Statutes | Tenn. Code Ann. ยง 41-6-106 | 2025
After initial payment of board, the wages and salaries of inmates shall be disbursed for the following purposes in the order set forth:
(1) Reimbursement to the victims of the offense in amounts and in the manner set forth in the contract executed between the inmate, the victim, and the commissioner of correction
(2) Necessary travel expenses to and from work
(3) Support of dependents, if any, in amounts fixed by the department of correction
(4) Payment of any outstanding court costs assessed against the inmate
(5) Payment in full or ratably of obligations acknowledged in writing by the inmate and
(6) The balance, if any, to the inmate upon discharge from confinement.