Bill blocks work-release inmates from being Mo. employees

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Lawmakers in the House want to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling finding that prison inmates can be considered state employees when they're doing work for the state.

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