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| Oversight of inmate benefit accounts relies on county vigilance |
| By bangordailynews.com- Judy Harrison |
| Published: 05/26/2015 |
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BANGOR, Maine — The administration and spending of inmate benefit accounts varies among Maine’s county jails, and oversight of the funds at the state level does not involve close inspection of checks and receipts, according to several sheriffs and corrections officials. The indictment on May 4 of former Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith raised questions about how inmate benefit funds are handled in county jails. Smith, 62, of Lubec is accused of illegally us ing money from the fund at the Washington County Jail. Every jail in the state maintains an inmate benefit fund, according to Kennebec County Sheriff Randall Liberty, the immediate past president of the Maine Sheriffs’ Association. Exactly where the money comes from and on what it is spent differs slightly from one facility to another, but its purpose is the same everywhere. Read More. |
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