The Department of Corrections shall place all earnings in the inmate's account and make disbursements therefrom in the priority set forth below:
- (1) The board and room charges of the inmate;
- (2) Necessary travel expenses and other incidental expenses of the inmate related to the inmate's release program;
- (3) Support of the inmate's legal dependents;
- (4) Payments on fines and restitution;
- (5) Payments of personal debts and obligations upon proper proof and at the discretion of the inmate;
- (6) The balance, if any, to be retained in the inmate's account and paid to the inmate upon parole or discharge.
Source: SL 1967, ch 32 , § 5; SL 1989, ch 20 , § 149; SL 2004, ch 168 , § 38; SL 2006, ch 138 , § 2.