commissary
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At the Golden State Annex in McFarland and at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield, detainees said they spent at least $50 per week on commissary items so they wouldn’t go hungry.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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
The state-of-the-art complex has five sound stages, offices and other proper movie studio features such as a mill, commissary and base camp.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
The “kitty” is then resold, creating a secondary market within the jails that is cheaper than the commissary.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025
Some days, shelves at the commissary were bare long before day's end, leaving hundreds to walk away with nothing.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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