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 ...

A January audit of Harris County inmates' commissary accounts identified critical oversights and financial control failures, including violations of state law and county policies. It's the latest in a ...

An inmate is accused of selling drugs to inmates in Harris County Jail as his 2 family members laundered nearly $30,000 to his commissary account, Texas cops say. Getty Images/iStockphoto An elaborate ...

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.

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 ...

In the Sonoma County jail, shaving cream that sold for $3.25 in 2021 has doubled in price. The same goes for the price of shower shoes, which went from $1.65 to $3.49. Deodorant costs more than a ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAKE COUNTY, Tenn. - A Lake County, Tenn., jail administrator has been indicted on charges of stealing inmates' commissary funds. Investigators in the state's comptroller's office found that Neina ...