KEEFE INCREASES PRISON COMMISSARY PRICES IN IDAHO 5% ACROSS THE BOARD
In an email to IDOC prisoners dated April 25, 2018 (reproduced below), Keefe Commissary Network made the decision to increase prices of all commissary goods by 4.9% (we'll have to call that 5% guys - really... how stupid do you think we are ... never mind - don't answer that...). While that 5% increase might be an increase of 5 cents on the dollar using street math, let's use some prison math shall we? Let's say that an item - we'll call it a Widget - costs Keefe (wholesale) 40 cents. On the street, this item would then retail at somewhere between 90 cents and one dollar, but in Idaho prisons - based on the contract Keefe has with the IDOC, Keefe can charge more than what you would pay if you were to purchase the item retail at the most expensive "convenience" store in the state. That 40 cent widg e t will now be retailed to prisoners at the price of right around $1.75 - - - but wait, there's more! On top of the retail price, IDOC adds a