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In Alabama Prisons, The Less Sheriffs Spend On Food For Inmates, The More They Earn
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 26, 2012 02:33pm |
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| Author | Adam Peck |
| News Date | Monday, June 25, 2012 11:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It took almost three quarters of a century, but one Sheriff in Alabama is finally speaking out against a 1939 law that allows for the state’s 67 sheriffs to keep leftover money the state provides to each municipality for feeding inmates in local prisons.
Sheriff Mike Rainey reportedly received $295,294 from the local, state and federal governments to spend on food for the county’s inmate population. But thanks to the old law, Rainey is entitled to pocket any money left over after he fulfills his responsibility of feeding his inmates.
It’s not hard to imagine how such a system could lead to massive corruption. In 2009, former Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett was himself put behind bars after he admitted to keeping more than $200,000 from the prison’s food budget while the inmates he oversaw were provided with inadequate food. |
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