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Appalling Prison and Jail Food Leaves Prisoners Hungry for Justice
Loaded on April 15, 2010
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2010, page 1
Filed under:
Food/Commissary (Private Prisons),
Contractor Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Conditions of Confinement,
Food.
Location:
United States of America.
by David M. Reutter, Gary Hunter & Brandon Sample
Prison food. The very words conjure images of unidentifiable mystery meat, chili-mac, watery oatmeal and creamed chipped beef – the latter being commonly, though not very appetizingly, known as “shit on a shingle” in jailhouse parlance.
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- $491,668 Settlement in Class-Action Suit Against Spokane County Jail, by Matthew Clarke
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