what we have done is try to create neutral food tastes so if the food is bland, at least they are not having something that they find objectionable. once you re here a little bit, you re like, you know what? it s really not that bad. a little salt would be nice, and pepper, but other than that, you know, it is, it is hard. you keep looking over your shoulder at the other chef here. how come? i work for him, so that s like the boss. so, i m making sure i m not saying anything too bad. i don t want to offend him or say anything out of line. i m sure i ll have a little talk with him when we re done with this conversation. back at the limon correctional facility, we encounter perhaps the most unusual of all inmate meals. it s called mealloaf. prepared for us by captain hubbard it s a sort of self-contained meal for inmates who tend to throw their food in
this is how we do it here. most inmate meals are prepared and served by other inmates. kitchen work is far from glamorous, but it has its perks. the reason i do it is to get out of my cell, come down here, get a little freedom, and eat a little better. ray slagel loved working in the kitchen at the limon correctional facility in colorado because he could trade extra food for tokens, coin slots used to purchase ice cream and soda from prison vending machines. two tokens. i said double cheeseburger. i should have shown you one. double cheeseburger, two tokens. that s a good deal. and he would go like, yeah, yeah, i can t even get them fast enough. you know. i usually sell two of those a day. while most menus are designed to provide a basic level of nutrition, steven doad, the food service director at the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida, has taken a more wholesome approach to inmate meals.
they find objectionable. once you re here a little bit, you re like, you know what? it s really not that bad. a little salt would be nice, and pepper. but other than that, it s, you know, it is hard. i work for him, so that s like the boss. so i ll make sure i don t say anything too bad. i don t want to offend him or say anything out of line. i m sure i ll have a little talk with him when we re done with this conversation. back at the limon correctional facility, we encounter perhaps the most unusual of all inmate meals. it s called meal love. prepared for us by captain hubbard it s a sort of self-contained meal for inmates who tend to throw their food in their cells, or at others. what we ve got here is basically all of the food groups. nine ounces of ground beef, carrots are weighed out,
describe prison as the belly of the beast. this place sucks, man. it s usually not used to describe prison kitchens. but that might be the most appropriate use of the phrase there is. our crews are always looking for ways to get these kind of iconic prison or jail shots, and the kitchen is a great place to get them, because i don t think anything really says incarceration more than seeing some bland food scooped on to an institutional tray by a 6 4 inmate covered in tattoos and the funny thing about the food is, inmates always complain about it but inevitably, they are always looking for ways to get more of it. this is so we don t starve later on. but if you want to see a real sack, look over there. show them what you got. but if you re going to do it, if you re going to take a chance at getting caught, do it in a big way. go big or go home. and since we can t go home this is how we do it here. most inmate meals are
prepared and served by other inmates. kitchen work is far from glamorous, but it has its perks. the reason i do it is to get out of my cell, come down here, get a little freedom, and eat a little better. ray slagel loved working in the kitchen at the limon correctional facility in colorado because he could trade extra food for tokens, coin slots used to purchase ice cream and soda from prison vending machines. two tokens. i said double cheeseburger. i should have shown you one. double cheeseburger, two tokens. that s a good deal. yeah, yeah, i can t even get them fast enough. you know. i usually sell two of those a day. while most menus are designed to provide a basic level of nutrition, steven doad, the food service director at the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida, has taken a more wholesome approach to inmate meals. we make up 11,000 meals a day