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Interview with Sarah, Sam, Corey, Emma and Jeff

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Sarah: 3
Sam: 3.
Corey: 3 meals a day. !
Emma: We were given three meals a day.
Jeff: we got one for each time of day. morning at 7am lunch at 11ish and dinner at 430-5. the times sucked by 8 you are starving. and if you don't have money to buy food your gonna be hungry

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Sarah: wouldn't
Sam: Horrible.
Corey: The food was for the most part soggy all the time..or under cooked. Very small portions. Sometimes milk would be short so they would give us kool-aid for breakfast. Weird how a facility couldnt keep up with its food count. hot meals were cold, and cold meals were dry. they facility could use a better cook.
Emma: The food was AWFUL. Full of enriched carbohydrates, sugary treats, and processed foods. It all looked like it was frozen, and put in the microwave, then we ate it. Only white bread was served, and they had the option for healthy alternative, that were not any healthier then the original food that was served. Butter was served with the bread, only milk was given, some days apple juice, and some other days, they gave use some sugar packed fruit juice. The only water we could get was the water from the bathrooms. They did not give us cups, we HAD to order the ramen noodles, and keep the Styrofoam cup to put water from the bathroom sink in there.
Jeff: -10 the food is horrible. really really bad. it binds you up and you cant shit for days. it is all processed food and it is really bad. I choose not to eat that much and just order food from commissary. not sure what else to tell you guys sorry

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Sarah: no
Sam: I could stomach the chicken on Sundays. The worst was rice with beans.
Corey: no meal in jail/prison is a good meal. If im not sitting down with my family to eat..then theres nothing good about it.
Emma: The chicken dinner was my favorite. It came with a decent size piece of friend chicken, with mashed potatoes, gravy, and a piece of bread with butter. I never ate the bread. My least favorite meal was this gunky soup they gave us on Wednesdays. It was an odd combination of corn, red sauce and green beans, with mashed tomatoes. It tasted horrible, so I never ate Wednesday nights.
Jeff: NO. no favs and YES they all were my least favs. If I had to choose cereal or pancakes and orange juice

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Sarah: no
Sam: We could get commissary every other week.
Corey: Commisary consisted of mostly sugar products..cookies etc, being that Monroe County Jail is not a cooking facility..everything is packaged snacks.. not good for ones health to eat that all day. No snacks where ever offered outside of meals...that would have been a good thing.
Emma: They gave us the option for commissary. Candy bars, ramen noodles, tuna and salmon pouches, hard candy-jolly ranchers, and other junk food was offered. It was extremely over priced, but many inmates spent their money on this garbage.
Jeff: no snacks ever offered outside of the 3 meals. why because they contract the kitchen and commissary to Aramark. and those assholes are in it for a profit. and the commissary prices are fn ridiculous. a ramen noodle soup that costs 20 cents at the store is 75 cents through them. they should be charged with over pricing

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