US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
  * §  9-128  Applications  for  government benefits. a. The department of
  correction shall make applications for government benefits available  to
  inmates by providing such applications in areas accessible to inmates in
  city correctional institutions.
    b.  The  department  of  correction  shall provide assistance with the
  preparation of applications for government benefits  and  identification
  to  sentenced  inmates  who will serve, after sentencing, thirty days or
  more in any city correctional  institution  and  who  receive  discharge
  planning  services  from  the  department  of  correction  or any social
  services organization under contract with the department of  correction,
  and,  in  its  discretion, to any other inmate who may benefit from such
  assistance.
    * NB Repealed June 30, 2015