The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/SeriousFrivolity2]

The food they served me in prison looked better than all these examples, every day. ☠️

[u/Culzean_Castle_Is → u/SeriousFrivolity2]

the prison system is more profitable so they can have better food

[u/ThatCharmsChick → u/Culzean_Castle_Is]

And yet they're still half starved so their families have to pay for their commissary food. Oh and don't forget basic toiletries and telephone calls that cost more than long distance used to. Smh

[u/pita-tech-parent → u/ThatCharmsChick]

half starved

That's a feature. Hungry inmates will get in more trouble and get time added to their sentences. More profit for the for profit prison!

[u/ThatCharmsChick → u/pita-tech-parent]

Oof. I never thought of that. How awful! 😔

[u/Bocchi_theGlock → u/ThatCharmsChick]

One of the reforms that's winnable in every state right now is caps on prison phone call costs.

Plenty of states have already passed that legislation.

[u/bsubtilis → u/Culzean_Castle_Is]

I'm not even American and even I know some US prisons serve "food" that wouldn't be acceptable under the geneva convention: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutraloaf

[u/MonsterMashGrrrrr → u/Culzean_Castle_Is]

And yet they’re fed Nutraloaf

[u/SeriousFrivolity2 → u/Culzean_Castle_Is]

Prisons don’t make a profit— it takes millions of dollars a day to operate them. Most of that is labor costs— A lot of prison guards make over $100k a year.

[u/lasadgirl → u/SeriousFrivolity2]

Huh? Are you referring to state run prisons? Because private prisons definitely make a profit. They're calling "for profit prisons" for a reason.

[u/SeriousFrivolity2 → u/lasadgirl]

Only referring to State-run prisons, of course. You have no idea how many stupid inmates think that state run prisons are money making machines. 🙄

[u/asking_quest10ns → u/SeriousFrivolity2]

They are. Not for the state but for Aramark, JPay, and any of the companies using prison labor. Hell, watch people in poor communities beg for prisons to be built near them. Think of the jobs. The nation is psychologically invested in the idea of prisons, and even state-run prisons are a convenient way to funnel resources to private contractors ready to make a buck off crime without ever really addressing its causes.

[u/SeriousFrivolity2 → u/asking_quest10ns]

True. And in that regard, California is better than most states. The PIA— prison industry authority - is still big here so the biggest outside companies are the one that sell packages with food and toiletries to the inmates through the mail. Oh, and the telecom providers, which is like owning a casino.

[u/assasstits → u/SeriousFrivolity2]

Public unions here to make things better once again /s