accordance with …