Running Prisons on the Cheap
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Sun Nov 23, 2003 at 07:20:39 PM EST
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Posted on Sun Nov 23, 2003 at 07:20:39 PM EST
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If you have to go to jail, and you're not severely overweight, stay away from Alabama. It feeds it prisoners on $1.08 a day--usually by providing dehydrated meals to which the prison justs adds water, then brings to a boil.
The multicolored dish is the centerpiece of Tuesday lunch at Kilby Prison, and one of the many mysterious items that Food Service Director M.A. Warren serves to cut costs.
$1.08 covers three meals a day with two on Sundays and holidays. If you have the stomach for it, read the whole article. [Thanks to Howard Bashman of How Appealing for sending us the link.]
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