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State prisoners are preferring a different form of currency for buying goods and services within the prison system, finds new research. Prison currency shifting from cigarettes to ramen noodles ...
The importance of spread and other commissary foods has led to the use of ramen as a currency in some prisons in the United States. [4] [5] The Michigan Department of Corrections reported that ramen was the most sold commissary item in 2016, ahead of coffee, rice, soap and razors. [6]
Instant ramen noodles—often called "soups" in prison—are a popular item due to the often bland nature of prison food, the durability of ramen noodle packages, and the uniformity or fungibility based on how one "soup" can easily be exchanged for another or multiple can be exchanged for other goods or services between prisoners in an illicit ...
Inmates may also purchase food at the prison commissary, such as chocolate bars, beef jerky, honey, peanut butter, bread, ramen noodles, coffee, and snack cakes. Often, private civilian contractors are responsible for all aspects of food preparation, including training, adherence to recipes, food safety, theft prevention, and portion control.
Image credits: Restart_from_Zero #7. Not a former prisoner, but used to work in a job that involved the prison system: 1) The sheer volume of paperwork prisoners do every day.
Momofuku Ando (Japanese: 安藤 百福, Hepburn: Andō Momofuku, March 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007), born Go Pek-Hok (Chinese: 吳百福; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Pek-hok), was the Taiwanese-born Japanese inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. [4] He is known as the inventor of Nissin Chikin Ramen (instant noodles) and the creator of the brands Top Ramen and Cup Noodles.
Ramen has become synonymous in America for all instant noodle products. [114] Some prominent brands are Top Ramen (originally Top Ramen's Oodles of Noodles), Maruchan, and Sapporo Ichiban. A wide range of popular brands imported from other countries are available at many Asian grocery stores and some supermarkets.
Wanting to get a cellphone to talk to Amy (Melissa Fumero), Jake smuggles Ramen noodles for an inmate, Romero (Lou Diamond Phillips), who gets him a cellphone. However, Warden Granville finds noodles in Jake's and Caleb's cell, and decides to send them to gen-pop. Seeking protection, Jake asks Romero to join his gang, to which they agree if he ...