NY mulls bill to give inmates $2.6K in taxpayer-funded pocket money when they leave state prison

Inmates in New York state prisons would be able to get by on $2,600 in taxpayer-funded allowances if a new bill stops circulating in Albany. A proposal from two Big Apple Democrats in the state Legislature would increase the amount of “gate money” given to ex-offenders from the current $40, with the money earmarked for […]