What To Do with Vegan Inmates?

6 Responses to “What To Do with Vegan Inmates?”

1. Comment by Jul

   I don’t have an answer, but it certainly is an interesting question. Where do they draw the line on whose dietary preferences should be accommodated in prisons? Should religious dietary restrictions be honored? Food allergies? Raw foodism?

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2. Comment by lisa

   The prison system should provide three healthy meals per day to the prison population as a whole. They don’t need to be catering to everyone’s individual needs. If a prisoner doesn’t want to eat the meatloaf, they should be allowed to take extra broccoli. If you want your dietary preferences catered to, don’t do the crime.

3. Comment by Sarah

   Lisa, if the prison is going to keep people in confinement… No matter what that person did its their right and the prisons responsibility to feed that person. Sorry but you won’t last long with a 5 year sentence and all you can eat is broccoli. As a vegan I would fully expect to be offered an alternative if I was ever incarcerated. And I am glad that the man got sent to a vegan friendly jail. Plus a vegan probably isn’t going to jail for anything bad… Unless you think standing up for animals who are innocent and defenceless is a criminal offence.

4. Comment by Missy

   Thanxs for all the comments guys. This is an interesting (and ongoing) discussion and fact is there are no easy answers.

   Keep the discussion going.

5. Comment by jessie

   It’s pretty ridiculous to say that a vegan wouldn’t be going to jail for anything bad… I mean, wasn’t Hitler a vegetarian? Some people are just messed up. And maybe if they murdered someone or something like that, they deserve to be forced to eat meat. That is a terrible punishment all on it’s own.

6. Comment by CJD

   I doubt that chocolate is vegan, I’m sure it has the chance at traces of milk products.