People on the outside often misunderstand the need for people in prison to earn a living wage.

The Commissary store order form below displays the individual cost and taxes that citizens incarcerated in MDOC must independently pay for in order to have access to a series of medicines, hygiene, accessories, snacks and other products listed:

Similarly, the Texas prisoner below shares the exhorbiant costs that people in prison are charged for access to cable television channels, music, e-books, limited word count emails and other sources

The contrast between the costs incurred on people in prison with the amount that people in prison earn for their labor highlights the need for a change.

People in prison also have responsibilities to their families on the outside, due to this most seek wage earning opportunities in order to make contributions to the lives of their dependants on the outside

Mailed from Lakeland Correctional Facility

We must change either in how much we charge people in prison for their products or how much we pay people in prison for heir work

This person in prison below, located on the opposite coast of the US shares how one’s inability to earn wages or participate in local politics while in prison stifles the potential for rehabilitation and growth among incarcerated citizens

Mailed from Washington State Penn

What’s the problem?

The story below illustrates how people in prison incurr charges as a result of a disciplinary action

These types of charges enforced by officers are questionable, but how about charges incurred in response to a request for medical services?

The below excerpt shares a $4 charge in response to requests for seeing the nurse.

The person below shares how the accounting procedures governing fincancials within the prison have become disruptive to himself and those family members depending on his support:

Mailed from South Central Correctional Center (MO)