Private detention facilities: canteens

The law caps prices for food, hygiene products, phone cards, and other items sold to people confined in for-profit private detention facilities.

What the law does ​

• Limits commissary prices to a 35% markup over the amount paid to the vendor.
• Applies the cap to onsite and online stores, canteens, vendor-operated programs, and retail services.
• Covers goods, food, hygiene supplies, phone cards, and other items sold to confined people.

Who it affects ​

• People confined in private, for-profit detention facilities operating under government contracts or agreements.
• Private detention-facility operators and their commissary contractors.

Context ​

A private detention facility is one operated by a private, nongovernmental, for-profit entity under a contract or agreement with a governmental entity.