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North Carolina Prison Audit Finds Industry Excesses,Overpaid Guards, More
Loaded on June 15, 2006
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2006, page 16
The North Carolina Department of Corrections prison industries program routinely violates state purchasing guidelines and lacks adequate internal controls, a state audit has confirmed. The audit, released on October 19, 2005, also found that guards were sometimes overpaid, disbursement procedures were defective, prisoner work hours werent properly recorded, and prison …
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DOC/BOP misconduct,
Work,
Prison Industries,
Prison Labor,
Staffing.
Location:
North Carolina.
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