730 ILCS 5/3-4-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 730 - CORRECTIONS|730 ILCS 5/ - Unified Code of Corrections.|Chapter III - Department Of Corrections

 (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-3)Sec. 3-4-3. Funds and Property of Persons Committed.(a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish accounting records with accounts  for each person who has or receives money while in an institution or  facility of that Department and it shall allow the withdrawal and  disbursement of money by the person under rules and regulations of that    Department. Any interest or other income from moneys deposited with the  Department by  a resident of the Department of Juvenile Justice in excess of $200  shall accrue to the individual's account, or in balances up to $200 shall  accrue to the Residents'  Benefit Fund.  For an individual in an institution or facility  of the Department of Corrections the interest shall accrue to the Residents' Benefit  Fund.  The Department shall disburse all  moneys so held no later than the  person's final discharge from the Department. Moneys in the account of a  committed person who files a lawsuit determined frivolous under Article XXII of  the Code  of Civil Procedure shall be deducted to pay for the filing fees and cost of the  suit as  provided in that Article. The Department shall under  rules and regulations record and receipt all personal property not  allowed to committed persons. The Department shall return such property  to the individual no later than the person's release on parole or aftercare.(b) Any money held in accounts of committed persons separated from  the Department by death, discharge, or unauthorized absence and  unclaimed for a period of 1 year thereafter by the person or his legal  representative shall be transmitted to the State Treasurer who shall deposit  it into the General Revenue Fund. Articles of personal  property of  persons so separated may be sold or used by the Department if unclaimed  for a period of 1 year for the same purpose. Clothing, if unclaimed  within 30 days, may be used or disposed of as determined by the  Department.(c) Forty percent of the profits on sales from commissary stores shall  be  expended by the  Department for the special benefit of committed persons which shall include  but not be limited to the advancement of inmate payrolls, for the special  benefit of employees, and for the advancement or reimbursement of employee  travel,  provided that amounts expended for employees shall not exceed the amount  of profits derived from sales made to employees by such commissaries, as  determined by the Department. The remainder of the profits from sales from  commissary  stores must be used first to pay for wages and benefits of employees covered  under a  collective bargaining agreement who are employed at commissary facilities of  the  Department and then to pay the costs of dietary staff.(d) The Department shall confiscate any unauthorized currency found in the  possession of a committed person.  The Department shall transmit the  confiscated currency to the State Treasurer who shall deposit it into the  General Revenue Fund.    (Source: P.A. 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.)