From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's internal economy works

Re:From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's... by temac on Monday September 02, 2019 @05:56AM (#20857960)

> Money is too risky to hold – making US prisons one of the few places on earth where the dollar is not accepted.

Yeah no. You can't buy in USD in tons of places around the world. Maybe the most part. You can find an exchange, but that does not qualify to make a whole country a place where the dollar is accepted.

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Re:From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's... by whenchamenia on Monday September 02, 2019 @09:55AM (#20859121)

Not my experince. Even where the dollar is not usually accepted in practice, it is known it can be converted into nearly any local currency. There is often a delay and very poorly calculted exchange rate however.

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