SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE: A new state checking system designed to stop inmates in county and state prisons from receiving unemployment compensation benefits is projected to bring savings of more than $100 million this year, a state cabinet secretary told a congressional hearing Wednesday.
Secretary of Labor & Industry Julia Hearthway said the department placed “incarceration stops” on more than 4,000 unemployment compensation claims during the year’s first quarter by using this system.
When a new inmate enters a prison, an automatic check is made with unemployment compensation rolls maintained by the department, she said. If a match is found and verified, the individual is removed from active unemployment compensation benefit status… (more)
