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OR/WA- Washington state prisoners produce frozen food for other prisoners as a cost savings-2400 calories-$5 a day

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Inmates cook for inmates By Alex Paul, Albany Democrat-Herald Wednesday, March 31, 2010 LEBANON ? Inmates at the new Lebanon jail will eat three meals a day prepared by inmates from the Washington State Department of Corrections, according to police Chief Mike Healy. Healy and Lt. Ben Silverman informed the city council about the meal plan during a recent tour of the six-cell, 12-bed facility. The new $10 million, 30,000-square-foot Justice Center opened last summer. Inmates so far have been short-term holds, Healy said, but the jail is starting to accept longer-term inmates, from 30 days up to one year. The meals are purchased from the Airway Heights correctional facility near Spokane. In addition to serving the nutritional needs of Washington state inmates, the factory also sells products to 45 jails in Oregon, Washington and Montana...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 05, 2010 (boomark / email).