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Alabama Work-Release Prisoners Working But Not Getting Paid
Loaded on July 15, 2006
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2006, page 35
Prisoners in an Alabama work-release program have been working without getting paid. Problems have come mostly from prison employees who have hired prison workers then defaulted on their debt.
Filed under:
Work Release,
Misconduct/Corruption,
Contractor Misconduct,
Prison Labor,
Medical Expenses,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
Location:
Alabama.
Prisons located in Decatur, Birmingham and Loxley posed the greatest problems. A 2004 audit noted several questionable practices. Based on an ...
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