An Alabama sheriff pocketed $1.5 million by underfeeding ICE detainees

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An Alabama sheriff helped himself to at least $1.5 million in federal funds meant to feed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees housed in his jail, the Etowah County Detention Center.

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A Depression-era loophole in Alabama state law allows sheriffs to keep half of all leftover funds meant for feeding inmates, with the other half going to the county’s general fund. By serving ICE detainees spoiled, expired, and donated food, Etowah County sheriff Todd Entrekin was able to generate a $3 million surplus, taking 50% of that for himself.

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“The law says it’s a personal account and that’s the way I’ve always done it and that’s the way the law reads and that’s the way I do business,” Entrekin said in an interview. “That’s the way the law’s written.”

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