I haven't read the article yet, but I know hubby loves the sandwiches/burgers out of the vending machines in the visiting room over what he normally gets.

He has his 2nd food visit (we get to bring outside food in) coming up in September. He wants a bucket of chicken and nothing else.

Kali; nice! Hope he enjoys, and you enjoy watching him :-)

When my son went in he got sick at the beginning from the food. He had the shits for days.. doing that at the age of 19 in a crappy county jail where you had no privacy at all, and had to share a roll or toilet paper.

When he was able to get commissary he would eat as healthy as possible, even tho most of the stuff for sale there was crap, sugar, cookies, etc..

When he tried to eat the regular meals the patties of whatever meat were unedible and mostly soy. Once in a while he would have broccoli but the guards would cut off the top parts for their meals and my son would get the stems.

Most of the items sold on the canteen are just junk food----Spam, canned chili, hot dogs, tuna, cheese, Ramen Noodles, Little Debbies, etc.

These are not the types of food that are healthy by any means. They are not very filling and not a balanced diet.

One summer they had a program where the inmates could plant a garden and eat the vegetables from the garden. The inmates did all the work in the garden and they took care of the garden under the supervision of a CO. That did not work as the COs STOLE all the food and took it home to their own families.

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Hubby hates soggy, undercooked fish day. He would rather starve than eat it. Hubby has lost weight, due to the lack of food and the quality of the food.

He tries to get as much fruits and vegetables he can get, because most of the time the food is crap.

He lives visiting day, as we have a variety of good food to choose from (and not all junk).

The author should have eaten food that was way past its expiration date or labelled "Not For Human Consumption" like much of the food we had to eat.

My son lost a lot of weight the 8 1/2 months he was in the county jail, even though I was putting money in his account every week.

Not that the food was great where my LO was, but it brought a tear when he told me they had chicken nuggets that were good. They'd look forward to them, but if they weren't there quick enough they'd miss out, 'cause the guards would scoop up platefulls and bring them back to their stations for themselves :-(

The author wrote about the US BoP Certified Menu, which is called Common Fare. Common = acceptable to inmates who follow any religious dietary restrictions. It is pre-packaged, frozen food purchased from the lowest bidder, not the freshly home-made food as described by the author.

BoP 'national menu' food is not any better, or worse - just different.

My husband doesn't mind prison food. Lunch and dinner is usually ok, breakfast is a bread roll and milk but he uses the milk throughout the day for coffee. He misses pork as its not allowed. They get a fried brunch at the weekend which he looks forward to, minus the bacon of course.

The US BoP has a five-week menu rotation for its national meal;

Breakfast (Three week) - http://www.bop.gov/foia/national_menu_breakfast_choices.pdf

Lunch and dinner (Five week) - http://www.bop.gov/foia/national_menu_lun_din.pdf

I work for state gov and I know they always go for the lowest bidder on everything.

Food Behind Bars Isn’t Fit for Your Dog

http://www.truthdig.com/search/results?q=food%20behind%20bars

Three years ago when my boyfriend went in the food was decent. Over the years he said sucks. He said its pretty bad when the vending machine food is good.