“Every resident in California should have the comfort of knowing they can afford their basic needs — the ability to eat when they’re hungry, to have hygiene products like soap, toothpaste and deodorant, as well as essentials such as toilet paper. The incarcerated community has the same basic needs as everyone else, but over the years, canteen prices have skyrocketed, making it very difficult to afford food and hygiene items.”
These are the words of Macio Lindsey, who is incarcerated in a California substance abuse treatment facility in Corcoran. Macio is experiencing firsthand the disproportionate impacts extreme price gouging in our state prisons have not only on those in our correctional facilities but also on their families and loved ones who support them.
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