SB 238 Summary

• Requires the Commissioner of Correction to establish discharge savings accounts for inmates sentenced by Connecticut courts, with accounts exempt for inmates confined outside the state.

• Allows the commissioner to deduct up to 10 percent from inmate account deposits and credit them to discharge savings accounts until reaching $1,000, then cease deductions.

• Once discharge savings account reaches $1,000, imposes a 10 percent deduction on deposits to reimburse the state for incarceration costs under section 18-85a.

• Protects discharge savings account disbursements upon inmate release from reduction by other required disbursements for restitution, victim compensation, taxes, dependent support, and incarceration costs.

• Establishes a prioritized disbursement schedule for inmate compensation that includes discharge savings account contributions and incarceration cost reimbursement, and clarifies that inmate pilot program participants are subject to these account and cost provisions.