Where Is the Accountability? "Stimulus" Checks Sent to Prisoners

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:30 AM by Mattie Duppler

We told you earlier about "stimulus" checks being sent to dead people. Today, news is breaking of checks being sent to inmates in Massachusetts prisons. What’s more, even after several chances to realize the mistake, the Social Security Administration didn't rectify the problem - Department of Corrections employees withheld the checks and contacted the federal government because they believed the prisoners to be receiving them mistakenly. The federal government never responded, so the workers at the prison handed the money over to the inmates. Red-faced, the U.S. Social Security Administration is now asking for the checks back. The administration is claiming that the error occurred because their records did not indicate the individuals were incarcerated, which typically disqualifies recipients from collecting federal benefits. While Americans are losing their jobs, inmates are lining their pockets with their tax dollars - add this to the long list of taxpayer-funded gaffes in the “stimulus.”

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