The proposed changes come after scrutiny of the amounts in some inmates accounts, particularly inmates with notoriety. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are ...

Jun. 18—A Dallas County Sheriff's Office supervisor who embezzled more than $250,000 from the jail's inmate property fund pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal offense, announced U.S. Attorney for the ...

More than $600,000 in Dallas County Jail inmates’ commissary funds may have been stolen and the FBI has been asked to figure out who is responsible. The issue is money that inmates place in accounts ...

Inmates selected to participate in a Netflix series filmed in the Pulaski County jail received doubled visitation time and payments to their commissary accounts totaling $75, with the money coming ...

Back then, the county charged an average markup – the difference between per-unit cost and the sale price – of 46 cents. It’s impossible to calculate the markup on items sold today. Cleveland.com ...

Second of two parts. Read the first part here. Sonoma County inmates fund their own welfare and education programs with purchases through the jail commissary, but even as prices have climbed for ...

Nearly $700,000 was stolen from Dallas County jail inmate commissary accounts in a scheme involving damaged debit cards, the county auditor said. Now, the investigation has been turned over to the FBI ...

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WPRI) — Inmates at the Bristol County House of Correction will be charged about 12% less for commissary goods starting in mid-July, according to the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office.

Nearly 250 bags of barbecue potato chips. One hundred seventy-five Hershey bars. Fifty bags of Jolly Rancher candies. The Pima County Adult Detention Center is apparently not the place to be if you ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- When you're locked up, candy bars, batteries and aftershave are all important items usually available in the prison commissary. But now those staples and many other items are part of ...

Two years after promising to make phone calls free for people inside the county’s seven jails, on Tuesday the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors finally approved a contract that will get it done.