Gainesville businessmen admit paying bribes to Florida prison officials

[ensho]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/corporate/gainesville-businessmen-admit-paying-bribes-to-florida-prison-officials/1173073


Two Gainesville businessmen have admitted paying bribes to state prison officials and officers of Keefe Commissary, the St. Louis company that provides snacks and other items to Florida's prison inmates.

Joseph Arthur Deese, 38, appeared in federal court in Jacksonville on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pay kickbacks to former Corrections Secretary James V. Crosby and Allen Wayne Clark, another high-ranking prison official.
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prisons - money makers

[Angry Dragon]

1. May they soon be able to eat snacks in jail

[Uncle Joe]

2. Thar's gold in them there prisons!

Gainesville lawyer Gil Schaffnit, who represents Deese, said he believes Keefe Commissary has far too many political connections to face charges for taking bribes from a prison vendor who helped operate canteens for inmates and their visitors. Keefe offers inmate services at state and local prisons in dozens of states.

Thanks for the thread, ensho.