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Interview with Rod, Kerry, Milton and James

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Rod: WE GOT 3 MEALS PER DAY.
Kerry: i think it was three
Milton: Breakfast at four in the morning hot meal at noon and sandwiches for your last meal at four thirty
James: Three for breakfast lunch and dinner.

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Rod: FAIR TO OKAY. NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD PAY FOR, BUT IT WAS EDIBLE.
Kerry: the food wasnot great by any standards you know it's jail food what do you expect?i can not say the portions were that big.i mean there was never never enough to drink in the big themas thing they had and i recall the drinks always tasted like there was dish soap in there
Milton: it was decent 7 out of 10 it had the best food outta all the riverside country jails. Pit of all three it was the best tasting they always ideas allot of jalapenos in everything they cooked they also would give you the biggest portions compared to some of the other jails in riversidE county
James: It is lousy unless you are when out of jail homeless and always hungry. The lunches are either peanut butter and jelly or a nasty tasting bologne sandwhich...hence one looks forward to peanut butter and jelly days. If you don't have any commissary it can be difficult to not get hungry at sometime during the night, as once you eat dinner at 4 or 4:30pm breakfast is not until 12 hours later.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Rod: NO.
Kerry: i did not have any favorites or what have you.i guess i was'nt there long enough to get the full cycle
Milton: Yes my favorite was taco night and my last favorite was hot dogs because the beans they gave your were not cooked enough and tasted horrible
James: Breakfast is usually the best because it is hard not to like cereal and since it is so early in the morning and you are going right back to sleep it is easy to save some of it for later in the day or night.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Rod: YES. WE HAD COMMESSARY 2 TIMES A WEEK. YOU COULD ORDER JUST ABOUT ANY CANDY YOU CAN THINK OF. ALSO, SODAS, TOP RAMEN. POPCORN. CHIPS. ETC.
Kerry: as best as i can recall there was no commisary or anything like that i can not say that i can recall any snacks or anything of the sort.there was nothing like that at all
Milton: No just commissary it was reasonable a soup was 55 cents each and they had a whole different variety of stuff different variety of chips, candy bars, honey buns, different types of fish like tuna
James: No there are no other snacks available other than the three meals. Commissary is twice a week and is expensive, as a Ramen soup for instance which sells for maybe .12 cents each at a supermarket can cost up to .85 cents each at the commissary.

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