When you first glimpse at the list of what they are fed each meal, you think, Oh they get about 6 to 8 things. Not really. Most of it is condiments to make a sandwich or put on something they are being served. She didn't say the portion size is what a kindergartner would eat. Not a grown man.
My guy has stopped complaining about it. He isn't a big eater usually, so it isn't as bad for him as for others.
They are supposed to give him a special diet because of all his allergies, but usually they don't. He can't eat fruits and vegetables, or nuts. So if they give him a peanut butter sandwich, he can't eat that. If they add an apple or other fruit to his tray, can't eat that.
This article didn't say that the portion sizes are so small, you are still hungry after eating and this is why there are fights. People fight to get food from other inmates.
It didn't say that on some occasions, they get a hot dog, ONE hot dog, and six tater tots. SIX!!! Is that enough??
They also serve these " mystery meats", which are undetectable to the human eye what it is. It is usually the hodge podge thrown together left overs, and much of their food is loaded with soy. Soy is ok in small quantities, but dangerous in the high quantities they are served. Soy can cause many health problems. Many stomach problems and is bad for you in big quantities. There are a group of men in Texas I believe that are suing the prison system for getting stomach cancer and other stomach problems from the soy they are forced to eat.
Sure they can purchase certain food items on their canteen list. That's what the prison is counting on. They want that commission on what our guys buy. But not much of that is good for you food either.
An inmate in my fiance's prison just got in trouble for letting another guy take chocolate chips from the kitchen he worked in. He went to segregation for it. I asked why risk taking chocolate chips, was this guy that much of a chocoholic? He said No, they use them as a bargaining thing, or as money. They will give someone else some chocolate chips in exchange for that person buying them things on their canteen order. It is a money thing. These guys have to get quite desperate and imaginative just to survive in there because of the inadequate food they get.
We can't even imagine not being able to eat what we want, when we want. But to not be able to get it, and have to live on the small amount of crap they are fed IS inhumane. Does anyone out here besides us care? Of course not. Not until they have someone they love in prison.

i know my husband tells me he doesn't eat in the chow hall unless it's something he likes or he is really hungry since most of the food has no taste, can't figure out what it is or it's mush. He says they have a menu and you are lucky to get what it says you are having that day.So he keeps soups and a few other things in his box and lives off that a lot. Most people talk about losing weight, my husband has gained weight and most of it is because of the soups he eats and the salt content in the foods he gets from the chow hall. He loves it when i come to see him once a month so he can have some decent food from the vending machine.

Feeding people like this should be a crime in itself. The woman doing the experiment provided 3 slices of bread per meal, and a package of bologna when she ate it. My son says they get 1 slice of bread, 1 piece of bologna, 1hot dog and only 6 tater tots when they have theses things. When he first went in he suffered with various gastric ailments, and dropped 18 pounds the first month. Shameful, totally shameful.

Here's a thought I would like to comment on and have Rew respond. When studying this a few years ago, I read that the prison's use men as guinea pigs for testing. They get paid for this. They could be feeding them this non nutrtional food for research. It was also said that they will give them placebo's instead of true medications, and then they are watched and the results are tallied and studied by researchers. Unbeknownst to the men. This is sick, and inhumane.

The way they are treated probably is being monitored also by psychologist groups to see how much tension, pressure and misery one person can take before they explode, go crazy, or get suicidal/

May daughter has to be on a special diet too do to Crohns. Not getting it. So I have to put enough money on her books so that she can buy her food. She is 31 years old and I am her victim. grrr I get frustrated that I have to put money on her books. i lost all the money she stole from me and now have to dish out more. So very frustrated!!!