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Meals

Interview with Julie, Inmate's Sister, Houston, Claire, Jim, Inmate's Mom, Smyth, Ken, Charlene, Greg, GMan, Jamie, Leisha, Toby, Lisa, Consuela, John, Tiffany and Tom

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Julie: 3
Inmate's Sister: 2
Houston: 3
Claire: 3 meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Jim: 3 meals, two hot meas and one bagged which is generally breakfast.
Inmate's Mom: In 34 hours he one balogna sandwich. Dry.
Smyth: Depends on if anyone talked to you on the way to the cafeteria.. if they did you didn't get to eat.
Ken: 3
Charlene: 3
Greg: I crapped more than I eat, 4 craps aday 2 meals a day.
GMan: Not applicable
Jamie: 3
Leisha: 3 AND IT'S LIKE DOG FOOD, THEN BARLEY GIVE YOU ENOUGH TO FEED A CHILD
Toby: 3 meals.
Lisa: 3
Consuela: 2 1/2 thats what I call it. Breakfast was a boiled egg...that says it all
John: 3
Tiffany: 3
Tom: We had 3 meals per day. Since I was a trustee, i was allowed to eat extra while I was on shift.

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Julie: on a scale 1-10 i rate it a 0
Inmate's Sister: ok not like mama food "quote" his words
Houston: Fattening.
Claire: Sub-par, mostly. Not fit for human consumption.
Jim: they do the best they can. It's acceptable but then again it's jail food.
Smyth: Below eating out of garbage can.
Ken: Edible, not good at all by free world standards
Charlene: terrible
Greg: negative 10.
GMan: Non-nutritious
Jamie: 0
Leisha: VERY POORLY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE COMMISSARY YOU SCREWED. AND THEY STILL TAKIING ALL YOUR MONEY
Toby: on a scale to 10 a 6
Lisa: Horrible. The eggs didn't always look like eggs. There were a few plates that were not discernible.
Consuela: Like shit...has anyone ever actually ate black beans with a chicken patty before? How about a corn dog smoothered in pinto beans? yeah I didn't think so.
John: Horrible - the only thing you get to eat in the holding cells are ham sandwiches and an oatmeal pie. I took one bite of a sandwich and didn't eat anything else for the 37 hours I was there.
Tiffany: negative 6 billion. I was there nearly 24 hors and got 3 bologna and cheese sandwiches and 3 oatmeal pies.
Tom: Not good compared to free world food, but decent and edible. Commissary food was better and you could at least choose what bad food you wanted.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Julie: Onl;y thing was spaghetti it was not cold and i was able to digest i lost 5lbs the 6 days i was looked up only ate may be once a day why would thaye serve us moon pies and oatmeal cakes for breakfast
Inmate's Sister: pbj sandwishes
Houston: breakfast, because of the fruit.
Claire: The most decent meal was breakfast, because that was the closest you got to "real" food. You usually get a hard boiled egg, a banana (or an apple or an orange), one of those pre-made cereal bowls, and a carton of milk. I usually just ate the egg and the fruit, and I would trade my cereal and milk for someone else's egg and/or fruit. I'm not much of a cereal fan out in the free world, and I damned sure didn't want cereal with lukewarm milk.
Jim: Chili Dog nite on thursdays
Smyth: They all sucked.
Ken: Breakfast
Charlene: no favorite, they were all horrible
Greg: this was cosure/.
GMan: None
Jamie: 0
Leisha: NO
Toby: fish was my favorite and some grain breakfeast was the least favorite.
Lisa: I am Muslim and couldn't eat pork."Court" Sandwiches were always ham sandwiches.
Consuela: Chicken leg quarter served only on Thanksgiving or Christmas. Or in less the jail is trying to show off for inspectors.
Tom: Corn dogs and chicken patties were my favorite they served. Ramen "pizza" made from commissary was my favorite of all.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Julie: no only what u could save
Inmate's Sister: no unless you had money on books
Houston: Comissary
Claire: Yes, there was a commissary, and it was okay, as those things go. You basically get a list of things that can be purchased (usually on Monday) and check off the items that you want. There is a separate sheet showing how much money you had in your account. You turn in the completed form, and your commissary would be delivered to you on Wednesday. The commissary inventory was pretty good; plenty of Ramen noodles, queso in a can, Little Debbie snacks, soda, tuna, potato chips; other stuff, too, but those were my staples. The Little Debbies were mostly for barter in case one of the other inmates had something that I wanted.
Jim: no
Smyth: If you had money otherwise no.
Ken: Generally not, you could purchase goods from the commesary once a week. They offered plenty of food and snacks, often better quality than the food that was served.
Charlene: no
Greg: none.
GMan: No
Jamie: cookies,pudding,fruit,ect
Leisha: NO
Toby: yes if you had money you could buy stuff in the commisary.
Lisa: No
Consuela: NO unless you have comissary money.