The Shameful Case of Sheriff Corndog

For 80 years Alabama had a law allowing sheriffs to keep, as personal income, taxpayer money meant for feeding prisoners in their jails. This led to several high-profile cases of sheriffs starving prisoners for personal profit: most notably, Sheriff Corndog and Sheriff Beach House. It's a story about fraud and public corruption for the sake of greed. Patreon:   / georgrockallschmidt   Leave a tip: paypal.me/GeorgRockallSchmidt Twitter:   / grockallschmidt   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/grockallschm... Sources https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w... https://www.al.com/news/2021/06/it-lo... https://www.schr.org/files/post/files... https://theappeal.org/alabama-sheriff... https://theappeal.org/politicalreport... https://enewscourier.com/2017/08/26/f... https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/.... https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/... https://clearinghouse-umich-productio... https://natlawreview.com/article/inco... https://www.schr.org/files/morgan_fin... https://www.thearabtribune.com/news/b... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sheriff-... https://www.waff.com/story/9640226/sh... https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-... https://www.nationalmemo.com/cruel-bu... https://www.abajournal.com/news/artic... https://www.waff.com/story/9651026/ba... https://clearinghouse-umich-productio... https://www.al.com/breaking/2009/01/s... https://www.al.com/breaking/2010/07/a... https://www.al.com/news/2018/01/alaba... https://web.archive.org/web/202301290... https://www.al.com/news/2019/10/forme.... https://web.archive.org/web/202009281... https://www.schr.org/files/post/files... https://alabamaappleseed.org/news/adv... https://archive.is/20190612112341/htt... https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/20... https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/20... https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/20... https://www.al.com/news/2019/04/repor.... https://www.al.com/news/2019/04/repor... https://theweek.com/speedreads/815161... https://nypost.com/2018/12/31/alabama... https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/... https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/... https://aldailynews.com/house-passes-... https://www.al.com/news/2020/07/forme... https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-...