SHERIFF BUSTED FOR PEDDLING PRISON LABOR
Globe US|July 08, 2024
SHADY Sheriff Paul Thomas ran a racket in rural Tennessee to illegally profit off the work of jail inmates, authorities say.
SHERIFF BUSTED FOR PEDDLING PRISON LABOR

The Gibson County law dog was indicted on 22 charges - including official misconduct, theft, forgery and computer crimes involving inmates in his custody.

Investigators say Thomas was an investor in Alliance Group, three for-profit companies that offered staffing assistance to local businesses, housed current and ex-inmates in a transitional facility, and provided transportation to work-release inmates and former prisoners traveling to and from jobs. But officials allege Thomas failed to disclose his interests to the state's ethics commission!

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