30-08-2017 17:32 via denver.cbslocal.com

Sheriff Proposes Sending Inmates To Help With Harvey Damage

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts sheriff who proposed sending county jail inmates to help President Donald Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is offering to send inmates to Texas to help clean up damage from Hurricane Harvey.
WGBH-FM first reported Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson wants to send inmate “volunteers” to help rebuild Houston.
(credit: CBS)
Hodgson says 10 inmates have expressed interest in the project. He says he hopes federal disaster relief
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