JM: How many meals did you get per day? Karen: We were served three meals a day, breakfast was at 5:30 a.m. so if
you didn't wake up or your cell mate didn't wake you, you didn't
eat.
JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why. Karen: The food was very gross, and consisted of all soybean based meats,
there was no real meat served except for the Deputy lunches that I
ate. I only ate lunch in jail after I got into the labor detail program.
JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals? Karen: Yes deputy lunches were my favorite. My least favorite was dinner,
usually the same thing every week, I did serve the meals to the
other inmates, that was part of my labor detail program.
JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it? Karen: No snacks. Yes, commissary was once a week. You could buy
coffee and other snacks. It was the highlight of all inmates week.
You would have to order one week in advance and have the
money on your books to do so. Then whatever you ordered
would be delivered to you the following week. Someone from the
outside would have to put money on your books and then you
would get a receipt showing who paid/and how much.