Read the first part here. Sonoma County inmates fund their own welfare and education programs with purchases through the jail commissary, but even as prices have climbed for everything from ...

Rising commissary prices have been among the complaints cited in several hunger strikes over conditions at the Sonoma County jail in recent years. And, even as incarcerated people are paying more ...

In fiscal year 2004-05, the jail commissary sold $1,227,461 worth of items and cleared $321,734 after paying for personnel and the cost of the items themselves, Pima County records show.