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LOUISVILLE (AP) - The head of a Louisville-based nonprofit that runs inmate halfway houses says he will not apologize for spending tens of thousands of dollars on sports luxury suites because tax dollars were not used.

Ray Weis, CEO of Dismas Charities Inc., said Thursday the company paid for the suites at the University of Louisville basketball and football venues using investment income.

Dismas gets virtually all of its revenue from the federal government and the state of Kentucky.

Board chairman James Simon told The Courier-Journal the company has invited state Auditor Crit Luallen to review the suite leases.

The Courier-Journal has reported Dismas spent $92,000 to lease a luxury suite at Louisville's new downtown arena and $45,000 for a suite at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.

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