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| State inmate labor force to be removed |
| By wtva.com- Susan Parker |
| Published: 05/28/2015 |
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ABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) -- Sheriff Cecil Cantrell will lose his mechanics. That's just the beginning. The state inmate work program will soon come to an end. "It's just been a good, positive thing for Monroe County and we hate to see the state cut this program," said Sheriff Cantrell. The Mississippi Department of Corrections is cutting the program - a move the commissioner says will redirect $3.2 million to other budgetary needs. Commissioner Marshall Fisher says that will be a better use of taxpayer dollars. Monroe County Supervisor Billy Kirkpatrick says the county built a building specifically to house those state inmates. The county receives $20 a day for each inmate. Read More. |
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