Cascade County is getting 20% of the sales from inmate purchases of candy, soft drinks and other items under a contract with a new company to manage commissary services at the Detention Center.

Second of two parts. Read the first part here. Sonoma County inmates fund their own welfare and education programs with purchases through the jail commissary, but even as prices have climbed for ...

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 ...

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 ...