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			<p>AUSTIN, Texas (WSVN) &#8212; Thousands of inmates have worked together to collect funds for the victims of Hurricane Harvey.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/harvey/2017/10/10/texas-inmates-donate-53000-hurricane-harvey-relief" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dallas Morning News</a>, over 6,600 inmates have donated $53,863 from their commissary funds to help the hurricane victims.</p>
<p>Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Jason Clark said the inmates voluntarily contributed to the American Red Cross, the newspaper reports.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just something they chose to do,&#8221; Clark told the Dallas Morning News.</p>
<p>Money from a prison commissary is traditionally used to buy things like stationary, personal hygiene items, snacks and other items.</p>
<p>The average donation was $8, with donations ranging from $1 to &#8220;hundreds&#8221; of dollars per inmate.</p>
<p>Clark reports that this is not the first time prisoners have pitched in to help following the natural disaster. Similar gestures were seen after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.</p>
<p>Clark said inmates could contribute as much or as little as they&#8217;d like and the donations do not count toward their spending limit of $95 every two weeks.</p>
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