Prison Tokens

Today I want to share 4 prison tokens. Hard to believe that these were used. I put them in the coin forum as they have a value and were used by the inmates to exchange them for goods.

Thus one is brass and is from Chippewa Wisconsin Prison.

 

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Here’s one from Kinross Michigan with a value of $1.00.

 

A $.25 Kinross token.

 

And my last one is a ten cent Kinross token.

 

Never knew.........

 

Me neither and I ran into these so I bought them. I think they are neat. I can’t imagine what it would be like today if these were still used.

 

So only the first one is billed as a "temporary correctional facility". Seems to me that any "correctional" process is inherently "temporary" -- once you've corrected something, it doesn't need correction any more, right?

 

if you like to read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mott_Osborne
This ten piece is 18mm and .66g of aluminum.

 

Come to NYS.........they never correct nuthin'. (devil)

 

I laughed at that one as I was thinking the same thing.

 

Used them quite a bit when I was growing up. Don't have any,
the nuns kept an eye on them.

 

Looks like a plastic token.

 

They are indeed plastic.

 

Only one I've got. Escaped before I could redeem it.

Not worth nuthin on the outside.

SuperMax . . . . . .

Z

 

Thought so.

 

Can’t believe it’s been slabbed.

 

Me neither . . . .

Z

 

Delaware



Belguim Antwerp - Hoogstraeten Merxplas Prison - 5 Centimes



Turkey - Bayrampaşa Prison



Vietnam

 

They should have made a "Get out of jail" coin. That's the one they give to the guy on the morning of his release and used to open the final door leading to freedom.