INSIDE COMPLIANCE

There is practically no regulation of prison food, making access to fresh produce and adequate nutrition a central crisis in prisons. While the dreadful nature of prison food is no secret, the structures that enable such undesirable conditions tend to be overlooked in mainstream discourse. Prison reforms have a long history of substantial difficulty in garnering popular support. Though food is one of the most protected prisoner rights to date, there is growing concern from prisoners’ rights organizations and experts on what lack of food regulations in prisons means for the ever-growing incarcerated population.