By Ed Mahon
YDR
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — York County Prison leaders plan to establish a one-time $25 processing for new county inmates, which they would have to pay before being allowed to buy blankets, sweatshirts, snacks or other commissary items.
The motion passed 4-1 during Tuesday’s prison board meeting with commissioners Doug Hoke and Chris Reilly, District Attorney Tom Kearney and Sheriff Richard Keuerleber voting in favor of it.
President Commissioner Steve Chronister dissented. He joked about the proposal during the meeting.
“What if they’re unable to pay? They don’t get in?” Chronister said. "... Maybe they’ll rob somebody to get it before they get in.”
Afterward, Chronister said the county receives a percentage of money that inmates spend at the commissary, and that the revenue is used to fund education and training programs.
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