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Interview with Karl and Willie

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Karl: 3.
Willie: supposed to give us 3 a day, but if you were in the hole (seg) they might not like you so they would take a meal...or tell you they spit in it, the cos are terrible people mostly.

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Karl: I went to culinary food so I would rate it extremely poor 1.2
Willie: very bad food. The food is bad except for the pancakes because if you need a special diet they do not give it to you because they dont care at all. if you are diabetic and need 2 trays medically they wont even give it to you and you will have to be dying for the nurse to finally come up and give you a cracker. ive seen that specifically, it is inhumane and doesnt happen in other jails as often i do not think.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Karl: The pancakes were okay. Can't screw that up. The burritos were the worse. Like rock hard on outside and goopey on inside. You could use them as a club.
Willie: The best meal there was the pancakes and they had french toast that was very good as well, make sure to wake up for those. The worst meals were the eggs because they were always cold.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Karl: They had commissary once a week where you could buy extra snacks and things.
Willie: No there werent any snacks. The commissary was actually really good. They offered a lot of low priced items (compared to other MA jails) at good value. You can get FULL JARS of peanut butter, and there are kiosks that have touch screens where you order your commissary (not filling in bubbles like other jail)

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