Inmates Send Money To Haiti

When inmates in prisons across the country heard about the destruction that was caused by the earthquake in Haiti, they wanted to help. Requests to higher officials in many prisons were made to facilitate the donations and the distribution of it.

In Nebraska, the Department of Correctional Services says it was bombarded with inquiries on how to go about making the donations.

Donation amounts varied from prisoner to prisoner, going as low as a dime to as high as $150.

Prisoners earn money through the work they do in prison. The amounts are meager, ranging from $1.21 to $3.78 for a day’s work in the prison industries.

Many prisoners use the money they earn to help their families back at home, to pay for child support, to buy personal amenities or other personal expenses. What is impressive said a director of a state corrections service was that many of them sacrificed their personal expenses in order to be able to give to this cause.

A total of $2,015.31 was sent from the Nebraska States Department of Correctional Services to the American Red Cross for Haiti.

Their hearts are very often soft; many prisoners are simply humane and good people. And their rights are sometimes tampered with. JPay has a range of services from easy and convenient money transfers to prepaid phone calls to help facilitate the assurance of the safekeeping of prisoners’ rights.