“What Do Prisoners Eat for Less Than 5 Euros? Explore the Unbalanced Diet in Prisons”

2023-05-08 14:22:27

What do we eat in prison? We eat there, in any case, for less than 5 euros (4.66 euros exactly), and this for the three meals. With fairly significant variations, depending on the functioning of the prison. But one constant: at this price, it is impossible for the food balance to be respected.

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By Laurence Wauters

Published on 8/05/2023 at 16:22
Reading time: 4 mins

Pfirst focus, Lantin prison. In this place where a thousand people are locked up, we eat what is prepared in the community kitchen, with prison officers / cooks and regarding fifteen prisoners who come to help for a payment of one euro per hour. It is one of the most popular jobs for prisoners: “It’s a job of trust and which allows you to better choose what you eat”, explains Frédéric, who worked there for many years before reorienting himself towards the private sector. . “We had all kinds of people in the kitchen, even people convicted of stabbings, and we never had a major problem because they all want to keep this job. »

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