The Cost of Living in Prison
In prison, you are not supplied with all your needs by the Department of Corrections (DOC). You are provided the bare necessities when you are admitted, but after that you are on your own. You need to purchase socks, tee shirts, shoes. You need to supplement the three prison meals with soups and snacks. You need to purchase personal hygiene products. You can only do this through the prison commissary, run under a contract with a company called Keefe Group. Your loved ones on the outside can only purchase items for you through the prison commissary. And the commissary is expensive, more expensive than on the outside. (more…)