Monies or tokens or things of like nature used as money found in the unlawful possession of a prisoner confined in a penal institution under control of the Department of Corrections is contraband, and monies or tokens or things of like nature used as money seized must be deposited in a fund maintained by the department and is the property of the fund. This fund must be used to aid drug interdiction efforts undertaken by the department. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-384; 1963 (53) 505; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 431; 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 47A.
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