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| Hennepin County issuing debit cards for inmates' cash |
| By startribune.com- David Chanen |
| Published: 10/11/2016 |
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For decades, inmates leaving the Hennepin County jail or workhouse received checks to replace any cash they had on them when they were arrested. Those checks frequently were lost or damaged — or weren’t cashed at all because inmates lacked proper identification or a bank account. The county also wouldn’t cut checks for less than $5. Starting this month, debit cards will be issued to departing inmates, who can immediately withdraw money for transportation, food or other needs, 24 hours a day. The new program reduces the bureaucratic headache and cost of tracking thousands of checks. The county recently forked over more than $21,000 in uncashed checks to state coffers. Read More. |
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