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Canteen is an alternative term for commissary used at some correctional facilities, particularly in federal and some state systems.

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What Is Canteen?

Canteen is an alternative term for commissary used at some correctional facilities, particularly in federal and some state systems. The canteen and commissary refer to the same thing , the store inside the facility where inmates purchase items beyond what the institution provides. Some facilities use canteen and commissary interchangeably while others use one term exclusively. Purchases are always paid from the inmate trust account.

At a federal Bureau of Prisons facility, the inmate store is called the commissary in official BOP documents but some staff and inmates refer to it informally as the canteen. Both terms refer to the same place.

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What is Commissary?

Commissary is an in-facility store available to incarcerated people where they can purchase food, hygiene items, clothing, stationery, and other approved goods using funds from their inmate account.

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What is Inmate Trust Account?

An inmate trust account is the financial account maintained by the correctional facility on behalf of each incarcerated person.

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A spending limit is the maximum amount an inmate can spend on commissary purchases within a given time period, typically per week or per month.

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