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| Probe: Private use of inmate labor OK |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/21/2005 |
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No wrongdoing by any county employee was found in a state probe of jail inmate labor, the district attorney has informed Warren County (N.C.) commissioners in a letter. A special board meeting has been called for this week to consider the findings of the investigation. But it isn't clear whether the board will reinstate the suspended county manager, Loria Williams, or maintenance supervisor, Robert Dunston, who is Williams' father. They were suspended with pay Feb. 7 after the board received allegations dating from 2002 that Dunston had improperly used jail inmates in a private lawn-care concern that benefited his daughter. State Bureau of Investigation Agent Mike East said in his report that "the investigation revealed no criminal act was committed." District Attorney Sam Currin said in his letter that Dunston used inmate labor on public projects from 1999 to 2002 and occasionally employed county prisoners for his private lawn-care service. Williams' lawn was cared for, but she paid for the work. The lawn work was done after business hours, Currin wrote, and inmates volunteered for and were fed and compensated for those labors. Warren commission Chairman Ulysses Ross said he wants the suspended employees return to work. |
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