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commissary

[kom-uh-ser-ee] / ˈkɒm əˌsɛr i /
NOUN
deputy
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Marshals Service on Johnson’s behalf, scheduling a phone call with Johnson, as well as making sure there was money provided on his behalf in the prison commissary.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Meanwhile, she’s tormented by the knowledge that Hadley was only 20 or so paces from the safety of the Mystic commissary, if only she’d left her cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

She and her compatriots gather every Sunday outside the Otay Mesa facility to raise money to help detainees buy food in the prison commissary and call their families.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Hourlong lines to buy food at the commissary or to make a phone call.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

He gets paid about fifty-three cents a day, which he can use at the prison commissary to buy toothpaste, snacks, stamps, and other miscellaneous items.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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