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Prison Bankers Exact Fees, Profits From Families
By kgou.org- M. Scott Carter
Published: 02/18/2015

In Oklahoma’s prison system, inmates spend millions of dollars a year from their trust, accounts, buying canteen items and paying restitution, fines and other costs.

Much of that money comes from family members. They deposit funds into inmates’ “trust fund” accounts that are part of the Department of Corrections’ offender banking system.

They also pay a price for that giving.

Two private companies that provide banking services in prisons under state contract tack on fees, and family members say those fees, paid over time, are onerous.

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