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And federal prisons all across the country. >> one of the inmates i interviewed said he had learned of it when he was in a federal prison. >> in a statement ethe irs said it has programs to combat this. but the irs said, quote, it is not a simple process, particularly considering the fact that some inmates are entitled to tax refunds and that the prison population is not static. according to congressional testimony, in 2004, more than 4,000 bogus refunds were issued to prisoners for almost $15 million. but the irs blocked more than $53 million in false claims. >> the system has a flaw that nee...

>> the system has a flaw that needs to be fixed. it should be easy enough to fix by changing the form or changing the submission. >> reporter: and while the irs is now prosecuting the monroe jail case, guess what some inmates are still doing? filing fraudulent returns and still getting checks. >> i think we have one here that came in that was for about $5,000. yes, it's about $5,000. >> so this is an irs check that was sent to that inmate. for $5,920. >> right. >> it was intercepted. at least here the checks end up in the hands of the fbi. now one of the two ring leaders involved has pleaded g...

Go on for decades, at state and federal prisons all across the country. >> one of the inmates i interviewed said he had learned of it when he was in a federal prison. >> reporter: in a statement, the irs told cnn it has programs to combat this. but the irs said, quote, it is not a simple process particularly considering the fact that some inmates are entitled to tax refunds and that the prison population is not static. according to congressional testimony, in 2004, more than 4,000 bogus refunds were issued to prisoners for almost $15 million. but the irs blocked more than $53 million in false ...

Detention center. oh, no. authorities tell us it's been going on for decades at state and federal prisons all across the country. >> one of the inmates that i interviewed said that he learned of it when he was in a federal prison. >> reporter: in the statement the irs told cnn it has programs to combat this. but the irs said, quote, it is not a simple process, particularly considering the fact that some inmates are entitled to tax refunds and that the prison population is not static. according to congressional testimony, in 2004, more than 4,000 bogus refunds were issued to prisoners for almos...

Million. but the irs blocked more than 5 million in false claims. >> the system has a flaw that needs to be fixed. it should be easy enough to fix, but changing a form or changing the submission. >> reporter: while the irs is now prosecuting the monroe jail case, guess what some inmates are still doing, filing fraudulent returns and still getting checks. >> i think we have one here that came in that was for about $5,000. about $5,000. >> reporter: this is an irs check that was sent to that inmate. >> right. >> reporter: for $5,920. it was intercepted. at least here, the checks end up in the ha...