system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:What happens to your finances while you're in prison?

Specifically, are you allowed to hold on to stocks?
gpt
Sure.  In the US you don't lose the right to hold property just because you've gone to jail (unless you've had your assets seized but that's a separate issue).

If you have money, you can pay somebody to take care of your affairs while you're on the inside.  Most criminals, however, tend to come from poor backgrounds & are just fucked.