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Illinois Prisoners Bilked Out of Millions Through DOC Commissary Surcharges

Loaded on March 15, 2010 by Joseph R. Dole published in Prison Legal News March, 2010, page 24
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Trust Accounts. Location: Illinois.
Few prisoners would be shocked to learn that they are paying too much for items sold in prison commissaries or canteens. The Illinois Dept. of Corrections (IDOC), however, has taken commissary price-gouging to an extreme level.

In order to generate more revenue to help fund an over-capacity prison system, the ...

 

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