VIDEO: US PRISON SYSTEM MONEY

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VIDEO: US PRISON SYSTEM MONEY

The David Lisot Video Library on the Newman Numismatic Portal can be found at:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/522852

We highlight one of his videos each week in The E-Sylum. Here's one from 2005 about US Prison System money. -Editor

To allow prisoners to operate in a monetary economy and earn money from prison jobs, many institutions issued special "Prison Money" for their inmates. These distinctive tokens could be used to buy cigarettes, snacks and other items from the commissary. This presentation includes:

Why tokens are permitted in prison
Problems of using real money
Prison society and how it works
Reference works available
Tokens issued from different states
Collecting postcards depicting prisons
Examples that include
- "Blood Money"" token of Rarcoman, MS
- Mutual Welfare League of Sing Sing
- Coca Cola, Pepsi and candy issues
- prison scrip for movies and hair cuts
- errors and varieties
Different ways to collect

Speaker(s): Sarah & Phil Nordin.

To watch the complete video, see:
2005: Tokens & Money of the US Prison System, Cons w/ Cash (https://youtu.be/i_9JWSkikxM)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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