31-228. Procedure for discharge of prisoner; return of property; furnishing money, clothing and transportation ticket; allowing hair to grow before discharge A. When a prisoner is released conditionally on parole, community supervision or probation if the court waived community supervision pursuant to section 13-603 or is discharged from a facility of the state department of […]
31-229. Functional literacy program; evaluation; certificate; exemptions; wages; definition A. The director shall establish and administer a functional literacy program in each correctional institution in this state. B. On commitment to the department, each inmate shall be given an educational evaluation, including a standardized assessment test in English or Spanish as selected by the department. […]
31-229.01. Functionally literate inmates; education requirement; rules; inmate fees; definition A. If an inmate is determined to be functionally literate pursuant to section 31-229, has not received a high school diploma and is responsible for the support of dependent children who are receiving assistance pursuant to title 46, chapter 2, article 5, the inmate shall […]
31-229.02. Functionally literate inmates; release eligibility A. Except as provided in section 41-1604.07, subsection F, if an inmate fails to achieve functional literacy at an eighth grade literacy level before the inmate becomes eligible for release pursuant to section 41-1604.07, the inmate is not eligible to begin the inmate’s term of community supervision until either […]
31-230. Prisoner spendable accounts; fees A. The director shall establish a prisoner spendable account for each prisoner. All monies that are received by a prisoner and that are not required to be deposited in another account shall be deposited in the prisoner’s spendable account. B. The director shall adopt rules for the disbursement of monies […]
31-231. Unauthorized communication with prisoner; classification; definition A. A person who is not authorized by law and who without legal or official permission communicates with a prisoner who is within the custody and control of the department is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. B. For the purposes of this section, all prisoners who are […]
31-232. Family considerations in prisoner placement and visitation rules A. To the greatest extent possible and after accounting for security and capacity factors, the department shall place a prisoner who is a parent of a minor child in a prison facility that is located within two hundred fifty miles of the prisoner’s permanent address on […]
31-233. Order for removal; purposes; duration; continuous alcohol monitoring program; failure to return; classification A. The director may authorize the temporary removal under custody from prison or any other institution for the detention of adults under the jurisdiction of the department of any inmate for the purpose of employing the inmate in any work directly […]
31-234. Agreements with cities and counties; costs; transfer; participation in programs; custody of director A. The director of the state department of corrections may enter into an agreement with a city, county jail district, county, or city and county to permit transfer of prisoners in the custody of the director of the state department of […]
31-235. Prisoner correspondence; definitions A. The department shall mark all mail written by a prisoner committed to the state department of corrections indicating that the mail was sent from a prison maintained by this state. B. An inmate shall not send mail to the victim of the offense for which the inmate was convicted, or […]
31-236. Prisoner inspection or search; state of undress; prohibited acts; exception; report; definition A. To the greatest extent possible and consistent with safety and order the department shall adopt rules that limit a male correctional officer from conducting an inspection or search of a female prisoner who is in a state of undress. This subsection […]
31-237. Dedicated discharge accounts A. Each wage earning prisoner who is committed to the department shall deposit into a dedicated discharge account of the prisoner a percentage of wages earned by the prisoner pursuant to section 31-254. The department shall continue to deposit the percentage of wages earned by the prisoner in the dedicated discharge […]
31-238. Incarceration costs; setoff A. The director of the state department of corrections shall establish an annual cost of incarceration for any person who is convicted in a state court and committed to the state department of corrections. B. This cost of incarceration shall reflect the amount of dollars this state spent in behalf of […]
31-239. Utility fees A. The director shall establish by rule a reasonable utility fee for electrical utilities that are consumed by prisoners who are confined in a correctional facility. The fee shall not exceed two dollars per month. The director shall charge each prisoner who possesses at least one major electrical appliance a utility fee. […]
31-240. Prisoner education services budget; prohibited uses A. The director shall establish and maintain a dedicated prisoner education services budget for each state prison to identify the monies appropriated to the department and expended for the following education programs: 1. The functional literacy program established pursuant to section 31-229. 2. Adult basic education. 3. General […]
31-241. Inmate complaints to boards; procedure A. An inmate shall exhaust all internal department grievance procedures before filing a complaint with any of the following boards: 1. The state board of dental examiners established by section 32-1203. 2. The Arizona regulatory board of physician assistants established by section 32-2502. 3. The Arizona medical board established […]
31-242. Internet access; violation; classification; definitions A. Except as authorized by the department, an inmate shall not have access to the internet through the use of a computer, computer system, network, communication service provider or remote computing service. B. An inmate who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. C. For the […]
