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Food-throwing inmates cured with dose of 'food loaf'
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 3-1-07 | Associated Press

Posted on 03/01/2007 2:43:44 PM PST by Cavalcabo

BROOKVILLE, Pa. -- Jefferson County's jail warden got a little tired of inmates throwing food despite repeated warnings not to, so he fought back.

Warden David Riley recently started feeding misbehaving inmates a food loaf, made up of all the offerings at mealtime mixed together and formed into a loaf.

"We microwave the food loaf before it is served," Mr. Riley said. "It's really not that bad."

Jails across the country commonly serve food loaf as punishment for bad behavior. Some jails don't use the daily meal offerings, but instead use a recipe that includes ingredients like wheat bread, beans, other vegetables and cheeses in order to make sure the inmate's diet meets daily nutritional guidelines.

Five days after offering the concoction, Mr. Riley said all food throwing stopped at his jail.

"I had one inmate tell me, 'Well warden, you broke me,' " Riley recalls. "It has had the desired effect."

(Excerpt) Read more at postgazette.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: foodfight; foodloaf; jail; prison; theloaf
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1 posted on 03/01/2007 2:43:45 PM PST by Cavalcabo
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To: Cavalcabo

Hah, my wife has been making this stuff for years...


2 posted on 03/01/2007 2:45:34 PM PST by misterrob (Jack Bauer/Chuck Norris 2008)
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To: Cavalcabo

What horror... those poor inmates should be getting filet mignon, crisp green beans and roasted baby taters. Shame on us for treating them so awful.

MM


3 posted on 03/01/2007 2:45:34 PM PST by motormouth (It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.)
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To: Cavalcabo

Mmmmmmmmm......food loaf.


4 posted on 03/01/2007 2:45:34 PM PST by adm5
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To: adm5

Don't let your food loaf.


5 posted on 03/01/2007 2:46:28 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (] Tagline Under Construction [)
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To: motormouth

You mean like the Gitmo inmates?


6 posted on 03/01/2007 2:47:40 PM PST by jonsie
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To: Cavalcabo



Serving "Food Loaf" for dinner would make it extraordinarly dificult to choose an appropriate wine.

Uh, can we persuade Rachel Ray to give us this recipe and show us how it's cooked in thirty minutes? ;0)


7 posted on 03/01/2007 2:48:45 PM PST by Rhetorical pi2
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To: Cavalcabo

Or maybe they should be taking the Sheriff Joe Arpaio approach to inmate management...


8 posted on 03/01/2007 2:49:11 PM PST by Redbob
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To: Cavalcabo

Just RECYCLING THE FOOD CRIMINALS WON'T EAT

... the first time...


Buy that warden a steak dinner!


9 posted on 03/01/2007 2:50:31 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: Cavalcabo

I am sure that made them feel good and didn't even hurt thr poor widdle cwiminals feeeelings.

How about this. The warden says "Don't throw food"

If they do it anyway, they don't get anymore food.

When they do it again, they are beaten with batons to bloody pulp and stuck in isolation for a month.


10 posted on 03/01/2007 2:50:50 PM PST by HOTTIEBOY (HUNTER: "I don't have to hire a consultant to develop a conservative image, I am a conservative.")
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To: Cavalcabo

Even better if they picked the food off the floor that was thrown by the inmates and made food loaf. No waste.


11 posted on 03/01/2007 2:52:24 PM PST by keepitreal
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To: Cavalcabo

Nutriloaf Recipe

The state Department of Corrections plans to serve this loaf as punishment for inmates who misbehave:

6 slices whole wheat bread, finely chopped
4 ounces non-dairy cheese, finely grated
4 ounces raw carrots, finely grated
12 ounces canned spinach, drained
4 ounces seedless raisins
2 cups Great Northern beans, cooked and drained
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 ounces tomato paste
8 ounces powdered nonfat or skim milk
6 ounces potato flakes

Make sure all wet items are drained. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, either by kneading with hands (wearing plastic gloves) or with a spoon. The mixture should be stiff and just moist enough to spread. Form three loaves in glazed bread pans. Place pans in oven in a pan containing water to keep bottom of loaf from burning. Bake at 325 degrees for about 45 minutes, until each loaf reaches an internal temperature of 155 degrees. Makes three loaves, or three meals, each containing 940 calories.

http://www.certops.com/certops/news/August110503.html


12 posted on 03/01/2007 2:52:53 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: jonsie

I thought we served them pig in blankets?

MM


13 posted on 03/01/2007 2:53:25 PM PST by motormouth (It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.)
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To: Rhetorical pi2
A good point, actually. I'm thinking

What's the word?
Thundabird!
What's the price?
Fiddy twice!

Provides a certain level of gustatorial sufficiency. Would Monsieur care to sniff ze cap?

14 posted on 03/01/2007 2:53:33 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Cavalcabo

Thank God. These idiots don't even deserve food when they disrespect the prison guards.


15 posted on 03/01/2007 2:55:11 PM PST by 12know
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To: Cavalcabo
Mmmmmmmmm.........food loaf
16 posted on 03/01/2007 2:55:52 PM PST by GQuagmire
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Mmmmmm...Nutriloaf, just like mom used to make...only she'd sprinkle a little Copenhagen on top, just for flavor.


17 posted on 03/01/2007 2:57:21 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Joe 6-pack

Zesty and minty!!


18 posted on 03/01/2007 3:00:12 PM PST by willgolfforfood
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To: Billthedrill
Whassa reason?

Grape's outta season.

19 posted on 03/01/2007 3:03:06 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: Billthedrill
. . . and it was "tirty twice" when I first heard it . . .

Inflation even hits the winos, I guess.

20 posted on 03/01/2007 3:03:55 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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