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Rec, education make up small portion of commissary revenue

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How are Texas commissary revenues spent? I asked TDCJ under the Public Information Act and uploaded the details at this link. Of $94.9 million in FY 2009 revenue, just $4.3 million (4.5%) went to educational and recreational programs, with the majority going to library services ($2.4 million), followed by recreational services ($1.1 million), radio and TV expenses ($627,075), and the offender publication The Echo ($115,244).Another $3 million in FY 2009 was diverted "as a funding source to minimize agency?s FY2009 supplemental appropriation requirements."As an aside, now that many TDCJ offenders can receive email, I wonder if anyone has considered allowing The Echo to begin to be distributed electronically?

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).

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