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INMATE SERVICES


Inmate Services is comprised of four separate functions for the benefit
of all inmates. The major functions, responsibilities and tasks are:

Inmate Banking

Posting of all incoming monies (i.e.; payrolls, deposits, gift coupons)
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·         Process all deposit receipts for inmates

·         Posting of department charges (indigent inmates at the time of posting)

·         Response to inmate inquiries

·         Process inmate transaction requests for inmate charges

·         Posting of inmate payroll

·         Posting of monies received from outside sources (lockbox, pensions, etc.) to inmate accounts

·         Administer Restitution/Transitional Center's fiscal procedures with regard to the inmate account

·         Cash pay for the Restitution/Transitional Center inmates

·         Post charges for medical, dental, and prosthetic co-pays

·         Post disciplinary sanctions and recover amounts owed to the Department by inmates

·         Process inmate monies upon release

·         Daily and monthly reconciliation of all postings to inmate accounts

·         Provide monthly account statements to all inmates

·         Process all accounts receivable/payable for all canteens and coffee shops

·         Process store purchase debits and credits for all inmate accounts

·         Administer Inmate Telephone System, Vending and burial contracts

·         Process all payables for inmate accounts

Inmate Stores and Coffee Shops

·         Provide an opportunity for inmates to purchase personal property to supplement State supplied products

·         Store profits generated are transferred to Inmate Welfare Fund to provide programs for the benefit of all inmates

·         Administers purchasing procedures for canteen/coffee shop operation

·         Revenues and expenditures controlled

·         Profitability report for administrative use

·         Provide personal photographs for inmates

Inmate Welfare Fund

·         Supports inmate Law Libraries statewide

·         Provides equipment and activities for the benefit of all inmates

·         Purchases exercise and recreation equipment

·         Provides satellite television reception/repair

·         Funding for Education Coordinator, GED and testing

·         Provides various transfers to State budgets to repay costs incurred by indigent inmates

Special Projects

·         Administers the collection of child support

·         Administers the collection of fines, fees and assessments from the courts per the judgments of conviction

·         Administers the collection of victim specific restitution per the judgment of conviction

·         Provides the courts with inmate account information for financial certificates

·         Sends abandoned property (inmate account monies) to State of Nevada Abandoned Property

·         Debt Collection