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Aus - Could you murder a pizza? What killers and rapists eat in prison
SOMETIMES you could murder a pizza.
The killers inside Australia's Supermax prison, who between them have murdered more than 40 victims, have a go every week at a pizza supreme or margherita, as well as Streets Blue Ribbon ice cream, Tim Tams and popcorn.
They also get smokes and, while not under conventional methods, drugs and the occasional alcoholic drink.
Apart from the lavish final meals of US prisoners prior to their execution, prison food traditionally has a bad reputation.
But in Australia, some of the nation's worst criminals will spend the rest of their lives dining on dishes such as pasta Alfredo, Singapore noodles, tofu and pancakes.
And on the dinner menu at some of Australia's largest prisons are quiche, roast chicken, casserole, lasagne or curried chicken.
Out in the main yard of one of Australia's largest prisons, in Goulburn, where murderers and rapists such as the Anita Cobby killers, the Janine Balding killers, the Skaf gang rape brothers and the Khan brother rapists spend six hours a day in rows of segregated cages, have a large and varied menu.
Selections include roast chicken, lasagne - vegetarian or beef - pies and spinach and ricotta burgers.
The food is prepared at central locations and is made up from vegetables grown on prison farms and milk from prison cows.
The meals are cooked and then refrigerated in a process similar to airline meals, known as "cook-chill" and distributed to the different male and female jails.
Dishes such as roast shoulder of pork and beef pot pie Anglaise were designed to keep the most dangerous and violent prisoners in the US, including the notorious Al Capone, content, and less likely to riot.
In Australian jails, a combination of plentiful food and televisions in cells act as an antidote to violent behaviour during long years behind bars.
In addition to the supplied meals, prisoners have access to a lengthy list of food and drink items, toiletries and tobacco.
Each inmate can spend about $60 a week on these "buy-ups".
They use money put in their prison accounts by friends and relatives, or they spend their earnings from a range of prison jobs.
The 600 male and female murderers in NSW prisons may buy from a list of about 200 items, including dips, olives, popcorn, lemon lime and bitters, pub squash, Twinings tea, eggs, mozzarella and cream cheese, mixed nuts, a large range of biscuits.
And while plans to ban smoking in prisons are proposed, inmates still get access to a range of cigarettes and tobacco.
Drugs are a fact of life in prison and no regime of checks and surveillance by prison authorities can prevent an amount of cannabis, heroin, ice or pills such as ecstasy getting inside the prison walls.
And at Christmas, it's traditional for inmates to hoard fruit and make batches of jail brew for a bit of seasonal cheer.
With comments -
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/co...on/story-fnixwvgh-1226698381737#ixzz2c6HiQrMK
SOMETIMES you could murder a pizza.
The killers inside Australia's Supermax prison, who between them have murdered more than 40 victims, have a go every week at a pizza supreme or margherita, as well as Streets Blue Ribbon ice cream, Tim Tams and popcorn.
They also get smokes and, while not under conventional methods, drugs and the occasional alcoholic drink.
Apart from the lavish final meals of US prisoners prior to their execution, prison food traditionally has a bad reputation.
But in Australia, some of the nation's worst criminals will spend the rest of their lives dining on dishes such as pasta Alfredo, Singapore noodles, tofu and pancakes.
And on the dinner menu at some of Australia's largest prisons are quiche, roast chicken, casserole, lasagne or curried chicken.
Out in the main yard of one of Australia's largest prisons, in Goulburn, where murderers and rapists such as the Anita Cobby killers, the Janine Balding killers, the Skaf gang rape brothers and the Khan brother rapists spend six hours a day in rows of segregated cages, have a large and varied menu.
Selections include roast chicken, lasagne - vegetarian or beef - pies and spinach and ricotta burgers.
The food is prepared at central locations and is made up from vegetables grown on prison farms and milk from prison cows.
The meals are cooked and then refrigerated in a process similar to airline meals, known as "cook-chill" and distributed to the different male and female jails.
Dishes such as roast shoulder of pork and beef pot pie Anglaise were designed to keep the most dangerous and violent prisoners in the US, including the notorious Al Capone, content, and less likely to riot.
In Australian jails, a combination of plentiful food and televisions in cells act as an antidote to violent behaviour during long years behind bars.
In addition to the supplied meals, prisoners have access to a lengthy list of food and drink items, toiletries and tobacco.
Each inmate can spend about $60 a week on these "buy-ups".
They use money put in their prison accounts by friends and relatives, or they spend their earnings from a range of prison jobs.
The 600 male and female murderers in NSW prisons may buy from a list of about 200 items, including dips, olives, popcorn, lemon lime and bitters, pub squash, Twinings tea, eggs, mozzarella and cream cheese, mixed nuts, a large range of biscuits.
And while plans to ban smoking in prisons are proposed, inmates still get access to a range of cigarettes and tobacco.
Drugs are a fact of life in prison and no regime of checks and surveillance by prison authorities can prevent an amount of cannabis, heroin, ice or pills such as ecstasy getting inside the prison walls.
And at Christmas, it's traditional for inmates to hoard fruit and make batches of jail brew for a bit of seasonal cheer.
With comments -
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/co...on/story-fnixwvgh-1226698381737#ixzz2c6HiQrMK
