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Interview with Scott, Elna, Todd and Guy

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Scott: You was fed three meals a day
Elna: we recieved 3 meals per day.
Todd: three
Guy: 3 meals..hot break,cold lunch, hot supper

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Scott: On a scale of one to ten i would give it a four. It was always cold when you got it. Lunch consisted of a bologna sandwich and snack everyday and for breakfast it was either pancakes or waffles with no meat on the tray. The portions was very small
Elna: The food was almost always cold. We were fed bologna sandwiches with no cheese and a packet of mayonaise. We were also given a small milk carton similar to the ones served in elementary schools and an apple or orange. Dinner was served around 4 o'clock so by the time you went to bed you were almost guaranteed to be starving.
Todd: enough to live on..the food is always bland because they add no flavorings
Guy: 4.5 just because everybody doesn't like everything. but you can survive on what they feed you.They try to feed you from all the major food groups but the biggest problem is that most the inmates and guards just don't know how to cook. maybe they should send them to cooking school ans let them earn credits to learn to cook.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Scott: Supper trays were your best tray. The best one was the chicken fingers and the hamburger tray. Thats the ones you got full on
Elna: I liked breakfast because it was prepackaged cereal and two milks. It was the most normal food I had there.
Todd: all about the same
Guy: not really. peanut butter bread, hamburgers, cheeseburger, eggs,ham, toast, fries, fruit, xtra juice,cheese sandwich, greenbeans, all kinds of veggies, ice cream, cake

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Scott: The only snacks was what you bought off commisary. They had a pretty decent commisary but it was very expensive. It was thirty dollars for a five dollar radio and your family was charged for putting money on your account
Elna: They gave us commissary lists of food- mostly snack food and soda. A lot of the inmates ate ramen noodles at night since dinner was served so early and I believe coffee was also listed as an option.
Todd: no snacks ..but could buy..expensive on some things others not bad
Guy: you would get a little pack of crackers or moon pie with lunch somtimes. You could buy $75 worth of commissary but that didn't buy you very much. it would give you just a little xtra to snack on.

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