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| April 23, 2026

FCC Prison Phone Rate Caps 2026: What Changed and What It Means for Your Family

Published on April 23, 2026, by InmateAid Table of Contents Introduction What the FCC Does and Why It Matters The Rollercoaster: 2024 to 2026 The New Rate Caps — Effective April 6, 2026 Does This Affect Your Facility? What Has Not Changed What You Can Do Right Now What to...

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| September 06, 2012

Cell-block busters - Sale items at Rikers prison commissary

By JEREMY OLSHAN March 1, 2010 Customers at Rikers Island's commissary might get shanked -- but they're never gouged. The reasonable prices at snack bars at all the city's jails account for the...
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| September 06, 2012

Dining In: Inmate Commissaries

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,...
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| September 06, 2012

Rikers Runs on Ramen & Other Prison Commissary Secrets

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,...
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| September 06, 2012

Texas Prisoners Spent $95 Million at Commissaries

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...
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| September 06, 2012

What's on a Prisoner's Shopping List?

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...
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| September 03, 2012

Prison Etiquette - give respect and/or get respect

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| September 01, 2012

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| September 01, 2012

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