In the newspaper article "From pecan pralines to 'dots' as currency: how the prison economy works" you read about prisoners in a high-security prison, known as "Angola". The author goes to great lengths to describe the various types of economic activity that take place inside the prison.

In class this week, you were introduced to the "Five Foundations of Economics". Choose one or two of these Foundations, and in a couple of paragraphs, describe how it helps to explain an aspect you found interesting about the prison economy. A couple of paragraphs should be enough. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/30/prison-economy-informal-markets-alternative-currencies