Title 41, Correctional Institutions and Inmates

(1) After initial payment of board, the wages and salaries of inmates shall be disbursed for the following purposes in the order set forth:(1) Reimbursement to the victims of the offense in amounts and in the manner set forth in the contract executed between the inmate, the victi…

Procedure for the handling of all funds as set forth in this chapter shall be subject to review and approval by the comptroller of the treasury and the commissioner of finance and administration. The funds received by the state shall constitute departmental revenues.

In the event inmates participating in restitution employment programs fail to return to the restitution centers within specified time limits, that failure shall constitute prima facie evidence of escape and shall be punished under the penalties imposed by the laws of this state.

Participating inmates shall be carefully screened and the committing courts shall be consulted before an inmate is placed in the restitution program.

(1) It is the purpose of this part to:(1) Authorize the commissioner of correction to establish demonstration-type projects involving inmate labor and private industry to be known as Tennessee restitution industries;(2) Authorize the commissioner to contract with private industry…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction;(2) “Department” means the department of correction;(3) “P.I.E. program” means a joint venture authorized by the TRICOR board as provided for in § 41-22-116(e) …

(a) The commissioner may establish and implement within the boundary of the present correctional facilities now established, or facilities that may be established in the future, certain demonstration-type projects involving the employment of inmates of the institutions by private…

Any agreement pursuant to § 41-6-203 shall contain provisions assuring that the wages paid to inmates shall be no less than the mean wage for the applicable occupation under the “construction and extraction occupations” published in the Tennessee Occupational Wages Report, as def…

(a) Any inmate of any institution employed pursuant to this part shall be entitled to receive, after deductions authorized in § 41-6-206 or under any law, wages earned by the inmate in performing work. Wages shall be made available to the inmate at those times the commissioner ma…

(a) Any inmate employed pursuant to this part shall, in accordance with procedures established by the commissioner, pay from the wages received for work, and the commissioner may deduct from those wages, the following deductions, which shall not, in the aggregate, exceed eighty p…

(a) In administering this section, the commissioner, as a part of or in connection with any agreement made pursuant to § 41-6-203, may make available by lease or otherwise, land, together with improvements on the land, located at the prison facility, but within the exterior bound…

(1) It is the purpose of this part to:(1) Authorize the commissioner of correction to encourage the sale of inmate-produced arts and crafts items; and(2) Designate the uses to be made of deductions from income earned by those sales. (1) Authorize the commissioner of correction to…

(1) As used in the part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction; and(2) “Department” means the department of correction. (1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction; and (2) “Department” means the department of co…

(a) Any inmate producing arts and crafts items for sale pursuant to this part shall, pursuant to policies established by the commissioner, pay from moneys received from sales, and the commissioner may deduct therefrom in the following order:(1) A maximum of fifteen percent (15%) …