Each day, more than 2,000 inmates at 92 prisons prepare nearly 90,000 meals.
Meals meet daily nutrition guidelines and the food costs an average of sixty-eight cents per meal.
Inmate labor allows us to run an efficient, cost-effective kitchen system. They prepare a bag lunch with sandwiches for inmates leaving the prison. They also move food to be used for lunch from the freezer to the refrigerator. They eat and leave to prepare for their trip. Inmates make their way through the kitchen serving line and eat in the dining hall.