Special Meals For Jew, Muslim Inmates Halted [FL]

local6 ^ | August 23, 2007

[2banana]

The study group that looked at the issue recommended more stringent screening of applicants to ensure they weren't claiming religious beliefs simply to get different food. But the department said it wasn't feasible.

How to scam better food in prison.

The state said it costs about $2.66 daily to serve inmates three regular meals. Kosher meals cost the same, but with costs for disposable containers and transportation, since the food wasn't prepared in each facility, the price came to about $4.71 daily. Prepackaged kosher meals would have cost roughly $12 to $15 daily per prisoner, according to the department, but also may have come with additional costs for transport and supplementation with additional food items.

FYI - that is more than the army pays to feed soldiers...

[Alright_on_the_LeftCoast]

they are criminals. feed them garbage for all I care...they kill, rob and rape people, and they are concerned for religious reasons about their diets....how about their sins and crimes against humanity....give me a break...more liberal bs..

[Old Professer]

[Baladas]

“One of the things we as a society ought to be wanting inmates to do is to get on the right track while they’re in prison,” he said. “The last thing we want to do is to alienate prisoners from their religious beliefs.”

Heh, how moonbattish - their “religious beliefs” obviously suck, or they wouldn’t be in jail in the first place. Alienate away.

[HIDEK6]

So you have these people whose disregard for the law is so great that it landed them in prison.

We're to believe, then, that they have a problem because they can't follow a religious dietary law?

Won't their allah give them a special dispensation?

[vpintheak]

I can’t believe that they did this BS in the first place. Seems to me that if you are a criminal and get tossed in jail you violated your religious beliefs in the first place, you reap what you sew. An argument could be made against that for the muzzie’s though, since it seems that being a criminal going hand in hand with their religious beliefs.

[joebuck]

"Rabbi Jack Romberg of Temple Israel in Tallahassee, who was a member of a group that reviewed religious dietary accommodations in prisons, noted that unless the vegan food is prepared separately from other meals, it would not satisfy kosher law."

Hummmmmmm. As I recall, after being captured by the Babylonians the prophet Daniel requested a diet of vegtables and water in order to comply with the law. No other requirements. God credited it to him as rightousness. If it was good enough for Daniel it's good enough for these guys.

[USMCWife6869]

Doesn’t seem like they were all that interested in their religious beliefs when they committed their crimes. ::shrug::

[papertyger]

I hadn’t thought of it before, but this is a fine way to prevent our prisions from becoming islamic bookcamps turning out soldiers with world class physiques.

[ZULU]

Thye’re cons - let them eat cake.

[Non-Sequitur]

"The last thing we want to do is to alienate prisoners from their religious beliefs."

If they had adhered to the religious teachings of their faith then they probably wouldn't be in jail in the first place.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Sheriff Joe in Arizona has the right idea: Stale bread and old bologna for everybody! Screw their religious beliefs. That’s a luxury reserved for free men, IMO.

[Alouette]

How many Jewish inmates are in the prison system? The Jewish chaplain can arrange for them to receive kosher food.

[henkster]

Feed them what they would eat in a Saudi prison.

[Signalman]

And the two Jews who are incarcerated in the Florida penal system vigorously protested this action.

[SergeiRachmaninov]

The department has suspended use of pork products in an attempt to appease religious adherents...Pork ("the other white meat") is a major staple in the American diet and is affordable. Given the price of beef, I think it is fair to assume that not a lot of it is being served.

Speaking of unfairness...deny pork to the whole population to satisfy religious preference of a relative few? What is wrong with this picture?

[Patriotic1]

We have 100 faiths represented by DOC inmates, so it would be impossible to satisfy everyone's preferences and unfair to do it for one group and not another,"

I find this hard to believe. 100 faiths with separate religious dietary preferences?

I say do it for the Jews and Muslims, and people most be openly practicing their religion to get the food. No "INO"s need apply.

[LukeL]

My faith requires that I eat USDA grade A New york Strip Steak daily, do you think they will accommodate me?

[marty60]

OK these guys /gals have commited crimes. Then when they get locked up, they become devote. What’s wrong with this picture.