TCA § 41-21-219 — Clothing, money and transportation furnished on discharge

Each inmate housed at a department of correction institution, at the discretion of the commissioner of correction, shall be furnished at the inmate's release, either on parole or probation pursuant to § 40-20-206 or § 40-35-501(a) or when discharged without further supervision, with appropriate clothing and with an amount of money not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) for an inmate leaving on parole or probation and an amount not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for an inmate who is discharged without further supervision. Each inmate who is paroled or placed on probation pursuant to § 40-20-206 or § 40-35-501(a) will also be provided with a nontransferable ticket for the cheapest available means of transportation to the inmate's approved parole or probation residence when private transportation is not available. A parole or probation violator who is re-released within three (3) months following the violator's return to the custody of the department shall be ineligible to receive any release provisions. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the commissioner's ability or discretion in enacting policies or undertaking rehabilitative, anti-recidivism, or reentry assistance programs for probationers or parolees. Code 1858, § 5528; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7527; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12145; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 12145; Acts 1972, ch. 654, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-342; Acts 1988, ch. 570, § 2; 1991, ch. 77, § 1; 2014, ch. 558, § 1.