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		dobbsbob on Aug 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Went from Grad School to Prison TDCJ inmates are not allowed income so he must not get paid at the commissary, sure he's not in federal prison in TX? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/23/teas-prisons-in... http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/20/justice/texas-prison-heat-laws... http://www.insideprison.com/prison_stories.asp?story_id=751 http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/06/26/summer-heat-kills-inma...

fnordfnordfnord on Aug 30, 2014 | [–]

The commissary is air conditioned, and commissary workers have the best access to limited supplies of "luxury" goods. Inmates at TDCJ aren't paid wages, but IIRC it may affect their "good-time earning class".

source: I once worked there as a CO.

seandhi on Aug 30, 2014 | [–]

Yeah, I'm positive that he's in TDC.

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