A sitting Tennessee sheriff has pleaded not guilty to charges that he illegally profited from the work of jail inmates under his supervision and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sitting Tennessee sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he illegally profited from the work of jail inmates under his supervision and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission.

Thomas was indicted in May in Gibson and Davidson counties on 22 charges, including official misconduct, theft, forgery and computer crimes involving jail inmates in his custody.

  • FlashMobOfOneEnglish
    12•4 months ago

    Motherfucker definitely used prison labor for personal profit.

    • @motor_spiritEnglish
      3•4 months ago

      It’s honestly pretty difficult for many of them to avoid, please forgive and forget

  • Maeve
    9•4 months ago

    I bet this is more common than we know.

  • downpunxx
    6•4 months ago

    Dude watched The Shawshank Redemption one too many times, and took the wrong message from it

  • mommykinkEnglish
    2•4 months ago

    Thoughts and prayers