Inmates given opportunities to learn in jail

SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Unlike many law enforcement agencies, the philosophy of Jones County Sheriff’s Office has never been to make money on the backs of the families of inmates residing in its jail. Sheriff Butch Reece said in an April 17 interview that, when the county’s contract for inmate communications was due to renew, the pitches from most of the vendors was about how much profit the department c...

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