441.135 Canteen for prisoners -- Use of profits -- Books of accounts -- Allowable

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expenditures -- Jail canteen account balance -- Calculation.

(1)The jailer may maintain a canteen for the benefit of prisoners lodged in the jail and

may assign such jail employees and prisoners to operate the canteen as are

necessary for efficient operation.

(2)All profits from the canteen shall be used:

(a)For the benefit and to enhance the well-being of the prisoners; or

(b)To enhance safety and security within the jail.

The jailer shall keep books of accounts of all receipts and disbursements from the

canteen and shall annually report to the county treasurer on the canteen account.

(3)Allowable expenditures from a canteen account shall include but not be limited to

recreational, vocational, and medical purposes.

(4)Except in counties containing an urban-county government or a consolidated local

government, in order to ensure adequate, ongoing funding of jail canteen accounts,

beginning July 1, 2007, and on the first day of each fiscal year thereafter, the jail

canteen account balance shall at least equal the following amounts based on the

average daily inmate population of the jail:

(a)300 prisoners or more ...............................................................................$6,000

(b)200 to 299 prisoners..................................................................................$4,000

(d)99 or fewer prisoners.................................................................................$1,000

(5)For purposes of calculating the amount to be transferred to the jail canteen account,

the average daily number of inmates shall be equal to the average daily inmate

population of the jail in the immediately preceding fiscal year.