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Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner Finds Dept. of Corrections' Prisoner Work Program Stockpiled $32 Million in Cash.

Pennsylvania Correctional Industries Ineffectively Managed

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' prisoner work program is sitting on a $32 million cash stockpile that was mostly created by overcharging customers - primarily other state agencies - for the products and services it produced, according to a special performance audit released today by Auditor General Jack Wagner.

Wagner said the cash stockpile belongs to taxpayers and should be returned to the state if it is not needed by Pennsylvania Correctional Industries, the Department of Corrections bureau that operates the program.

"In difficult economic times, ...

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