More than 6,600 inmates contributed money to the American Red Cross from Aug. 31 to Sept. 30, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Jason Clark said.
Commissary money is typically spent on food supplies while they are incarcerated.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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