Prison profiteering.

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From AP: "A federal judge ordered an Alabama sheriff locked up in his own jail after holding him in contempt for failing to adequately feed inmates while profiting from the skimpy meals. U.S. District Judge U. W. Clemon had court security arrest Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett after dramatic testimony from skinny prisoners about paper-thin bologna and cold grits. The hearing offered a rare look into Alabama's unusual practice of letting sheriffs pocket money...

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