TJ, what do you mean you want to buy a whole studio?
What kind of studio? What are you recording?
Do you mean you want to buy a package that includes everything you need to get started? Want something that someone else has already set up and made sure it works?
There are rigs that are small and simple all the way up to enormous setups that require some serious know-how to maintain and use.
If you have a work release program I suggest picking up each component seperately based on what you want to record, and smuggling them in one at a time. It should be easier on your butt than a whole studio at once too.