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Interview with Raymond, Brenda, Reta, Ronnie, Germz and Jimmy

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Raymond: 3
Brenda: Three meals two hot one cold .
Reta: 3... breakfast, lunch and dinner
Ronnie: 3 a day
Germz: you got two hot meals and one box lunch you basically starve all day
Jimmy: Three meals per day, with breakfast served at 3:30 am for some ludicrous reason.

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Raymond: I'd give it a 6.
Brenda: it was okay because we were in camp we were treated better we had better food and better variety.
Reta: For the most part it was nutrious. I'd give it a 5.
Ronnie: I'd rate it like a 4 out of 10.
Germz: the food was in very poor taste and the proportions were very small and had hardly any nutrtional value . its just my belief, but i believe the only nutrition was the apple you got every day oh and a child size milk. the only way you can get eull is if you buy food in canteen.
Jimmy: Abysmal. It was served in plastic trays and was essentially freeze dried reconstituted mush with a texture like wet cardboard and even less flavor. There was no fresh vegetables or fruit, apart from tiny plastic cups with fruit suspended in sugary syrup. I usually have a large appetite, but I never finished one of these meals, which were not large.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Raymond: Favorite was probably the bisquits and gravyfav no really biscuits and gravey For the worst, can't say it was that bad.
Brenda: none I like all the food just got sick of eatting it after so long they tend to make the same things over and over.
Reta: Favorite was the breakfast... SOS which was like biscuits and gravy. The worst I would say was the cheese sandwhiches. You couldn't even melt the cheese in a microwave.
Ronnie: Favorite would be the pancakes and sausage. The worst was the chili mac.
Germz: i can honestly say i have no favorite meal and all of them are my least favorite the only one that eills you up is sos
Jimmy: No. The food was uniformly disgusting slop. The only "highlight" was the above mentioned fruit cup, which at least had some color and flavor

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Raymond: We could have canteen once a week.
Brenda: yes we had canteen basic snack foods chips, soda, candy cookies. we also got quarterly boxes and in those we could get food as well packaged meats and cereal. if you were good you never had to go to the cafeteria because you learned how to shop and cook for yourself
Reta: Once a week, if you had money on your books, you could fill out a slip and order commissary.
Ronnie: We could order commissary once a week if you had money there.
Germz: there are no snacks offered. the only way you get snacks is in canteen. the canteen is good but very expensive. its close to a dollar for a 15 cent ramen at a grocery store if they didnt charge so much they would probably make more money other than the soups the canteen is a very nice commodity
Jimmy: There were no free snacks outside of meals. I never bought anything at the commissary, but judging by the other inmates, there was a decent selection of things to buy. I have no idea whether the prices were reasonable.

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