The Best Places To Be A Vegan Prisoner

Jails aren't exactly known for their fine cuisine, but at least if you are a vegan and arrested in San Francisco, you can rest easy knowing that vegan meals will be provided.

In California, the law requires that vegetarian or kosher meals are served to those that observe diets for religious reasons. However, vegan meals are more of a courtesy than a mandate. In the mid-1990s, 40 members of PETA were arrested after demonstrating outside of Neiman Marcus. They requested vegan meals and ever since, vegan meals have been provided.

In other parts of the country, vegan prisoners are not always so lucky. There have been several documented instances of denying requests of vegan prisoners (see here and here).

So, if you're vegan and going to commit a crime, Idaho might also be a good choice. As of 2007, PETA ranks it the most vegan-friendly state prison system. Options range from lentil shepherd’s pie to veggie lasagna.

Comments

[David305]

09:37 PM on 07/10/2011

They should also get a stylist, a financial adviser, an image consultant and a personal trainer. Just because you rape and murder doesn't mean you get to live sub standard lives.

[Right Makes Might]

10:33 PM on 07/15/2011

o_o

[Moose Luck 99]

11:34 PM on 07/07/2011

Even fermented organic non GMO soybeans contain MSG!
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[TomP100]

09:41 PM on 07/07/2011

Can you imagine having to eat vegan food for life without parole? Prisoners would be begging to be executed.

[Love2Run83]

12:31 AM on 07/08/2011

I'm a vegan and that made me laugh :o)

[Dingo Bob]

11:01 AM on 07/07/2011

Holy COW,
We Have Lost Our Minds In The USA, Hell Let Them Out To Go Shopping Too

P = People
E = Eating
T = Tasty
A = Animals
A

[sam ella]

01:20 AM on 07/07/2011

nice! perhaps a wholesome diet will calm the criminal mind. or the lack of vitamins B12 and D will drive them to do worse things, who knows? Vegan food is yummy though.

mmmmm....tofu!!!!!

[Jennie Vee]

10:53 AM on 07/07/2011

Unless you are consuming the flesh of exclusively grass fed animals - carnivores are MORE deficient in vitamin B12. And even then- by the time the animal digests the grass and is led to slaughter that B12 will be squashed by adrenal hormones released upon slaughter.

On the other hand, most vegans I know are CONSCIOUS of the deficiencies and detriments in the Standard American diet to begin with. We learn to food combine properly in our vegan lifestyle to be totally balanced. A little nutritional yeast goes a long way to provide great amounts on B12.

And don't even get me started on protein- guess what it is? AMINO ACIDS! Yup! And guess where you can find ALL of them- plants and legumes! YAY!

[klbrz]

10:35 PM on 07/07/2011

Not everyone who isn't a veg*n eats a SAD.

We are ALL omnivores, even a person who might choose to only eat meat is an omnivore, NOT a carnivore.

Eating grass finished and pastured animals is certainly preferable to those from factory farms, but, there is not anymore B12 in one kind of animal than another.

While plenty of people who choose to eat meat and dairy can also be deficient in B12, those who eat strict veg*n diets will still have more deficiency as a percentage of their group.

[Mirabai305]

01:04 PM on 07/08/2011

That's strange. I'm a conscientious whole food organic carnivore who does not have a B12 deficiency.

However, when I was vegetarian I was severely deficient, so much so that a vegetarian doctor advised me that a meat-free diet was not an option for me. Just goes to show, there's no one right answer.

[InedaName]

06:42 PM on 07/06/2011

In my golden years when I rob a bank for $1 like James Verone did to go to jail for health care, I'll be sure to do it in California or Idaho so I can maintain my plant-based diet. Thanks for the heads up.

[Ellen Heiserbinette]

11:15 PM on 07/06/2011

me too:)

[Judith Jaehn]

12:20 AM on 07/07/2011

Me three! I'd die without my vegan diet! Thanks so much!!
Ellen and InedaName!
Faved and Fanned!

