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Commissioners approve amendment to prison commissary contract; county to lose Keefe’s secure payment service role
Summary
The board approved an amendment to the Lackawanna County Prison commissary contract with Keefe Commissary Network LLC that removes Keefe’s secure payment service role and lowers the commission percentage paid to the county inmate canteen account.
Lackawanna County commissioners on June 4 approved an amendment to the prison commissary agreement with Keefe Commissary Network LLC that removes the company’s role providing secure payment services for inmate accounts and reduces the commission percentage paid into the county inmate canteen account.
Tim Petty, warden of Lackawanna County Prison, told commissioners the amendment modifies the previously signed contract so Keefe will not provide the “Access Corrections secure payment services” function and that the commissary commission to the inmate canteen account will drop from 33.1% to 26% (figures reported by the warden during his presentation). Petty said the change follows the county's use of another vendor for the payment service.
The board approved the amendment by voice vote. The amendment was presented after the prison board recommended the change; the warden answered commissioners’ questions during the item.
The action was presented as an amendment to an existing contract; the transcript does not specify an amended contract term or other financial details beyond the commission percentages and the removal of the payment‑service function. Implementation was described as administrative oversight handled by the correctional facility.
Commissioners recorded the vote by voice: “ayes have it.” No roll-call tally with individual commissioner votes was recorded in the transcript.
