Middle Ground Prison Reform

We take about 25 telephone calls/day, plus respond to 50-plus emails. Some calls are from completely irrational people who don’t want to hear truth, accurate information, or reality. We get that having a loved one arrested, jailed or imprisoned is stressful and can be a genuine nightmare. But we can’t invent a new criminal justice system system, improve the public defender system, prevent private lawyers from sometimes cheating clients. We can only obtain information from callers and respond with best available answers. Rude, disrespectful people in denial of reality can go elsewhere. We have plenty of people who appreciate our help.

Can a knowledgeable family member or exoffender answer a question for us? When an inmate purchases an item at the La Palma prison commissary which is listed as “DB Regular-Red (Az)” what is that item? Is it chewing to***co? The item price is $3.95. Could someone let us know. Thank you.