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For obvious reasons, Labor Dept. denies prisoners who applied for unemployment

December 14, 2011 By Jessica Machetta

The state labor department has found 11 state prison inmates have filed for unemployment benefits while they’re prisoners. The department says it started checking names of unemployment applicants against inmate names a month ago. 

Prisoners cannot get unemployment benefits because they are not available to seek jobs and hold them.

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