We don’t actually know it was food. It could have been toilet paper for all we know. I just know that it’s the standard practice in NY’s max prisons. We used to have an officers’ mess at Auburn. We’d go there on our breaks and when the inmates were all locked in their cells before the lunch and supper run, we could get a hot meal or sandwich. They closed it down some time after I transferred out. Not everybody packed a lunch. When I worked at mediums, I used to stop and pick up a sandwich or salad on my way to work, but sometimes we’d order out from a pizza/sub shop. The stuff would be delivered to the prison, and the roundsman would drop the food off at various points around the prison. If you ended up getting stuck at the prison for an extra 8 hours, you were SOL for food for the shift.
This video reminds me of Mark Twain (I think) about don’t believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.
Also reminds me of so many events caught on video tape where it is “obvious” that the cop killed a kid in cold blood, dropped a “drop weapon”, etc.
When we watch a video we come to our own conclusions and with our own mindset in place. The only thing most people know about this prison is there was an escape, and the video shows a guy sending a large bag up the wall. So obviously - this is how the tools got there!
Thank goodness for FR and the wealth of knowledge various folks bring.