Interview with John, Raquel, Colby, Nikki, Lea, Hoyllwood and Woody
JM: How many meals did you get per day? John: 3 meals. Raquel: 3 but you only get breakfast if your willing to
wake up at 5:30 Colby: 3 meals are provided a day, and if you do extra
work in the jail you are allowed to have an
extra tray or you can use the weekly commisary
to purchase additional food items at your
expense that will be deducted from your account. Nikki: 3 meals per day Lea: 3 Hoyllwood: I got no meals... I begged for food on a few
occasions but the police just laughed at me and
turned around. They'd eat right in front of you
and smile at you. I never once saw prisoner get fed. Woody: meals? is that what that was when they said TRAYS
TRAYS
JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why. John: Horrible. Raquel: out of 10 a 1 when you first get there, after a
while it grows on you and yyou learn to mix all
the stuff together, then it's a 2 Colby: on a scale from 1 to 10...
Quality: 5 if you like your vegetables
Quantity: 1 food is enough for an 10 year old
child
Nikki: on a scale of 1-10....I give it a 3, pretty bad
and the servings are very small, not enough! I
was always hungry! I don't think they were in
compliance with the 4 food groups or recommended
daily requirred intake of calories! Lea: 1, food was never cooked right either very
undercooked or fried to hard to eat. the meat
looked like it was a disease waiting to happen and
bread was like dough. the food was made by other
inmates so no telling what the hell they did to
it. worst food ever could not drive myself to eat it Hoyllwood: I guess 0 because I never got to taste the food. Woody: i wouldent even rate it i just wanna know what
Bexar county did with the 3 million dollars they
got from the stste to improve the food
JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals? John: Favorite was breakfast and it was pancakes.
Least favorite was dinner and no one knew what
it was meat patties of some type. Raquel: No, they all tasted the same... :( Colby: beans and erasers with vita pro. Nikki: the baked chicken was good. I did not like the
gravy that came with the biscuits and gravy,
YUK!
I never tasted anything like it, not normal! Lea: hated all of them Woody: weekend breakfast was probably the best because
we got pancakes and they would swell up in ur
stomach you needed this to get ready for the
biscuit and bologna you got for lunch and dinner
JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it? John: Full commissary privileges as a trustee. Raquel: Sure, buy commissary. Colby: fruits and oatmeal cookies Nikki: NO!!! not unless you paid for them out of your
inmate account and ordered from the commisary Lea: without comissary you will die. Woody: sure if you dug thru the garbage
Look at our website: texasjailproject.org We have a link on there to report the stuff that is against the rules, like not enough food, problems with commissary, no recreation time; repot that to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Also if they are not getting sick calls or if they are not getting meds. Look under "How Do I Make a Complaint?"
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How the hell do the guards get away with treating the inmates this way ,someone needs to do something about this bs like yesterday, all they want is a paycheck, my family member is there now, and its terrible there they need to be shut down
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Us taxpayers pay alot of money, to feed these inmates.Whats wrong with this system? The guards are all un educated, why are they getting paid what they are?? I know you are trying to teach a lesson to these people in there, but the system is screwed up, because of Pret trial officers over worked, some of these inmates shouldn't even be in there.
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how can I send any food or card food from México to an inmate in USA jail? I dont have credit card and i´ll apreciate it you answer me. I have heard about cards to get food services in jail,how can I get any of those cards'?thanks.
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