Under money look at this snippet:
Inmates earn good time, not money. It costs the
state more than $22,000 a year to house each inmate,
and the state pays for all healthcare, eyeglasses, food,
clothing, education, vocational education, substance
abuse treatment, and other programs.
Money may be sent to inmates by money orders
and a deposit slip to the following address: Arkansas
Department of Correction, Trust Fund Centralized
Banking, P.O. Box 8908, Pine Bluff, AR 71611
Only money orders are accepted. They should be
made payable to the inmates name and ADC number,
along with a completed deposit slip so that the correct
account can be credited. Deposit slips are available
online at the ADC Web site:
www.arkansas.gov/doc.
Inmates also have access to the deposit slips at each
unit and can forward them to family members.
.......
There is no limit on how much money an inmate
can have in his or her account.
Each unit has a pen store, or commissary, where
inmates can buy snack foods, candy, personal products,
radios, shoes and other approved items.
The profits go into the Inmate Welfare Fund, which
is used to benefit inmates. The Inmate Welfare Fund is
used for recreational equipment, movie purchases,
money added to inmate accounts at Christmas and gate
money when inmates are released from prison.
If an inmate meets the requirements to be considered
indigent, money ($12 a month) from the telephone
fund allows the inmate to purchase hygiene items. Indigent
inmates are also given stamped envelopes so that
they can correspond with family and friends.
It is possible for an inmate to continue to receive
Veterans Administration or other government benefits
while incarcerated. ADC contacts the agency providing
the benefits and that agency decides whether to continue
sending them. Under some circumstances, inmates
are allowed to continue receiving benefits
**the part about possible for an inmate to continue to receive VA or other government benefits angers me. Hell Veterans on the outside have problems getting medical or food or educational resources without an act of Congress more times than not... and In Prison each inmate the state pays for all healthcare,eyeglasses, food, clothing, education, vocational education, substance abuse treatment, and other programs. AND may continue to receive VA or other government benefits! SOMETHING IS SEVERALLY WRONG!
http://adc.arkansas.gov/resources/Documents/Friends_and_Family_Guide.pdf
) seeing so much horrible stuff day in and day out.
