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Home / News / World News / Study shows Ramen noodles is most valuable in US prisons
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    Study shows Ramen noodles is most valuable in US prisons

    Shiladitya Ray
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    Last updated on Aug 24, 2016, 08:49 pm
    Study shows Ramen noodles is most valuable in US prisons
  • Michael Gibson-Light, a doctoral candidate from the University of Arizona School of Sociology, presented a study on prison currencies in the American Sociological Association's annual meeting on 22nd August.

    The study, which is yet to be published, elucidates how ramen noodles are replacing tobacco as the most valuable prison currency in the US.

  • In this article
    What are ramen noodles? Implications of the study The value of ramen noodles in numbers Details of the study The cost of meals in some US prisons Study shows Ramen noodles is most valuable in US prisons
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    What are ramen noodles?

  • Ramen is a quick-cooking Japanese soup dish consisting of Chinese-style wheat noodles served with vegetables in a meat-based or fish-based broth.

  • Implications

    Implications of the study

    Implications of the study
  • Although Gibson-Light's research is a small case study involving an unnamed prison, and a small sample size of 60 inmates and 7 prison staff members, it raises questions about the conditions in US prisons.

    A necessary good (food) replacing a luxury good (cigarettes) as prison currency implies that prisoners are not getting sufficient food, leading to the increase in the value of ramen noodles.

  • Do you know?

    The value of ramen noodles in numbers

  • Gibson-Light, in his study, found that ramen noodles had become so valuable that two packets of noodles, costing $0.59 each, could be exchanged for a jacket worth $10.81.

  • The study

    Details of the study

    Details of the study
  • Gibson-Light found that inmates at the prison he was studying went from receiving three hot meals daily to receiving two hot meals and a cold lunch per day.

    Furthermore, prisoners were served only two meals per day on weekends.

    Moreover, the quality of food being provided was of extremely poor quality.

    As a result, inmates did not get the calories needed to sustain themselves.

  • Do you know?

    The cost of meals in some US prisons

  • According to a Marshall Project survey, some prisons in the US have cut down the cost of each meal to a meagre $0.15.

  • 24 Aug 2016

    Study shows Ramen noodles is most valuable in US prisons

    Study shows Ramen noodles is most valuable in US prisons
  • Michael Gibson-Light, a doctoral candidate from the University of Arizona School of Sociology, presented a study on prison currencies in the American Sociological Association's annual meeting on 22nd August.

    The study, which is yet to be published, elucidates how ramen noodles are replacing tobacco as the most valuable prison currency in the US.

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