Attorneys say Boone County Jail menu lacks nutritional value

[Sherman A1]

During a recent month at the Boone County Jail, the only fresh produce served to inmates was lettuce salads offered, on average, twice a week.

There were no fresh dairy products on the menu, but inmates did occasionally receive imitation cheese slices with their sandwiches.

The food provided to inmates is being questioned by a group of local attorneys concerned about detainee health and they want the Boone County Commission, which will soon consider bids for a new food contract, to insist on more varieties of fresh products and other changes.

In a January letter to the commission, Boone County Presiding Judge Kevin Crane and other county officials, attorneys Gary Oxenhandler, Rusty Antel and Sarah Aplin wrote that they became concerned after hearing the meals were unappetizing, “that some detainees over the course of their detention suffered significant weight loss; and that fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh milk and other dairy products were not being served.”

https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20190330/attorneys-say-boone-county-jail-menu-lacks-nutritional-value

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Unfortunately,

most prisons do a terrible job of feeding their inmates.

I don't have a lot of personal knowledge, but I do have a friend who corresponds with and visits inmates. For those of you with a religious bent, I'd describe him as having a prison ministry, even though that's not how he thinks of it.

But he tells me that his inmate friends often complain about the food. The quality and the quantity. And, from what I can tell, this isn't spoiled people complaints. It's real and substantive. Lousy food, crappy portions.