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Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee was founded as a labor union for prisoners. [2] Among those who helped to found the IWOC was Brianna Peril. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Peril is a veteran organizer with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a group founded in 1905. [ 5 ]
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WIDOC) is an administrative department in the executive branch of the state of Wisconsin responsible for corrections in Wisconsin, including state prisons and community supervision. The secretary is a cabinet member appointed by the governor of Wisconsin and confirmed by the Wisconsin Senate. [3]
Racine Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison and one of the 36 adult correctional institutions in Wisconsin, houses 11,000 books, according to Beth Hardtke, director of communications ...
The correctional centers system contains 16 relatively small minimum-security facilities, two of which house female inmates. [1] Black River Correctional Center [1] (capacity 114) Drug Abuse Correctional Center (capacity 300) Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center (capacity 100) Flambeau Correctional Center (capacity 80)
Inmates participating in the Journey Together Service Dog program help train service dogs for people suffering from PTSD. Wisconsin inmates earning redemption through prison dog training program ...
Most California inmate programs inside of institutions receive a little over $0.25 to $1.25 per hour for labor. [59] The inmate firefighter camps have their origins in the prisoner work camps that built many of the roads across rural and remote areas of California during the early 1900s. [58]
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