Claim: "Dubious taxpayer-funded stimulus projects in Rhode Island include … $250,000 to provide digital television to the state's inmate population."
Fact-check: Watchdog group says R.I. used stimulus funds for $250,000 project to "provide digital television to the state's inmate population."
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Richard Salit
Date published: 2011-07-10T00:00:00