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In the federal system, a carton of cigarettes smuggled in will result in a $1000 deposit to an account. Been there, seen it.
by Fjolsvith 12y ago
In the federal system, a carton of cigarettes smuggled in will result in a $1000 deposit to an account.
Been there, seen it.
- eru 12y agoPeople must be desperate for nicotine. Seems like quite the markup.
- Fjolsvith 12y agoYou can roll about 5-6 tiny cigarettes from a single regular cigarette. These miniature cigarettes give about 30-50 seconds of light time. People would pay a "book" of stamps (20) for one of the mini's. Figure 200 cigarettes to a carton, makes 1000 mini's. So, about 20000 stamps can be received for a carton. The seller only accepts whole "books", not poker-chip (separated) stamps. The federal system lets you mail out whole books of stamps. The post office will buy them back for face value. Its quite profitable supporting smokers' habits in prison.
- eru 12y agoThanks. So it includes a markup from `wholesale' to `retail', too. By the way, I guess smoking is prohibited completely in prison? Or are the rations just too small?
- Fjolsvith 12y agoThe feds took out cigarette smoking system-wide back in 2004-5. They stopped selling them in the commissary and then allowed a year of smoking before possessing them got you in trouble. State prisons I do not know about, except Alaska, and you could not smoke there back in 2002 - the last time I enjoyed their hospitality.