Interview with James, Charles, Doug, Nick, Erik, Edwin, Will, Rickey, Lee, David, Ann and Scott
JM: How many meals did you get per day? James: Three meals. Charles: 3 Doug: 3 Nick: 3 meals a day, everyday. Erik: three meal where served everyday Edwin: You received three meals a day Will: we got three meals per day breakfast lunch and
dinner Rickey: 3 Lee: We had three meals daily. David: Three meals a day, two meals were cold (sack
breakfast and lunch) only dinned was a hot meal. Ann: we received 3 meal a day Scott: 3 meals a day but i did not eat any of the food
JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why. James: Pretty bad tasting…it was minimal and cold. BOLOGNA sandwiches
everyday. Often for 2 or 3 meals. Charles: Bad until I got my kosher tray, then its like bein
on the outs. Doug: ok sometimes Nick: I would say it is not horrible but not great. It
is usually a bagel in the morning with grits or
oatmeal. Bologna, salami, or peanut butter in the
afternoon for lunch. Also for dinner was meat
patty with rice, hot dogs with beans, sausage and
mashed potatoes, or some kind of noodles and sauce. Erik: I would rate the food as low as possible there
would never be enough and every meal was pre made
and pre packaged but the dinner meal was the only
hot food ever given you could order food through
the commissary but only if you had a balance on
your inmate account Edwin: I would rate the meals on a scale 1 to. 10
a 6. They do give you recommended
amount of carbohydrates and vitamin.
But the selection and seasonings really
need to be worked on. The food is
sometimes cold and very often bland...
they Really need to work on those two
rhings Will: all free meals were absolutely terrible. The
food was always cold had no flavor whatsoever
and everything was turkey saw a product and
there was no real meat. also it was like let's
make a deal because as soon as the officer would
leave the sector all kinds of trades would take
place for example meet would be traded for milk
milk would be traded for jello it cetera et
cetera Rickey: a one Lee: the food was better than expected on most days.
The jail house seems to keep a good staff of
cooks working there, since the correction
officers or jailers mostly eat whatever the
inmates eat also it makes sense to at least make
it something worth eating. chicken days were
always awesome. David: Barely enough to survive on. Breakfast was
always one hard boiled egg, one piece lunch meat
and one small dry cereal along with a 1/2 pint
of milk. Lunch was always one sandwich, one
small bag of chips and one orange. Dinner
usually consisted of Beans with cut up hot dogs(
thined out to the max with starch), corn bread
and a vegtable. Ann: the food was horrible,the portions were very small
and most of the time the food was cold even
frozen,i never saw a hot breakfast or lunch the
whole time i was there,they had a set time for the
food arriving but it never did,and it had no flavor
and salt and pepper were not given Scott: on a scale one through 10 i would rate it a 4 i
do not eat pork and they mostly give you
sandwich's and they do not have regular food or
give you any snacks the only thing i ate was the
cookies and juice i do not eat meat
JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals? James: I'll never, ever, ever, ever, ever eat BOLOGNA again. Charles: Breakfast? Shit on a shingle! I hate beans. Doug: chicken leg quarter on the bone was the best. Nick: Some of my more favorite meals were the meat
patty, hots dogs, peanut butter and jelly,
sausage, also they had a stew. Worst meals were
the noodles and sauce. Erik: my favorite meal was the peanut butter and jelly
that would come at lunch time two times per week
sometimes three Edwin: I can honestly say my favorite part of the
meal would be desert whether it would
be fruit or something sweet .. Will: my favorite meal was on the days that hard boiled
eggs were served because nobody can screw up a hard
boiled egg Rickey: no Lee: My favorite meals were chicken, we had baked bar
b qued chicken and some times fried. Hamburger
and meatloaf days were good too. My least fav
was always lunch mistery meat. David: No favorate and they were all my least favorate.
Had to eat all of it any way just to keep my
body weight up. Ann: some of the meals were better than others,but they
all had that same bland taste that ive never tasted
any where else Scott: I do not eat meat so anything with meat was my
least favorite my favorite was just the cookies
and juice
JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it? James: Not unless you purchased it, or are Diabetic. Charles: If you have money. Doug: canteen Nick: Yes they would give you cookies sometimes with
lunch during the week. Commissary was very limited
in choices, nothing healthy what so ever. Mostly
chips, cookies,and candy. It was actually way
overpriced because they were mostly dollar foods
that they charge alot for. Erik: yes the commissary was very pricy I never had the
money to order food I would always use it to get
personal hygiene products such as shampoo and
toothpaste, there was a hot meal once a week Edwin: Commissary was offered. And it allowed
you to look past some of those terrible
meals ... at the same time the items on
the commissary menu were sorta
expensive ... they must have forgotten
we were in jail ... Will: snacks were never provided and the prices of the
commissary were greatly increased and once a
week was the availability and the items were so
overpriced that I found it impossible to afford
them so mostly I did without. Rickey: no Lee: any other snacks were the inmates
responsiblility through commissary or canteen as
we called it. It wasn't as expensive as your
stores in the general public, and we had an
amazing choice of foods and snacks t order. David: No snacks what so ever. Commissary was super
expensive and only the well to do inmates coulf
afford it. Commissary could only be ordered once
a week and then you had to wait a week to get
your order in. Ramen noodle soups were .90$
apiece. Ann: The only other snacks that were avaliable were were
all avaliable only through commissary. Most of the
time inmates did not have money to purshase extra
snacks therefore it made the fight for food
crucial. Scott: i was not offered any snacks i was only in there
2days so did not receive commisary but at
gunclub you can have commissary if somebody puts
money in your account and the inmates told me
everything was 2x or 3x the amount it would be
out of jail