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Lauderdale County Mississippi can now use a portion of the money collected from inmate telephone service for the local jail ministry program.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Lauderdale County Mississippi can now use a portion of the money collected from inmate telephone service for the local jail ministry program. April 22, 2009 Gov. Haley Barbour signed a bill earlier this month that authorized use of the money. The bill took effect when Barbour signed it. Lauderdale County?s Good News Jail and Prison Ministry provides volunteers and a full time chaplain to participate in non-denominational worship with inmates. It has been funded by local donations. The bill allows the county to use up to $25,000 from the inmate phone service for the jail ministry. From the Corrections Reporter

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).