Prison Food + Plasma TV what next ?

[in a mo]

I was listening to the Radio yesterday and they were speaking to a Chef who works for The Prison Service ,he was saying that they serve 3 hot meals a day to prisioners plus snacks he was saying the quality of the food is very good,Is this true what is the food like ,
What do you think about the Prison serving 3 Hot meals a day is this right ,what sort of punishment is this ,and they don't have to wash the dishes ,then of they go to watch their Plasma TV's !

[ummmm]

Errr how many meals should they be served then?

The quality of the food is subjective. Some people think MacDonalds is quality..!

[NOX]

Well do you suggest they starve prisoners then? Meals when I was prison weren't particlarly nice but I daresay they were balanced enough nutritionally since I didn't lose vast amounts of weight when I was in there. If you are in the 'holiday camp' idea of prison, let me tell you it's miserable, lonely, boring and not at all the way you would imagine, certianly no plasma screen TV's by right, any priviledges however small had to be earned over long periods of time.
i think it's totally proper that anyone gets fed three times per day going back to your question, and if they didn't feed people properly they would have a lot more order offences going on in prison, so it's just common sense really.

[piggynose]

dont get too excited, there are some things which most men for example wouldnt enjoy, eg the soap being dropped in the showers, overcrowding.
if you´re really curious, why dont you try it and see

[ummmm]

It is a case of don't believe what the media say.

[China Doll]

Are you proposing they just get bread and water then?!

[pastafreak]

Are hot meals a luxury now?

[mccfluff]

and porridge with white mice

[pastafreak]

Is that like the 'mice' that Heston served last night?

[mccfluff]

i missed it, what were they?

[andy-hughes]

I have to agree with nox on this - not least because he speaks from personal experience.

The simple fact is, even if it was wall-to-wall TV showing Kylie concerts 24/7 - the simple fact is, it's prison, something the majority of the free media, and readers, seem to forget.

The isssue of the loss of liberty is massive, something I am sure that is far more of a punishment than most people comprehend.

[pastafreak]

ermmm...they were real mice,cooked-wrapped in pate-then white chocolate..........

[ummmm]

When my cousin was in the hardest thing for him was having to do your bodily functions in front of a stranger.

[pastafreak]

I would imagine-aside from the chef-most of the kitchen work is done by the prisoners.

[pastafreak]

And if they do all the heavy work-they need decent food...hence 'good quality'food.

bread and water just won't do it.

[mackak17]

how is 3 square meals a day a luxury, yes there in prison cos theyve done wrong but they deserve something to eat

[McMouse]

My cousin was banged up for 10 years and spent most of the time in the kitchens either preparing, cooking or clearing up. His opinion of the food was that it was OK but fresh ingredients like meat, chicken, fish and veg were not of the best quality.

[ummmm]

It all depends what Cat prisoner they are. They lower cat the easier it is.

Someone sent to prison for fraud shouldn't really have it as bad as someone sent down for murder or rape.