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Listen to “Food Dignity in Prisons and Jails”, Episode 190 on the Food Dignity Podcast, with Clancy Harrison
Read our interview in the
May 2025 issue of Food
Policy Debrief: “Inside the
Fight to Improve Food &
Nutrition in Prisons”
Listen to our interview with
Linda Small on WMPG Maine’s
“Justice Radio” Program
Part One – November 17, 2024
Part Two – December 15, 2024
Listen to our interview with
Melinda Hemmelgarn, on
Food Sleuth Radio on PRX :
“Food and Nutrition in
Prisons”
Monitoring Reports on Carceral Food Service
New York
Food and Nutrition in NY State Correctional Facilities
Pennsylvania
Hungry and Malnourished in Prison: Food Service in the PA Dept of Corrections
Maryland
Food, Violence, and the Maryland Correctional Food System
West Virginia
The High Cost of Cheap Food: Eating in West Virginia Prisons
Washington
Correcting Food Policy In Washington Prisons
New England
The State of Prison Food In New England
Washington, DC
We’re Hungry in Here: DC Dept of Corrections Food Survey Results
Nevada
Analysis of Food and Nutrition in Nevada Prisons
More Reading
Impact Justice: Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Prison Food
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Strategies to Optimize Food and Nutrition in Correctional Facilities
The Marshall Project: Prison Food – A Curated Collection of Links
Prison Policy Initiative: Food for Thought: Prison Food is a Public Health Problem
The Appeal: Locked In, Priced Out – National Commissary Database
Filter Mag: The Private Prisons Industry Is Changing What Constitutes “Food”
Vera Institute: Cheap Jail and Prison Food Is Making People Sick
Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center: It’s Time to Talk About Prison Food
Carceral Nutrition Project: Healthy Food | Healthy Prisons | Healthy Communities: An Agenda For Action