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The Boston Herald reported that stimulus funds were accidentally dished out to incarcerated cons. Twenty-three Massachusetts inmates were mailed $250 checks. Nice to know the whole thing could have been prevented.
Not only did the feds send the cash to incarcerated cons, but they failed to respond to state officials who sounded the alarm about the inmate windfall-now the subject of a national probe.
The state Department of Correction initially withheld stimulus checks mailed to 23 inmates because prison officials believed the convicts were not entitled to the cash, said DOC spokeswoman Diane Wiffin.
The DOC said it released the funds after the federal government ignored several requests for guidance.
Fox News reported that 1,700 inmates were mailed checks-a $425,000 error. Social Security Administration recognized the glitch after following up on the Massachusetts debacle.
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