nice work if you can get it, feed prisoners cheap, keep the difference

[curryjunkie]

Alabama sheriff legally used $750K in inmate food funds to buy beach house
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-sheriff-legally-pocketed-750k-from-inmate-food-funds-bought-beach-house/
"he follows a state law passed before World War II that allows sheriffs to keep "excess" inmate-feeding funds for themselves.
Entrekin said the "liberal media has began attacking me for following the letter of the law."

how has this been allowed to go on for decades?
youd think at some point during the last, oh i dont know 50 years, some one would have looked at this loophole

 

[JohnnySagebrush]

Holy smokes. That is so outrageous as to be unbelievable, and needs to be changed.

 

[JosephDredd]

I saw this. Law-abiding piece of shit.

 

[Quequeg]

Just more red state-republican governance

 

[KILL KILL]

That is one he'll of a loophole

 

[Shoemaker]

Whoa. That absolutely should not be the law. Put excess funds back where the came from.

 

[loyalyolayal]

Good on him.

 

[PubliusVentidius]

The inmates were on that sawdust diet.

 

[Rematch]

Just more red state-republican governance

Since WWII. I'm sure since that time Alabama was run by Dems, yet...

 

[curryjunkie]

when it was first implemented it was probably intended to top up low wages for sheriffs, a few thousand a year at most.
hes not the only one by the looks of things, they had to go to court to get the information
"In January, advocacy groups sued for access to public records to find out how much jail food money is given to sheriffs and pocketed. In the lawsuit, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice said 49 sheriffs had not complied with the request. "

 

[Shoemaker]

This is interesting:

This is not the first time the law has made national headlines. In 2009, Greg Bartlett, who was then the sheriff of Morgan County, was thrown into his own jail by a federal judge after testimony from inmates about inadequate meals, including paper-thin bologna and cold grits. Bartlett testified that he legally kept as personal income about $212,000 over three years with surplus meal money but denied that inmates were improperly fed.

Seems like there’s precedent for throwing his ass in jail if he was cutting corners to maximize his income.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Life in prison sound appropriate.

 

[Quequeg]

Since WWII. I'm sure since that time Alabama was run by Dems, yet...

Anybody whom makes that argument outs themselves as a moron.

 

[Shoemaker]

Shit, this guy and his wife own homes worth $1.7m combined. He makes less than $100k a year. He must’ve been doing this awhile.

 

[Orgasmo]

Any opening at the Sheriff department?

 

[Shoemaker]

Any opening at the Sheriff department?

I think one might be opening up...

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

Someone scamming taxpayer funds in Alabama?

Im shocked to say the least. At least that sheriff doesnt have hookworm.

 

[JohnnySagebrush]

The interesting part, to me, is that the sheriff has incentive to either:
A) feed horrible rations, risking his career (appears there is a precedent for prosecution)
B) Jail less people.

So, which is happening, or both?

 

[Bobby 3 Sticks]

Alabama gonna Alabama

Same fucking state that almost elected roy moore

 

[Michaelangelo]

just imagine what he was doing on his daily beats

prob makes bad lieutenant harvey keitel look like a saint