An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale has lost his challenge to a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections policy of taking 25% of the money from his commissary account to pay court costs, fines and restitution. Shawn Freemore, 30, complained last year when the DOC took $37.50 from a $150 family contribution to his inmate account. Freemore contended the state cannot deduct from money given as a gift to an inmate. Deductions from an inmate account can only be taken from money he has earned in prison, Freemore claimed. He cited state law which he said limited ...