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Cheap Food Enriching Profiteers, Making Prisoners Sick
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2024
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2024, page 23
As a former prisoner told the Vera Institute of Justice, food offers “a sense of relief; when you can go to the kitchen and get a good meal [it’s uplifting].” But as the nonprofit reported on February 27, 2024, there is almost no good meal to be had for $1.00—and ...
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