Dozens of groups are calling on federal regulators to protect released prison inmates from steep fees they must pay to access their own money via prison-issued payment cards. People who are released ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - More details have come to light in connection with a Gregg County jailer accused of using an inmate’s debit card to make Amazon purchases. On Jan. 27, a deputy said he learned ...

Like other Americans, inmates and their families are struggling financially. CARES Act stimulus payments for inmates, which were granted after a legal challenge, help offset the myriad expenses ...

Clarence Justin Aldred received his inmate account balance on a prepaid card upon release from Macomb Correctional Facility in New Haven, Michigan, in July 2013. (Courtesy of Clarence Justin Aldred) ...

Some hidden fees on a Dallas County jail inmate's debit cards surprised county commissioners and even the sheriff. A complaint from a former jail inmate brought the fees to light. Former inmate Steve ...

Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade said a corrections officer at the jail has been arrested for using an inmate's debit card. In a news release, Wade said an inmate was released from the jail and ...

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 ...

Michael Riggins (Top left), Blake McCreight (Top right), Trevon Mallard (Middle left), Kenneth Lynch (Middle right), Carrie Jo Wilson (Bottom left), David Clough (Bottom right) (Polk County Sheriff's ...

Nearly $700,000 was stolen from Dallas County jail inmate commissary accounts in a scheme involving damaged debit cards, the county auditor said. Now, the investigation has been turned over to the FBI ...

Like other Americans, inmates and their families are struggling financially. CARES Act stimulus payments for inmates, which were granted after a legal challenge, help offset the myriad expenses ...