“Prison food in the United States is a public health and human rights crisis,†the Maryland Food & Prison Abolition Project states on their website. “By weaponizing the experience of eating, the state transforms one of our most basic needs into an everyday form of violence. The short- and long-term effects of poor food conditions on incarcerated individuals’ health also constitutes a form of ‘premature death’—oftentimes damaging a person’s physical and mental health and well-being for the rest of their life.†In this episode of Rattling the Bars, Mansa Musa, who spent nearly 50 years eating prison food himself, speaks with Kanav Kathuria, co-founder of The Maryland Food & Prison Abolition Project, about the institutionalized cruelty of the system that keeps incarcerated people malnourished and fed barely enough to stay alive.
Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/i-wouldnt-even-feed-this-to-my-dog-the-inhumane-reality-of-prison-food
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Seriously. You're in prison, you're lucky that feeding you at all. Because if you're in prison, you did something pretty d*** bad. But instead of making you learn from your consequences, you get free education. Free internet air conditioning heat and meals all day long and no bills
yeah well its a fuckn prison, not the Radisson
AAA+++Bedford, Texas
Even the beans aren't right!
Did he say, "black food sovereignty?"
What TF is "black food?"
This whole thing needs to come down it's Soo terrible
May this topic continue to gain more momentum and become a priority to bring more humane conditions in this damn country and world wide
They feed you the same bullshit in hospitals and public schools. I can imagine that jails and prisons is worse. So sad.
Believe me, this broadcast was very difficult to listen to.
imprisonment has become the u.s's gulag style system. even got the soviet style gruel correct.
And the juice,,talk about that. Maaan,
The men are still going through this
This was a really cool conversation. A book that centered this topic, in a powerful and meaningful way, with a frame of abolition, would be great!
if they wanted good food they shouldn't have broken the law, thats how u dont get incarcerated in the first place. Most people are able to pull this off.
Thank you for this. Brutality.
jasper county mo.you get peanutbutter n sugar no jelly scam sheriff gets a kickbacks!
My mom used to tell me they get only bread and water in prison, so this is much better
I swear to the gods, in 2019 I was in Milwaukee county to Waukesha county jail in Wisconsin for 2 months n started going blind! I got home doctors had me in ICU for a week for high blood sugar and cholesterol! Went in healthy, left a full blown diabetic on 4 meds to this day. I almost fkn died eating that trash, even commissary foods are crap u wouldn't let your kids eat daily. I've been telling ppl the EXACT thing HELLA CARBS! We should be able to sue for this shit! I'm still trying to get my health back together, smh so fkn wrong
I was in Airway Heights prison in Washington state back in 2010-2012. Since I was so short. I just got a job in the kitchen for 28 bucks a month. We got a shipment of frozen salmon. Stamped right on the boxes not fit for human consumption. Prisons throw away full dumpsters of food breakfast lunch dinner everyday.
Talk to a guy several weeks ago.
who got out of prison who said he had it better in prison than outside of prison better food better medical.
If I was in prison, I would be earning box's of Honey Buns, mmmmmmmmm
I have seen men get fat off prison food
Inspection at all institution!
.. once you privatize. U fcked!!
Perhaps prison dietary regulators should make more frequent & UNANNOUNCED visits. Restaurants do this & then assign visible, posted letter grades after completing their inspections.
There's definitely a profit motive behind malnourishing inmates/prisoners.
USA is a 3rd world country this is normal in the 3rd world