LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoHow many calories per day are prisoners given to eat?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareHow many calories per day are prisoners given to eat?LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months ago1600? Yikes. That’s like bare minimal survival. I bet the big hefty people that go in there feel quite a bit of suffering until their bodies get used to so little food.
minus-squaredom@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoPrison, in most countries, is intended to be vengeance. A bit of suffering is the point, unfortunately.
minus-squareLvxferre@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI’m not sure but I think that it’s also to keep the prisoners slightly malnourished so they’re easier to control.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoyeah that’s rough. Even as a non-prisoner, if I eat so few calories, I can’t think clearly and I can’t sleep at night.
minus-squareImTryingLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoYou can buy peanut butter and ramen and such from commissary.
1600? Yikes. That’s like bare minimal survival. I bet the big hefty people that go in there feel quite a bit of suffering until their bodies get used to so little food.
Prison, in most countries, is intended to be vengeance. A bit of suffering is the point, unfortunately.
I’m not sure but I think that it’s also to keep the prisoners slightly malnourished so they’re easier to control.
yeah that’s rough. Even as a non-prisoner, if I eat so few calories, I can’t think clearly and I can’t sleep at night.
You can buy peanut butter and ramen and such from commissary.