Chapter 2 – Fiscal Management

23010.6.2 Unauthorized Expenditures

• The following items are examples of expenditures that shall not be financed from the IWFInmate Welfare Fund:

  • Replacement of inmate canteen cards or canteen draw amounts.

  • Canteen additions, alterations, and equipment installed as part of the building unless approved by the Secretary.

  • Repairs to the canteen building, (e.g., windows, window shades, replacement of lighting fixtures, repairs to floors, heaters, or any equipment installed as part of the building).

  • Repairs to a fixed portion of the handicraft shop, room, building, or any equipment installed as part of the building.

  • Utility payments.

  • Shop equipment, tools, etc., used in occupational therapy, for institutional special projects, or in teaching arts and crafts.

  • Purchase of nonfiction, text, or reference books and pamphlets.

  • Repairs of nonfiction, text, and reference books and pamphlets.

  • Postage on nonfiction, text, and reference books for inmate libraries.

  • Correspondence courses, including departmental self-study courses.

  • Miscellaneous expenses, such as printing, pamphlets, and other items used in organized educational courses.

  • Supplies and equipment for the production or distribution of institution/facility publications.

  • Subscriptions for trade magazines.

  • Original complement and replacement of motion picture, radio, and television equipment.

  • Repairs to motion picture equipment.

  • Television and radio alteration and repairs, purchase of tubes, headphones, parts, phonograph records, and recording tapes.

  • Housing, furniture, appliances, television sets, etc., for family visiting and/or family housing units.

  • Overtime for employees supervising special inmate activities, such as athletic events, stage shows, self-help group, etc. (Such overtime shall be paid from the General Fund.)

  • Duplicate items/Items with an existing funding source (religious).