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Visitor criticizes jail payment kiosk, alleges hiring irregularities
Summary
At the Lawrence County Prison Board meeting a visitor said the jail's payment kiosk malfunctions, charges excessive fees and exposed her financial accounts; she also alleged improper hiring for a deputy warden post and said she will seek outside investigation if the board does not act.
Terry Bridal, a visitor who identified herself during the public-comment period at a Lawrence County Prison Board meeting, criticized the jail's inmate-payment kiosk and said she would ask outside authorities to investigate staffing decisions if the board did not act.
"My issues go back probably 6, 8 months regarding the kiosks problems with it and why it exists," Bridal told the board, saying the kiosk sometimes forces users to submit banking details to vendors overseas and that she has evidence of subsequent fraud: "Both my bank account ended up being hacked. My credit…
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