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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on June 05, 2009, 06:59:09 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5792529
I've been waiting all day long for a primitive bonfire to get lit, on this issue.
But I made the mistake of looking around for the Joanne98 primitive; it never occurred to me that the cali primitive would light it.
cali (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-05-09 07:52 PM
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Prison blues: States slimming down inmate meals
ATLANTA (AP) - The recession is hitting home for inmates, too: Some cash-strapped states are taking aim at prison menus.
Georgia prisoners already didn't get lunch on the weekends, and the Department of Corrections recently eliminated the midday meal on Fridays, too. Ohio may drop weekend breakfasts and offer brunch instead. Other states are cutting back on milk and fresh fruit.
Officials say prisoners are still getting enough calories, but family members and critics say the changes could make prisoners irritable and food a valuable commodity, increasing the possibility of violence.
In Georgia, inmates are still getting the same number of daily calories: 2,800 for men and 2,300 for women. The portions at breakfast and dinner are bigger on days only two meals are served.
Almost 5 percent of the state's 58,295 prisoners still get three meals every day because they are diabetic, pregnant or have other special health needs.
Barbara Helie, whose 25-year-old son Nicholas is serving time for armed robbery in Valdosta State Prison, said he would go hungry without the roughly $60 a week she puts into his account to buy instant soups, cheese, beef sticks and other snacks at the prison commissary.
"I don't know how the guys who don't have someone on the outside helping out handle it," Helie said. "Food has been an ongoing issue for him ... He's hungry a lot."
Georgia's fast-growing prison system - the fifth-largest in the nation - has been hit hard by the same budget woes plaguing other states. For the current fiscal year, the state has slashed almost 10 percent from the state Department of Corrections' $1.1 billion budget.
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090605/D98KCH0G0.html
Well, it's about time this old news got posted on Skins's island.
Only one primitive's seen it so far.
tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-05-09 07:55 PM
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1. what they should do is set up gardens on prison property and use the garden produce to feed the inmates. It would give jobs to the less violent ones too.
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-05-09 07:55 PM
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1. what they should do is set up gardens on prison property and use the garden produce to feed the inmates. It would give jobs to the less violent ones too.
Well Tabby, that's actually a swell idea. Maybe Mrs. Obama and her girls could make that their mission in life. They can go start gardens at various prisons.
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-05-09 07:55 PM
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1. what they should do is set up gardens on prison property and use the garden produce to feed the inmates. It would give jobs to the less violent ones too.
The first place that did this would be accused at the DUmp of being racist and reminiscent of the old southern plantations because inconveniently the majority of inmates happen to be minorities.