Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-537
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Canteen System Board of Directors - Canteen system
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operations.
A. There shall be established a Canteen System Board of
Directors for all canteen system services operated within the
Department of Corrections. The members of the Canteen System Board
shall be appointed by the Director of the Department of Corrections.
All canteen system operations shall be under the control of the
Canteen System Board and shall operate pursuant to written
guidelines established by the Board. The overall canteen operation
composed of all correctional facility canteen operations, inmate
telephone systems and inmate electronic mail systems shall be
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collectively called the Canteen System and such system shall be
required to be self-supporting from sales receipts.
B. Each correctional facility may have a canteen system
operation. Each facility canteen system when established shall
require the warden of such facility or a designee to oversee the
day-to-day canteen system operations according to the guidelines set
by the Canteen System Board. The Chief Financial Officer of the
Department shall act as custodian of all canteen system funds and be
responsible for all expenditures from the canteen system accounts.
The Chief Financial Officer shall make daily deposits of all sales
receipts in the canteen system accounts. Canteen system profits
generated by items or services for resale shall be identified
monthly by the Chief Financial Officer and transferred periodically
from the canteen system account to the Department of Corrections
Inmate and Employee Welfare and Canteen System Support Revolving
Fund. All disbursements made from the canteen system account shall
be by voucher approved by the Chief Financial Officer and shall be
payable through the Office of the State Treasurer. Documentation of
each disbursement shall be kept on file by the Department. Canteen
system records may be disposed of in accordance with the records
disposition schedule approved by the Archives and Records
Commission. The Department shall notify the State Records
Administrator thirty (30) days in advance of its intent to dispose
of any canteen records. The Department shall follow accounting
procedures in accordance with state fiscal accounting procedures in
administering canteen system funds. All profits from the canteen
system shall be used exclusively for the benefit of the inmates of
the various institutions and personnel of the Department of
Corrections and support of canteen system operations as determined
by the Canteen System Board of Directors pursuant to subsection A of
this section.
C. Inmates may work in a correctional facility canteen and
shall receive reimbursement for such work through the institution
incentive pay program.
D. Any audit of canteen system operations and accounts
conducted by the State Auditor and Inspector shall be provided to
the warden of the concerned institution.
A. There shall be established a Canteen System Board of
Directors for all canteen system services operated within the
Department of Corrections. The members of the Canteen System Board
shall be appointed by the Director of the Department of Corrections.
All canteen system operations shall be under the control of the
Canteen System Board and shall operate pursuant to written
guidelines established by the Board. The overall canteen operation
composed of all correctional facility canteen operations, inmate
telephone systems and inmate electronic mail systems shall be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 165
collectively called the Canteen System and such system shall be
required to be self-supporting from sales receipts.
B. Each correctional facility may have a canteen system
operation. Each facility canteen system when established shall
require the warden of such facility or a designee to oversee the
day-to-day canteen system operations according to the guidelines set
by the Canteen System Board. The Chief Financial Officer of the
Department shall act as custodian of all canteen system funds and be
responsible for all expenditures from the canteen system accounts.
The Chief Financial Officer shall make daily deposits of all sales
receipts in the canteen system accounts. Canteen system profits
generated by items or services for resale shall be identified
monthly by the Chief Financial Officer and transferred periodically
from the canteen system account to the Department of Corrections
Inmate and Employee Welfare and Canteen System Support Revolving
Fund. All disbursements made from the canteen system account shall
be by voucher approved by the Chief Financial Officer and shall be
payable through the Office of the State Treasurer. Documentation of
each disbursement shall be kept on file by the Department. Canteen
system records may be disposed of in accordance with the records
disposition schedule approved by the Archives and Records
Commission. The Department shall notify the State Records
Administrator thirty (30) days in advance of its intent to dispose
of any canteen records. The Department shall follow accounting
procedures in accordance with state fiscal accounting procedures in
administering canteen system funds. All profits from the canteen
system shall be used exclusively for the benefit of the inmates of
the various institutions and personnel of the Department of
Corrections and support of canteen system operations as determined
by the Canteen System Board of Directors pursuant to subsection A of
this section.
C. Inmates may work in a correctional facility canteen and
shall receive reimbursement for such work through the institution
incentive pay program.
D. Any audit of canteen system operations and accounts
conducted by the State Auditor and Inspector shall be provided to
the warden of the concerned institution.
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