By ANGEL RIGGS World Capitol Bureau Inmates will get the funds upon their release, but the withheld amount is too high, critics say. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma Department of Corrections officials intend to ask lawmakers to reduce the amount of money they will be required to take from the funds inmates receive from relatives and friends. A controversial state law that is set to take effect in January will require the Corrections Department to take 20 percent of all money sent to Oklahoma inmates and deposit it into savings accounts for the prisoners. However, corrections officials said at the agency's monthly meeting Wednesday that they will ask lawmakers during the next legislative session to reduce the amount to 10 percent and to ensure that inmates will receive the interest earned from their accounts. Read more... ***Our opinion *** Posted at 10/19/2006 12:37:00 PM