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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Sec. 6. (a) There is established in each psychiatric, benevolent, penal, and correctional institution a fund to be known as the:
(1) patients' recreation fund;
(2) students' recreation fund; or
(3) inmates' recreation fund.
(b) These funds shall be used, at the discretion of the superintendent or warden subject to the approval of the chief administrative officer of the department, division, or state agency having administrative control and supervision over the institution, for the direct benefit of persons who are inmates or patients in such institutions, and shall not be used for any purposes which are covered by state appropriations.
(c) The funds shall be expended for purposes in accordance with the policies of the department, division, or state agency having administrative control over such institution. The expenditures may include, but are not limited to:
(1) purchased entertainment;
(2) magazine subscriptions for the libraries, wards, or units of such institutions;
(3) special recreational equipment and supplies;
(4) special foods for parties or celebrations;
(5) educational materials;
(6) phonograph records, televisions, radios, and similar items when the items cannot be purchased from regular appropriations;
(7) contraband detection equipment; and
(8) any other purposes not covered by regular appropriations;
that will provide a direct benefit to or assist in the rehabilitation of the inmates or patients of such institutions.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 4. State Offices and Administration § 4-24-6-6 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-4-state-offices-and-administration/in-code-sect-4-24-6-6/
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