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Interview with Ryan, Angel, Dale and Peter

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Ryan: 2 meals and a "snack" at 10:45am (bologna sandwich).
Angel: 3
Dale: 3, pretty good food too for a Jail
Peter: we got three meals a day

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Ryan: I didn't like the food.
Angel: The food was good
Dale: Good portions. I worked in the Kitchen their and got fed well. Breakfast is always good. This is the best feeding Jail or Facility I ran across. 2 hot meals and a bag lunch these days. But over all not too bad. Not too many people ever complained much. Fish Guts Friday is bad though.
Peter: Better than other jails, that is a fact. The port has its own farm so we got a lot of fresh fruit. They also have a grit mill that the inmates work. Also it is located near Tropicana so we were able to have real juice quite often and oranges.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Ryan: I got in there on a Monday and by Thursday they gave us a chicken patty (grilled) sandwich and it was really good. The worst is fish gut Friday. The fish guts is wierd, and they serve it with ravioli. I watched other inmates chow down on it and offer me their cornbread for fish guts, and I told them they could have it for free.
Angel: Most of them were good but the brown ketchup was expired
Dale: Fish Gut Friday is my least favorite. Breakfast is always pretty good. I liked the Chicken Patty nights. Spahgetti is good too.
Peter: They absolute worst was "fish gut" Friday, but everything else was pretty good there. I liked breakfast because we got boiled eggs and bagels

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Ryan: No.
Angel: No the commissary is expensive
Dale: No, other than your commissary. It was pretty good. Overpriced.. But not to bad. Soups/Chips/Coffee/Tea/Candy/Honey Buns basically just your basic snack stuff. A little expensive but they have recently added a bunch of stuff when I was there.
Peter: There was not any kind of snack time there, and commissary was good. Kind of pricy but no more than other jail I have been to. We got it on Tuesday and Friday every week.

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