The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to furnish each prisoner upon his release from a penal or correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the government of the District of Columbia with suitable clothing and, in the discretion of the Mayor, a sum of money, which shall not exceed $100.
D.C. Code § 24-201.28
Discharge and release payments
Oct. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 506, Pub
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