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I’m not sure if it’s like this everywhere in USA, but usually prisoners need to pay for lots of necessities from their own money, like the rest of us - except t
by trasz 4y ago
I’m not sure if it’s like this everywhere in USA, but usually prisoners need to pay for lots of necessities from their own money, like the rest of us - except they get higher prices, because economy.
- Someone 4y agoNot necessities, luxuries such as cigarettes. Prisons must provide necessities (relatively bare ones, but still)
- trasz 4y agoLuxuries such as shampoo, yeah.
- nobody9999 4y ago>Not necessities, luxuries such as cigarettes. Prisons must provide necessities (relatively bare ones, but still) Federal prisons banned cigarettes from commissaries in 2006 and smoking in general in 2014[0]. And many states have restricted tobacco use in their jails and prisons[1]. [0] https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/12/05/smoking-officially-banned-in-prisons https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/12/05/smoking-offi... [1] https://prisonroster.com/blog/can-you-smoke-prison/ https://prisonroster.com/blog/can-you-smoke-prison/