HI HB1709

Requires all inmate funds to be deposited into noninterest-bearing accounts opened by the department with financial institutions rather than individual trust accounts.

Grants committed persons access to withdraw funds from their accounts for approved expenses and purchases during incarceration.

Allows the director of public safety to designate a percentage of earned moneys to be placed in a separate noninterest-bearing subaccount that committed persons cannot access until release from custody.

Requires the department to maintain internal records for each committed person's account and provide quarterly accounting statements to inmates held for more than three months.

Mandates annual audits of all committed persons' accounts and subaccounts.