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Interview with Kyle, Randy, Tyler, Dave and Melissa

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Kyle: 3 very small meals a day. 1800 calories a day
Randy: I GOT THREE MEALS A DAY.
Tyler: We recieved 3 meals a day
Dave: WE GOT THREE MEALS A DAY.
Melissa: 3

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Kyle: The food was a 3 on a scale of 10 for quality. The quanity would rate about a 2 of 10. Most often the food would be luke warm at most and often not cooked thoroughly or overcooked. Other inmates were in charge of cooking the food so they would often skimp on our portions so they would have more for themselves. And if you received a tray missing something or raw? Too bad. Luck of the draw. Biggest complaint was just the amount.
Randy: DUE TO BUDGET STUFF, THE FOOD WAS VERY SMALL PORTIONS. IT WAS NOT BAD BUT IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT MEALS WITH BUYING YOUR OWN, THEN YOU WERE HUNGRY A LOT. THE FOOD ITSELF WAS GOOD, AND THEY HAD A LOT FRESHER STUFF THAN OTHER PLACES I HAVE BEEN.
Tyler: Breakfast was good. Except for the 445am time. Who really eats at that time? It was a very heavy meal as was the dinner. Both a 5 course meal but very bland. It seemed as there was very little effort put into the meal. The worst was lunch. Brown bag with a hard roll lunch meat to make a sandwitch if you wanted to and a snack. Maybe a orange and a drink. No coffee or milk except if there was ceral or oatmeal.
Dave: THE FOOD WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. IT WAS FRESHER THAN MOST JAIL FOOD, WAS FAIRLY NUTRITIOUS AND ALL BUT IT WAS NOT VERY LARGE PORTIONS AT ALL. TO SUPPLEMENT THE FOOD PORTIONS YOU ALMOST HAD TO BUY EXTRA FOOD FROM THE COMMISSARY OR YOU WERE HUNGRY A LOT FOR SURE.
Melissa: The food was decent. Hot breakfast, lots of potatoes in those meals, with cold juice in a dispenser, bagged lunch with roll, "meat", and fruit, and hot dinner. The inmates I heard said this was some of the "Best Jail Food" ...I don't have much to compare it to, but it did not repulse me.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Kyle: Any meals which would provide the most amount. Burgers (soy) were popular as well as tacos for most, but for me the pastas or whatever had the most on the tray would be the favorite so we wouldn't have to sleep hungry
Randy: I WOULD SAY THAT THE MOST FAVORITE WAS THE BURGERS EVERY OTHER WEEK. THE LEAST WAS PROBABLY CEREAL JUST DUE TO THE VERY SMALL PORTION.
Tyler: As I stated before lunch was the worst. Almost thrown at you. The others were at least hot breakfast and dinner but you had a time frame to finsh
Dave: THE BURGERS WAS LIKELY MY FAVORITE MEALS AND THE LEAST FAVORITE WAS PROBABLY CEREAL ONLY BECAUSE THEY GAVE YOU VERY SMALL PORTIONS OF IT.
Melissa: Was not there long enough.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Kyle: No snacks but commisary was offered. The prices in Jefferson County were sometimes 6-7 times marked up from normal prices and 3 times as expensive as even the prison commisary. For examples Ramen Soups - streets = 10-20cents prison = 28 cents Jeffeson County = 80 cents.
Randy: IF YOU WORKED IN THE POD THEY WOULD SOMETIMES BRING EXTRA SNACKS OR POPCORN FOR THE WEEKEND. THE COMMISSARY WAS VERY PRICEY BUT THEY DID HAVE A DECENT SELECTION TO CHOSE FROM FOR EVERYONE TO GET.
Tyler: I wasn't there long enough to answer this question, but there was some who had an accout to buy snacks from the commissary. I stayed away because I was using my money to bond out
Dave: OCCASIONALLY ON WEEKENDS THEY WOULD BRING IN POPCORN BUT FOR THE MOST PART IF YOU WANTED ANYTHING EXTRA YOU HAD TO ORDER IT OFF COMMISSARY. THE COMMISSARY LIKE ANY OF THEM WAS EXPENSIVE BUT WAS NEEDED.
Melissa: No. There is commissary, I heard it is expensive but had no experience with it.

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