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SECTION 860
Disposition of earnings
Correction (COR) CHAPTER 43, ARTICLE 26
§ 860. Disposition of earnings. The earnings of an incarcerated
individual participating in a work release program, less any payroll
deductions required or authorized by law, shall be turned over to the
warden who shall deposit such receipts as incarcerated individuals'
funds pursuant to section one hundred sixteen of this chapter. Such
receipts shall not be subject to attachment or garnishment in the hands
of the warden. The commissioner of correction may authorize the warden
to make disbursements of such receipts, and such receipts may be
disbursed, for any or all of the following purposes:

1. Appropriate and reasonable costs related to the incarcerated
individual's participation in the work release program;

2. Support of the incarcerated individual's dependents;

3. Payment of fines imposed by any court;

4. Payment of any court ordered restitution or reparation to the
victim of the incarcerated individual's crime.

5. Purchases by the incarcerated individual from the commissary of the
institution.

The balance of such receipts, if any, after disbursements for the
foregoing purposes shall be paid to the incarcerated individual upon
termination of his or her imprisonment.