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As His Inmates Grew Thinner, a Sheriff’s Wallet Grew Fatter
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Jeff
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Post subject: As His Inmates Grew Thinner, a Sheriff’s Wallet Grew Fatter Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:15 am |
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Andrew Rothman
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:05 pm |
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An excerpt:
Quote: DECATUR, Ala. — The prisoners in the Morgan County jail here were always hungry. The sheriff, meanwhile, was getting a little richer. Alabama law allowed it: the chief lawman could go light on prisoners’ meals and pocket the leftover change.
And that is just what the sheriff, Greg Bartlett, did, to the tune of $212,000 over the last three years, despite a state food allowance of only $1.75 per prisoner per day.
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The sheriff’s defenders, like Mr. Timmons, said Sheriff Bartlett, who told the court his salary was about $64,000, was merely following the law — Alabama law.
“He has not violated any laws of the state of Alabama,” Mr. Timmons said. “Everything he has done is by the rules, including the feeding allowance.”
But that was the whole problem, in Judge Clemon’s view. An unusual statute here dating from the early decades of the 20th century allows the state’s sheriffs to keep for themselves whatever money is left over after they feed their prisoners. The money allotted by the state is little enough — $1.75 a day per prisoner — but the incentive to skimp is obvious.
That is what the sheriff did, Judge Clemon found. As Mr. Bartlett’s wallet got fatter, according to testimony, the prisoners got thinner and thinner. One testified to losing 30 pounds in the brick jail by the railroad tracks in this quiet courthouse town of clean and empty streets near the Tennessee border.
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princewally
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:31 pm |
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I saw this a few months ago. They have to meet some minimum level of nutrition, and they can pocket the rest. It was established as part of the sheriff's pay. Those prisoners aren't eating any worse than prisoners elsewhere. Alabama law was set up this way on purpose. IIRC, when the law was established it was the primary salary for the sheriff.
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