Q&A
Availability of funds at discharge
0:54:07
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DOC representatives explain the current process for making commissary funds available to inmates upon discharge from NYC jails.
- Discharge dates aren't always known in advance, especially for detainees.
- Up to $200 in cash is available immediately upon release at the Rikers Island Central Cashier.
- The cashier window is open 24/7 for fund collection.
- Bail windows are available for those released from courts.
- Checks for funds exceeding $200 can be obtained at the time of discharge.
Diana I. Ayala
0:54:07
And what prevents DOC from having that those funds or that check or whatever whatever format, you you know, you wish to pay it out ready, you know, you we know when somebody's being discharged.
0:54:19
Right?
0:54:19
We we we have a date.
0:54:21
I'm assuming there's a process, right, for discharging.
0:54:24
Why wouldn't that money be available at discharge?
0:54:29
Why would I have to claim it?
Nell McCarty
0:54:32
So, when someone is discharged first, their discharge date isn't always known, especially for people who are detainees and some people do leave directly from court.
0:54:40
But just to highlight, there are funds available.
0:54:43
So, again, the $200 in cash that someone can receive is available immediately upon release, at the Rikers Island Central Cashier, which they they walk through upon release.
0:54:53
They can stop at the window, which is open 247.
0:54:57
So it is a a 247 operation that they could receive their funds from a cashier at that window.
0:55:02
If they are released from, the courts as well, there are bail windows available that they could pick up their unclaimed funds as well from their commissary.
James Conroy
0:55:11
And by the way, I'm sorry, just for clarity's sake, a person who's discharged can also, at the time of discharge, get a check for funds that exceed $200.
0:55:21
So it's not like you'd limit it to 200 then you have to claim it after.
0:55:24
You can get that at the time, but only the cash is up to $200.