Some employees at an Arkansas federal prison are unsure when the next
time they’ll receive a paycheck amid the government slimdown, but the
inmates are continuing to get paid for jobs like landscaping, WMCTV.com
reported.
The report said that the inmates
are still receiving checks because their funds come out of a trust fund
that is not affected by the problems in Washington. About 600 workers
at the federal prison in Forrest City are impacted by the slimdown, the
report said.
“The inmates who have committed the crimes in this country and are
incarcerated by violating the laws of common society, they’re not
affected by the shutdown, but the employees that we trust to keep our
communities safe are,” Jeff Roberts, a prison employee who goes to work
every day and does not get paid, told the station.
Roberts told WMCTV.com that there is concern among workers that they will be unable to pay bills.
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