Nutraloaf. Disciplinary loaf. Prison loaf. Special management meal. The loaf.The question is not "is this fair?".
The blended and often baked block of food, served in some US prisons as a punishment for bad behaviour, comes in a number of guises.
There is no single recipe.
The New York state prison version that is being discontinued consists of flour, milk, yeast, sugar, salt, margarine, potatoes and carrots.
Los Angeles county jail's loaf contains ground beef, turkey or vegetable protein, cabbage, carrots, potato, tomato juice, flour, onion, red beans, chilli powder and egg, while Pennsylvania state prisons' recipe includes rice and oatmeal.
The question is "is this food?
I say not. I say that is poison. That is every food allergen put into one unavoidable serving.
I could not eat that. It would make me raging sick and psychotic in three days.
And thus a permanent member of the isolation group.
I say that is cruel and unusual punishment.
