× You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.

Prisoners Pay the Price of Food Cost Increases

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons). Location: United States of America.

Before one goes to jail or prison, what one eats is usually taken for granted. After one finds oneself imprisoned, what is presented to eat becomes a huge issue. With the trend towards privatization of prison services and economic pressures upon local and state governments, the concern about a nutritionally ...

Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.

As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.

Subscribe today

Already a subscriber? Login

More from these topics:

News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
Tennessee Legislature Passes Bill to Penalize Private Prisons  for High Mortality Rates, Aug. 1, 2025. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic.
Shady Firm Awarded $78 Million Contract for Services  at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz”, Aug. 1, 2025. Private Prisons, Environmental Law, Immigration.
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arizona Challenge  to Private Prisons, July 15, 2025. Private Prisons, Eighth Amendment, Thirteenth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights.
Ohio Supreme Court Says Sheriff Must Get and Disclose  Records of Private Contractors, July 15, 2025. Private Prisons, Contractor Liability, Public Records Act.
Pay-for-Play Tablets: The Costly New Prison Paradigm, March 1, 2025. Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Electronic Tablets, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates, Tapes/Music, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
Trump Tosses Toothless Biden Private Prison “Ban”, March 1, 2025. Private Prisons.
El Salvador Offers Prison Space to Private Prison Shill Marco Rubio, March 1, 2025. Private Prisons.
“Locked In, Priced Out”: Markups and Kickbacks in Prison Commissaries, Jan. 15, 2025. Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Commissary.
Details Vague on Spending from San Diego Jail Detainee Welfare Fund, Jan. 15, 2025. Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Jail Misconduct, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Commissary, Federal Funds.