Estimates range in the millions of dollars a year, per state. It's complicated, too. As it is on the outside, one type of meal doesn't fit all. Some inmates require special diets on religious grounds kosher or halal, for example or for health reasons gluten- or dairy-free. The rules on special requests vary from state to state and even facility to facility.
Many prisons will accommodate requests where they can, Rafay says. But it's not always easy or effective. An inmate in New York went to court in to force state prisons to recognize his right to meals that did not set off a dairy allergy and that were suitable for his diet as a Nazarite Jew.
A federal judge sided with the state, ruling that the prisoner's demands would place an undue burden on the state. An appeals court overturned that decision. The New York case noted that the Upstate Correctional Facility has a kosher kitchen and a kosher meal plan , though that wasn't suitable for Nazarites.
But many prisons throughout the nation do not have specialized kitchens because more and more have their meals pre-packaged and shipped in from off-site vendors to cut costs.
From a report by Prison Voice Washington :. Even if the food is prepared in a way that meets religious or dietary requirements, that doesn't mean it's nutritious, or that the meal is balanced. Often, Rafay says, if an inmate is, say, gluten-intolerant, the gluten from a meal is simply removed. Nothing replaces it.
Aside from special-needs meals, an average meal at an average jail or penitentiary is about what you'd expect: often skimpy, lacking in nutrition and entirely unappetizing. And, of course, cheap. A Thanksgiving meal at Maricopa County Arizona jail under former hardline sheriff Joe Arpaio cost 56 cents, according to The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism group that works on criminal justice topics.
The meal included a cup of carrots, a cup of mashed potatoes and the main course, 5 ounces grams of something called turkey soy casserole. It looks as bad as it sounds. In its report, Prison Voice Washington revealed several labels for foods being served in facilities around the state. The ingredients in a meal called "turkey ala king" included "turkey ends," brown sugar and soy protein isolates. The argument that because prisoners have committed crimes that have warranted incarceration means they don't deserve anything but the food basics ignores a basic truth: Bad food leads to unhealthy eaters.
Unhealthy eating leads to health problems. Foster was forced to assemble Christmas lights all day, save for two ten-minute breaks for lunch and dinner. If work production didn't improve, prisoners would have their rations halved. Australian writer Harry Nicolaides spent six months in a Bangkok prison after being accused of defaming the Thai monarchy.
Visitors could bring in food for convicts, but Nicolaides wrote of a grim menu for those not so lucky to have outside help. Nicolaides wrote of wealthy inmates paying off the prison commodore, whose wife would go shopping for luxurious food. India's vast population and diverse culinary traditions mean there's a lot of variation in prison food, but one man jailed for 11 days gave a rundown of the meals. Breakfast was pulihora, a rice dish, and lunch was a watery sambar lentil stew with rice, and a different curry every day.
Dinner was rasam tamarind juice soup and rice, with a goat or chicken curry served on Sundays. New Zealand. No-one goes hungry in New Zealand jails, but the options are decidedly uninspiring.
Breakfast alternates between Weetbix and Rice Bubbles, and options for the sandwiches offered at lunch include creamed corn, carrot and relish, coleslaw and mayo and luncheon aka devon, polony, fritz, Belgium or bung with pickle.
Dinner choices include sausages with curry sauce, meatloaf and onion gravy and fish with tomato sauce. Andrei Barabanov spent nearly four years locked up after being arrested at an anti-Putin protest in Upon his release, he created an Instagram page where he posted recipes of the food he and his fellow inmates made from their meagre supplies. Barabanov wrote of making his own meals with items bought from the prison canteen.
One such delicacy was homemade Nutella, made by blending crushed digestive biscuits with cocoa powder. Norway, among its Scandinavian neighbours, has a reputation for the most homely prisons in the world. In Bastoy Prison, prisoners are fed meals like fish balls with white sauce and prawns, chicken con carne and salmon.
The inmates can watch TVs in their cells provided they bring them in themselves. Neither the guards nor the inmates wear uniforms, and there's a monthly stipend if inmates want to buy and cook their own food. In Australia, 44 percent of released prisoners were jailed again within two years. People in control of the funds are allowed to keep extra money. So, obviously they cut corners and try to find the cheapest way possible to get the job done.
Most prisons clump breakfast and lunch together. Most inmates go half the day without eating, becoming malnourished and sick. Of course you can only get commissary if you have friends or family on the outside putting money in your account. Prisons do let inmates buy some regulated items like chips and candy. Prions have found a great way of keeping costs low by combining meals on the weekends and calling it brunch.
The microwavable kosher meals are so much better than the actual food that many people do try and fake being Jewish. They do have to pass some sort of test, but it still goes to show what lengths people will go to.
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