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Interview with Blake, Tyra, Greg and Eric

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Blake: We got three meals a Day. If you could call them meals.
Tyra: 3
Greg: They tried to poison us 3 times a day, I mean feed us.
Eric: 3 meals per day were provided.

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Blake: It depends on the day. Sunday and Tuesday where usually good. the rest not so much.
Tyra: Average.
Greg: On some days it was fairly decent, But on other days it was pretty terrible. I'm talking food that you cant even identify (Except the Orange Halves). The inmates had all kinds of clever names for it. They said we wouldn't eat it if they called it by its real name.
Eric: At first I would rate it as horrible. However as time goes on and you start to accept the situation the jail has as far as providing food to that many people under a certain budget, some of it seems okay. There is a lot of soy products used to provide protein, and I am torn as to whether it is better than if they served real meat. By the end my opinion of good food was warped so I had certain meals I looked forward too.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Blake: Making "Spread" with the other inmates.
Tyra: least - potatoe salad and chili mac favorite - fruit cocktail and fresh fruit
Greg: There was one meal called "DCAGP", It stood for something I dont remember (Don't want to remember). It tasted absolutely terrible and no one ever ate it really.
Eric: Yes my favorite meal was what is called a wet burrito, it was just a microwave burrito with red sauce, it was my favorite because I recognized it. My least favorite was called beaver tail, that was the inmate name for it anyways, and it was a soy patty flavored like beef and imprinted to look like it was grilled.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Blake: There where no snakes offered.
Tyra: no
Greg: They had Commissary in some area's of the jail I think, but not ours. People talked about trading food and stuff with other inmates like it was a form of currency though.
Eric: Yes there was a pretty extensive list of commissary. It included things like freeze dried rice and beans, soups, candies, coffee, tortillas, pastries, jerky, and other items you might find in a conveniece store. As well as better soaps and hygiene products. It was very expensive though, for instance 1 top ramen was a dollar, where as in a store it is like 20 cents.

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