Ramen noodles are used as currency in prison. They've actually studied it.
"Where cigarettes once reigned as the de facto token of exchange in the underground economy, the contemporary American prison is now home to a new form of informal money: cheap, reliable food items like ramen noodles."
"Ramen Politics: Informal Money and Logics of Resistance in the Contemporary American Prison"
"Where cigarettes once reigned as the de facto token of exchange in the underground economy, the contemporary American prison is now home to a new form of informal money: cheap, reliable food items like ramen noodles."
"Ramen Politics: Informal Money and Logics of Resistance in the Contemporary American Prison"
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