May 15—Jails in Kentucky are required by law to provide 2,400 calories in meals every day to inmates. There's no law requiring jails to provide additional commissary services. Daviess County Jailer ...

When it comes to being a jail inmate, comforts are hard to come by. And that’s the point — those who are either convicted or suspected of committing certain crimes, under Washington state law, lose ...

As new Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne took office earlier this year, he promised two core “New Cuyahoga” goals -- a more humane County Jail and safer housing for the children in county ...

Back then, the county charged an average markup – the difference between per-unit cost and the sale price – of 46 cents. It’s impossible to calculate the markup on items sold today. Cleveland.com ...

Pleasures from the outside world are few for the inmates of the Stark County Jail. There’s visitation. Mail. Phone calls. And the commissary. Oreo cookies, Snickers candy bars, Snyder’s Bar-B-Q Potato ...

BENTONVILLE — Sales at the Benton County Jail commissary are averaging $9,000 a week, almost triple January’s figures. That’s the kind of growth a certain retailer down the street would love to report ...

MUNCIE, Ind. − Delaware County Sheriff Tony Skinner brought a proposed ordinance to county council that provides guidelines for spending money his department receives from the jail commissary. "I've ...

While serving time at New York City’s Metropolitan Detention Center, Sean “Diddy" Combs will eat meals from its communal commissary. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website features a comprehensive menu ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The commissary items range from 40 cents for a toothbrush to $7 for an item of women’s underwear. Candy bars like Hershey’s, Snickers, Reese’s peanut butter cups or Skittles ...

Nearly 250 bags of barbecue potato chips. One hundred seventy-five Hershey bars. Fifty bags of Jolly Rancher candies. The Pima County Adult Detention Center is apparently not the place to be if you ...