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Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons website features a comprehensive menu of all food items served in the commissary and their accompanying costs. Foods, condiments and meals range from a Velveeta ...
Prisoners have been known to create prison "spreads", or privately prepared meals with items purchased from a prison commissary, obtained from government-mandated meals to prisoners, or obtained from a prison kitchen. Spreads can often become communal gatherings of prisoners, with the general expectation that each prisoner contributes one ...
Athens-Clarke County Correctional Institution: Athens: Medium 112 Adult males Bulloch County Correctional Institution: Statesboro: Medium 160 Adult males Carroll County Correctional Institute Carrollton: Medium 246 Adult males Clayton County Prison Lovejoy: Medium 242 Adult males Colquitt County Prison: Moultrie: Medium 190 Adult males Coweta ...
Long gone are the days of Cristal champagne and caviar bumps.
[4] [5] The Michigan Department of Corrections reported that ramen was the most sold commissary item in 2016, ahead of coffee, rice, soap and razors. [6] A 2016 study of a male state prison in the United States indicated that Top Ramen noodles were one of the most valuable prison commodities, due to the declining quality and quantity of food in ...
Daviess County Jailer Art Maglinger said the jail has a commissary because state law allows a portion of commissary revenue to be used for security improvements, tools for work crews and some ...
The Whole Shabang started off as a flavor of Moon Lodge potato chips by Keefe's private label brand of potato chips for prison commissary stores. The flavor is often described as a hybrid between salt & vinegar and barbecue potato chips sold in more mainstream retail channels, known in Canada as all-dressed.