Friday, January 9, 2009

Sheriff Put in Federal Custody After Shortchanging Inmates on Meals

A northern Alabama sheriff was in federal custody Thursday after a judge ruled he purposely fed inmates skimpy meals so he could make money from an unusual system that lets sheriffs turn a profit on their jail kitchens.

Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett testified at a Wednesday court hearing that he made $212,000 over three years by cheaply feeding prisoners -- every cent of it legal under a Depression-era state law and reported on his tax forms as income.

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