food

Prisoners Sue Aramark, Contractor for Both Kitchen Service and Commissary

Commissary vendors, which provide the food and hygiene items sold to incarcerated people at a markup, have for years reaped…

December 3, 2025

Not All Prisoners Get Fed Daily. Here, It Depends on How Fast You Can Run.

In three decades of incarceration I’ve seen many things that are a far cry from what the system presents to…

November 6, 2025

SNAP Benefits Stop Amid Shutdown—and New Rules Restricting Eligibility

The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will not issue November benefits to the 42 million people who rely on…

October 22, 2025

Georgia Prisons Are Deadlier Than Ever. One Reason? We’re Starving.

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is once again on track to surpass the record levels of violence and deaths…

October 14, 2025

“Additional Meals” in Prison Seems to Mean “Even Less Food Than Before”

It used to be that Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners worked five days a week and got a sack…

February 12, 2025

GA Prisons to Get “Additional Meals,” a Bad Fix for the Wrong Problem

On May 7, Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed a $36.1 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year that will…

May 23, 2024

The Private Prisons Industry Is Changing What Constitutes “Food”

Prisoners in solitary confinement are often served something called Nutraloaf. Imagine taking all the old crap from the back of…

April 4, 2024

The Recipes I Use to De-Escalate Violence in Prison

In 2015 I was transferred to West Tennessee State Penitentiary, a prison with a reputation for violence. My new cellie…

April 3, 2024

Drastic Commissary Price Hikes Leave Prisoners Without Food, Medicine

Nationwide, prisoners and their loved ones are reeling from exorbitant commissary price hikes that are pulling basic food and hygiene…

January 10, 2023

Dietary Supplement? Or Drug? The Kratom Regulation Debate

Is kratom a plant (Mitragyna speciosa)—originating in Southeast Asia and long used in traditional medicines for the mild opioid-like and…

March 12, 2019