Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Meanwhile - in Tallahassee, FL
Times are tough all over...
The Associated Press's Jessica Gresko reports:
"Having to pay more for Honey Buns and other prison snack shop items has made inmates at Florida prisons and their families upset.
The state, which has the nation's third largest state prison system, raised prices about three weeks ago under a new contract with an outside company. Since then, the department has gotten approximately 60 phone calls and letters from families complaining about the increases.
'The prices have increased dramatically,' one inmate's family wrote in an e-mail to the department signed 'concerned family.' 'We have to send money to our loved one and now he can hardly buy anything substantial. Please can we fix this?'"
