InmateAid Blog

Prison and jail inmates earn cold, hard cash (a few cents per hour) for the work they perform during their incarceration. They’re also allowed to receive money from family and friends. However,...

Just because you're behind bars doesn't mean you have to forgo your favorite snack foods and electronics. Today the Post takes a look at some of the stuff for sale to prisoners on Rikers Island,...

by Matt Stiles - April 8, 2010 Inmates serving time in Texas prisons can buy certain “free world” goods - snacks, clothes, even cosmetics - provided that people outside unit walls send them the...

by Matt Kelley · April 12, 2010 Most people don't think about prisoners as consumers. But a new interactive graphic from the Texas Tribune sheds some light on prisoners' purchasing habits. The most...