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Ark. prisoners prefer money over fruit
By The Associated Press
Published: 12/03/2007

ARKANSAS - There will be some extra cash but no holiday fruit baskets for Arkansas prisoners this year. In past years, state inmates received a holiday gift of an apple, an orange and $5 in commissary account money from the Corrections Department. But this year the state's more than 14,000 inmates will get $6 and no fruit.

"You don't get much fresh produce in prison, but we found they wanted the extra dollar," prison spokeswoman Dina Tyler said. Read more.

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