Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Corrections Regulations 2009 - SECT 29

Regulation of prisoners' money

29. Regulation of prisoners' money



(1) The Governor must ensure that a record is kept of all money-

   (a)  held on behalf of each prisoner in the prisoner trust account,
        including details of all transactions involving that money; and

   (b)  credited to each prisoner as remuneration for work done by the
        prisoner in a prison industry or for participation in educational
        programmes or as a gratuity.





(2) Once a month a prisoner may request to see statements showing-

   (a)  all transactions involving the money held on behalf of the prisoner in
        the prisoner trust account; and

   (b)  details of amounts credited to the prisoner as remuneration for work
        done by the prisoner in a prison industry or for participation in
        educational, treatment or rehabilitation programmes or as a gratuity.

(3) The Governor must accede as soon as possible to the prisoner's request
under subregulation (2).

(4) The Commissioner may determine the maximum amount that may be credited to
the prisoner trust account and held on behalf of a prisoner each calendar
month.

(5) In exceptional circumstances, the Governor may approve the receipt of
additional money for a prisoner from private funds above the amount determined
under subregulation (4) for approved purchases as described in regulation 30.

(6) There is no maximum limit on how much money may be held on behalf of a
prisoner in the prisoner trust account.

(7) If, apart from this regulation, a prisoner is entitled to receive or be
credited with an amount that, if it were credited to or debited from the
prisoner trust account in respect of a prisoner, would result in the amount
credited to or debited from that account exceeding any maximum amount
determined under subregulation (4), the prisoner's entitlement to receive or
be credited with that amount is not affected by subregulation (4).