According to the national laws and regulations, prisoners' clothes are uniformly distributed by the prison, and everyone wears prison clothes. In prison, they don't have to pay living expenses, that is, everyone's meals, which are provided by the state finance according to certain standards. The money that prisoners ask their families is only used to buy some daily necessities.
legal ground
Measures for the Implementation of the Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Detention Center Article 28 The food expenses and repair expenses of detainees in detention centers must all be transferred to the detention center account and directly managed by the detention center. Interception or misappropriation is strictly prohibited. The use of funds should be strictly in accordance with the provisions of the scope and standards of expenditure, strict examination and approval procedures.
In addition to food expenses, a use of less than two hundred yuan, approved by the director of the detention center; More than two hundred yuan, approved by the competent authority and the factory director. The administrative and operational funds of the detention center shall be collected through normal channels.