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2009-01-10 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Sheriff jailed for pocketing money meant for inmate meals

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-10 10:14|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1
I wonder if they get to watch Joy Harmon wash her car?

There are those pointy thingies again.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-10 10:37|| 2009-01-10 10:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Yew boys wanna eat, ya best git yur minds raht...

Posted by tu3031 2009-01-10 10:58|| 2009-01-10 10:58|| Front Page Top

#3 sheriffs are permitted to keep -- as personal income -- money left over after purchasing food for inmates

Who the hell had this idiot idea, and why is it not being repealed immediately?

That never happened, to my knowledge.

Riiiiiight. Enjoy your regrettably short jail term, asshole. This is exactly the sort of crap that makes me lose respect for lawmen.

Posted by gromky 2009-01-10 11:04|| 2009-01-10 11:04|| Front Page Top

#4 there is alot of stuff that lke this shit that goes on in small counties especially. and how is he still sheriff since they released him from jail after he promised too feed better meals? He was commiting embezzlement, in any other palce anyway, and i wondr who came up with the idea of keeping themoney saved that they get to pocket legally?

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-01-10 13:34|| 2009-01-10 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 "What we have heah, is a failure...to masticate"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-01-10 14:22|| 2009-01-10 14:22|| Front Page Top

#6 However, Clemon wrote in court documents that a typical breakfast for county inmates was a serving of grits or unsweetened oatmeal; half an egg or less, sometimes cold; a slice of white bread; and unsweetened tea or a beverage such as Kool-Aid.

Lunch was either two peanut butter or bologna sandwiches, "with a small amount of peanut butter or an exceedingly thin" slice of bologna between two slices of white bread; a small bag of corn chips; and flavored water or unsweetened tea.

A typical dinner was two hot dogs or meat patties; a slice of bread; and mixed vegetables or baked beans*, the judge wrote.

The next Oprah Diet(tm)? People will pay $$ to get the book.

*Actually, it reminds me of some of the meals in the field at the DISCOM support site in Korea

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-10 15:54|| 2009-01-10 15:54|| Front Page Top

#7 The state provides sheriffs with $1.75 per day per inmate for food
That's $0.58 per meal -- I'm amazed he can make any money at all. The state needs some reprimanding too.

Posted by Darrell 2009-01-10 16:06|| 2009-01-10 16:06|| Front Page Top

#8 "According to the Connecticut-based Criminal Justice Institute, the national average daily cost to feed an inmate was $3.62 in 2000, the latest year for which numbers are available." Source

Posted by Darrell 2009-01-10 16:11|| 2009-01-10 16:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Andersonville II

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-01-10 16:20|| 2009-01-10 16:20|| Front Page Top

#10 This is one reason it's so hard to unseat an Alabama Sheriff. There's money in them thar criminals. This would be easy to fix, just change the law. That won't happen.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-01-10 19:41|| 2009-01-10 19:41|| Front Page Top

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