An Alabama sheriff who came under scrutiny after he bought a fancy beach house with the $750,000 he pocketed from funds meant to feed inmates defended his decision this week to keep the cash and buy a $740,000 beach house. Entrekin, like other Alabama sheriffs, believe a pre-World War II state law allows them to keep any “excess inmate feeding funds” for themselves. However all excess funds are supposed to be given to the county government. Instead Entrekin is using it to pay off debt, Entrekin is $400,000 in debt and he "didn't know what I was going to do and how I was going to pay it back, until I decided that I was going to make this a business." Entrekin is also being challenged for his job this year by Jonathon Horton who claimed he would make sure the excess funds go to benefit the taxpayers. Entrekin said he has heard people claim that they would give the money back but nobody ever follows through. He said he would be fine if legislators chose to change the law. "I don't want to be a restaurant owner, I don't want to do that," he said. "I want to be the sheriff. But the law says that as the sheriff, comes the responsibility of feeding inmates, and the excess I can keep for my personal use.
Kathleen Joyce made this article on Fox in order for people in the general public to know about what Entrekin has done. I personally feel that it was immorally wrong, that you should not be using funds for inmates to clear your personal debt. Kathleen also uses Logos due to the evidence that Entrekin is using the money to pay off debts as well as pathos due to the framing of the article making the reader feel upset when they read about Entrekin's immoral actions.
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