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3,900 stimus checks went to prisoners...1,700 by mistake

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

3,900 stimulus checks went to prison inmates By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER (AP) ?8-26-09 WASHINGTON ? The federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people who were in no position to use the money to help stimulate the economy: prison inmates. The checks were part of the massive economic recovery package approved by Congress and President Barack Obama in February. About 52 million Social Security recipients, railroad retirees and those receiving Supplemental Security Income were eligible for the one-time checks. Prison inmates are generally ineligible for federal benefits. However, 2,200 of the inmates who received checks got to keep them because, under the law, they were eligible, said Mark Lassiter, a spokesman for the Social Security Administration...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 27, 2009 (boomark / email).