We asked people in prison to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars.

“I couldn’t wait to go home, restart my life—and eat a diet that didn’t kill me.”

There will be beans (there's always beans). And half of a chicken.

Not even an extra boiled egg.

An illicit prison veggie patch whets inmates’ memories of freedom.