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Problems found in state audit corrected
Published November 3, 2009
Two findings in a state audit have been corrected in the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, according to Sheriff Dennis Miller Monday.
Both findings were related to the jail commissary inmate fund, according to the report released last Friday.
The jail commissary inmate fund is accounts for the county inmate’s money held for purchases made from the jail store. Unused funds are returned to inmates upon their release.
One finding in the audit said all bank deposits for the jail commissary inmate fund were not made daily as required in the minimum accounting requirements for sheriffs prescribed by Alabama’s Chief Examiner of Public Accounts.
Miller said a clerk at the jail hadn’t been making deposits daily.
“She was waiting until a certain amount of money was collected before making a deposit,” Miller said. “But that has been corrected.”
The other finding said the bank account balance of the jail commissary inmate fund did not agree with or reconcile to the book balance.
“During the last three months of the current examination period, reports to support a book balance could not be provided,” the audit report said.
The audit covered the sheriff’s office finances from February 1, 2007 through April 30, 2009.
Miller said his office changed commissary providers shortly before the audit.
He said during those three months in question the new provider's computers weren't compatible with the previous provider.
"There was no shortages or anything like that," said Miller. "But that finding has also been corrected."
Miller said he was pleased with only two findings in the audit that could be and have been corrected.
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