(a) The Board of Corrections is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the maximum amount of cash that inmates of the Department of Correction may have in their possession.
(b) The board shall provide adequate facilities for the deposit and safekeeping of cash belonging to inmates at the department if the inmate desires to deposit it for safekeeping.
(c)
(1) An inmate of the department shall forfeit any cash found on his or her person or in his or her possession in excess of the amount prescribed by rules or regulations of the board.
(2) After a hearing, the Director of the Department of Correction shall confiscate such cash and deposit the amount held in violation of the rules and regulations into a department welfare fund, to be used for the benefit of inmates of the department pursuant to rules and regulations of the board.
(3) A complete record of all funds forfeited and confiscated shall be maintained by the director.
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