Ultimately, aren't taxpayers paying for California's error?
California paid out more than $400 million in unemployment benefits to prison inmates who fraudulently applied, state officials revealed on Tuesday.
That figure -- which is nearly triple the amount revealed last week -- comes after investigators combed through the state's unemployment records, where they found 31,000 claims submitted by inmates.
That's 11,000 more than previously thought, says Crystal Page, spokeswoman for the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
Of the prisoners who received the benefits, 133 were on death row, according to Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin.
Among them was convicted murderer Scott Peterson, attorney Pat Harris reports.