§ 4-24-6-6 — Recreation funds; establishment

(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.
Formerly: Acts 1957, c.242, s.6; Acts 1965, c.87, s.1. As
amended by P.L.7-2004, SEC.1; P.L.7-2018, SEC.1.