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re: How much do the prisoners get to keep off their furniture at Angola?
Posted on 10/9/16 at 9:37 pm to Spilled Milk
Posted on 10/9/16 at 9:37 pm to Spilled Milk
It's around 70% if it's cash, and about 60% if a CC is used. They will usually cut you a better deal if you use cash because of this.
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Posted on 10/9/16 at 9:49 pm to Spilled Milk
They get to keep it all, but they can only access a certain amount as cash daily. Sort of like an ATM limit, I believe it's 20$/day
Posted on 10/9/16 at 9:50 pm to Spilled Milk
For some reason, all the furniture that Edwin Edwards made in prison is crooked.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 9:51 pm to Eightballjacket
They only get 60% of the sale. 40% goes to the prison.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 11:34 pm to Spilled Milk
At one time when the Atmore prison inmates were selling carvings and model boats and planes, they were able to keep only $25 per item sold.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 7:11 am to Yewkindewit
I don't know but I picked up this fine piece of seahorse woodwork. 
Practically stole it for $125.
Practically stole it for $125.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 7:16 am to Spilled Milk
Seen a few definitive answers that appear to be wrong. Here is a statement from a former assistant warden.
So it looks like they get to keep most of the money. They do have to pay for their materials so I suspect much of what they make goes into buying materials for next year. Kind of like most businesses have to do.
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"This is a business for them," says former assistant warden Fontenot. "They can send a lot of this money home. We've had some inmates send it to victims' organizations. I personally loved when they did that. They provide for themselves so their families don't have to throughout the year. It gives them a sense of responsibility." Fontenot adds that offenders keep their total sales minus taxes, specifying that a small percentage is taken out to cover the show's overhead, plus another for shoppers that use credit cards. "The most that was ever taken out was 18 percent."
So it looks like they get to keep most of the money. They do have to pay for their materials so I suspect much of what they make goes into buying materials for next year. Kind of like most businesses have to do.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 7:21 am to Spilled Milk
They actually get credits for supplies. The more they sell the better suoplies and tools and quality of wood they can get the next year. The guys who are really good are legitimately amazing carpenters
Posted on 10/10/16 at 8:01 am to Breesus
They are also very creative. They can take a pallet made out of rough cut yellow pine and with stains and dyes can make you think you're buying something made of cedar
Posted on 10/10/16 at 8:20 am to FelicianaTigerfan
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They can take a pallet made out of rough cut yellow pine and with stains and dyes can make you think you're buying something made of cedar
So they're good at conning people?
Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:09 am to Spilled Milk
5 ciggaretts
Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:16 am to The Torch
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5 ciggaretts
Angola is actually a smoke free prison now
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