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North Carolina Prisoner Taps Jails Bank Account for $120,000

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2006 published in Prison Legal News August, 2006, page 32
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Crime, Seizure of Prisoner Funds. Location: North Carolina.
A former prisoner of North Carolinas Durham County Jail (DCJ) managed to bilk the jails prisoner account for over $120,000.

After serving 69 days at DCJ, Keith Edward Wright, 34, was issued a check for the balance of the money he had not spent in DCJs canteen. Ordinarily those types ...

 

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