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Justice Dept. bolsters monitoring of federal inmate accounts

by Michael Balsamo
| August 20, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing the federal prison system to revamp how it monitors government-run prison deposit accounts that have at times been used by inmates to shield themselves from paying debts and for suspicious or illegal activity.

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