commissary
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Detainees in his dormitory submitted a grievance about commissary prices, Parada Calderon said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
Detainees are provided certain essentials, such as food and soap, free of charge, but many also purchase items at commissary stores that are of better quality or otherwise unavailable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
Marshals Service on Johnson’s behalf, scheduling a phone call with Johnson, as well as making sure there was money provided on his behalf in the prison commissary.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Meanwhile, she’s tormented by the knowledge that Hadley was only 20 or so paces from the safety of the Mystic commissary, if only she’d left her cabin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
I’d heard that there was a British commissary in White Plains, which was about twenty-five miles southwest across the New York State line.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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