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Meals

Interview with Lance, Ana and Jack

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Lance: Three.
Ana: In jail there were three meals a day when I was there. They may have cut this back to two a day now. In prison there are three meals a day except on weekends and holidays when there are two per day. In both locations however you can purchase food items from the commissary/store if you have money on your books.
Jack: I received three meals a day.

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Lance: (laughs) Most days it was pretty good. Most things I just don't like, like hard boiled eggs, I would trade other inmates.
Ana: The food in this jail is good. It actually tastes good and is identifiable and edible. Nothing that did not tast good. The inmates cook most of the food, both in jail and in prison. In prison the worst meal is an "italian sausage" that was not an italian sausage but a spicey yucky polish hotdog looking thing that tasted like crap. The portions in prison are pretty small as well, but overall the food is pretty good. They do not serve real beef or any pork in prison. They serve a huge amount (majority) of chicken particle products, nuggets, pressed patties, etc.
Jack: I would rate the food as decent. I have heard terrible stories about food in other jails so i cannot really complain seeing as how i was given a serving of vegetables meat and a dessert for dinner. Eggs, bread and oranges for breakfast. And a sandwich and applesauce for lunch.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Lance: Hard boiled eggs are served three times per week. Every third Monday was build your own taco and burrito night. They give you all the fixins on your tray including hot sauce. There were some nights with spagetti. Lunch was usually a cold sandwich or a hot dog or a hamburger. Eventually I stopped eating the lunchmeat too. They served dessert with every dinner. Sunday night was cake, Tues night was a brownie, there was jello and cookies and pudding on the other nights.
Ana: All of the jail food was good. In prison the worst meal is an "italian sausage" that was not an italian sausage but a spicey yucky polish hotdog looking thing that tasted like crap. The portions in prison are pretty small as well, but overall the food is pretty good. They do not serve real beef or any pork in prison. They serve a huge amount (majority) of chicken particle products, nuggets, pressed patties, etc.
Jack: My favorite meal was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast in the mornings. This was my favorite because it was the closest thing to real food. My least favorite was bologna and cheese on a sandwich.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Lance: No snacks unless you had money to buy from commissary.
Ana: No snacks offered in jail or in prison. Commissary is relatively cheap with a lot of choices, but you must have money on your books. In jail you are charged a daily surcharge on your books for meals, so you can easily get indebted. This really messes up your commissary.
Jack: The only other items besides food were available through the commissary. Commissary was available every Friday upon ordering it on Monday. The commissary was expensive compared to other jails and compared to the outside market.

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