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Updated: 6:50 PM Nov 6, 2009
Did bad food spark prison riot?
A correctional officer at the Northpoint Training Center says inmates were upset over the quality of the food there. A riot at the prison in August damaged several buildings.
Posted: 6:39 PM Nov 6, 2009 |
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A guard at a Kentucky prison says inmates
who rioted and set fire to buildings in August were upset over the
food they were being served.
Matt Hughes, a corrections officer at Northpoint Training
Center, says inmates complained they weren't being fed enough and
that the food was of poor quality. Hughes was testifying before a
legislative panel on Friday.
Hughes disputed the Department of Corrections' assertion that
inmates rioted because they were put on lockdown after a gang
incident. He says that's "bogus."
The Courier-Journal reports that Hughes called the food
"slop."
Inmates burned six buildings and 16 people suffered minor
injuries at the facility near Burgin on Aug. 21.
Rep. Brent Yonts has prefiled a bill that would cancel the
state's $12 million contract with Aramark Services.
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Information from: The Courier-Journal,
http://www.courier-journal.com
Latest Comments
That's really funny. IF that was the case, why didnt they just have a food fight. They should just give them bread and water, that's what they deserve!
They need to go back to where inmates and real cooks cook all the food, then they wouldnt have all this mess. Aramark has got to be the worst idea the legislature has had, trying to save money, and looked what happened. bad food, bad service, and they want to give Aramark contracts to serve juveniles? Bad idea!!!!!!
That is BS I work for the FBOP now and prior to that KY DOC as a correctional officer, the inmates eat better than I do it is a dang shame they get fed so good, they have no right to be complaining about their food. The sad part they will be some hug a thugs that come along and try to change things and beleive everything the inmates say.
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