Prisoners Develop Sound Commodity Currency

Tom Mullen Posted by Tom Mullen on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 10:10am in

Check out this article from the Wall Street Journal about prisoners using mackerel as currency. They have a sound, commodity currency that retains its value, while we have Federal Reserve Notes. Go figure.

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122290720439096481-lMyQjAxMDI4MjAy...

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...and it's interesting that...

one marijuana cigarette probably goes for 20 "macks" and about 40 U.S. dollars in most jails and prisons in the U.S.. That's what I call the "Humboldt Gold" standard.

Scotty T Posted by Scotty T on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 1:12pm
Hahahaha

While funny, your post raises a more serious question. How much of a failure is the War on (some) Drugs when you can buy 'drugs' IN PRISON!

I couldnt find the link, but i was reading a story last week about an investigation of a prison (I think here in IL?) where an inmate filmed a video of himself snorting cocaine and then making a porno movie!

And here i was all this time trying to keep people OUT of prison.

windycityatty Posted by windycityatty on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 1:30pm
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