Jan. 18—Lackawanna County will soon invest more of the money meant to directly benefit inmates. The county Prison Board approved Wednesday the investment of about $757,000 in inmate canteen funds for ...
Jose Herrera had seen enough. “Somebody needs to do a story on these outrageous canteen prices,” the inmate said, referring to the steady and seemingly endless price increases at the Mule Creek State ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston: Correction officer accused of stealing thousands from inmates canteen accounts
SCRANTON – Using money from Lackawanna County Prison’s inmate canteen account to lease four female work-release apartments, as county Commissioner Patrick O’Malley wants to do, is improper and ...
The Gaston County Sheriff's Office will soon have an app that will allow people to put money in inmate canteen accounts and apply for weapons permits without going in person to the office. The app, ...
MassLive: Some Mass. county jails have millions in profits off inmates sitting in accounts
Earlier this month, when Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux said he would spend $1.6 million in profits made off inmates to fund air conditioning at his jail facilities, the announcement shined a ...
Some Mass. county jails have millions in profits off inmates sitting in accounts
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MassLive: At Mass. jail, profits made off inmates are paying for air conditioning
Inmates incarcerated at Bristol County’s correctional facilities in Dartmouth have likely had their Eighth Amendment rights to protection against “cruel and unusual punishment” violated over the past ...