[RarianRakista]

08:36 PM on 07/07/2011

Oregon is not bad either.

[miggiepdx]

08:02 PM on 07/08/2011

Couldn't believe the People's Republic of Portland went unmentioned.

[markscoular]

06:14 PM on 07/06/2011

If I was ver a prisoner...I would hope I can get Native Foods in LA, Chicago or Orange County,CA delivered :)

[Love2Run83]

12:35 AM on 07/08/2011

oh man, Native Foods is delicious! Especially the Culver City location. yum!

[markscoular]

02:02 PM on 07/08/2011

I'm with you...Opening soon near me in Encinitas

[Stacy Jones]

02:24 PM on 07/06/2011

This site is generally good for vegan recipes, I found it when I first was switching to vegetarian and they have a lot of useful things for beginners http://www.fourgreensteps.com/community/recipes

[Moose Luck 99]

02:02 PM on 07/06/2011

Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Soy Diet for Illinois Prisoners
UPDATE ON SOY LAWSUIT - JUNE 2010 The Foundation has been funding litigation involving a challenge to the Illinois Department of Correction’s use of soy laden foods in the diet it provides to inmates incarcerated in Illinois. The Foundation has been...

http://www.westonaprice.org/soy-alert/1624-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-soy-diet-for-illinois-prisoners

Are Children Next Targets for Toxic Meals?
PRESS RELEASE Update--Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Soy Diet for Illinois Prisoners The Weston A. Price Foundation Washington, DC www.westonaprice.org Contact: Kimberly Hartke, Publicist [phone], cell [phone] [e-mail]...

http://www.westonaprice.org/press2/1688-press-release-2009jul13

[Broknrekord3]

03:33 PM on 07/06/2011

Ahh, so that's why McDonald's isn't good for you-- it's the soy filler in everything-- not the other fattening stuff! *end sarcasm*

[Pleroma]

05:48 PM on 07/06/2011

Your name indicates that you know just how tiresome you are.

[Moose Luck 99]

01:56 PM on 07/06/2011

Soy is linked with autoimmune disease, hypothyroidism and the development of goiter and a slew of other issues which negatively affect the endocrine and reproductive systems in particular. Indeed, recent research has indicated that soy lowers sperm count and the FDA lists close to 300 studies illustrating the negative effects of soy

Industrial Soy-based Diet & Illinois Prisons and Schools

Since 2003, inmates of the Illinois prison system have been fed a diet comprised largely of soy and soy protein isolate. Inexpensive by comparison to beef, cheese and other animal-based foods, soy seems a simple and easy way to cut costs – especially on a large, institutional level. Soy “cheese” replaced dairy cheeses. Soy protein isolate was mixed with insubstantial amounts of meat and served daily. Soy flour and soy protein were added to baked goods and other items.

http://nourishedkitchen.com/illinois-prisoners-soy-diet/

[Katie]

01:28 PM on 07/06/2011

Why shouldn't ALL prisoners get vegan meals at least half of the time? Cheaper for us and more nutritious for them.

[Moose Luck 99]

01:57 PM on 07/06/2011

Cheap is cheap SOY IS POISON Archer Daniels Midland has you brainwashed.

[I-US]

04:22 PM on 07/07/2011

Actually, the WPF has you looped.

[dave dee]

12:12 PM on 07/06/2011

they should be fed ground up pork snouts and chicken lips

[roydoe]

08:26 PM on 07/06/2011

HOT DOGS YAY!

[MCJanes]

11:50 AM on 07/06/2011

Just what we need: Prisoners who think they're better than everyone else because they're vegan.

[Christy Anderson]

08:26 PM on 07/06/2011

You believe that?

[Mundane Egg]

11:13 AM on 07/06/2011

I know a lot of vegan activists....this is good info.

[S James]

10:29 AM on 07/06/2011

It is a shame that politicians and state prison officials don't realize that they could save the tax-payers millions of dollars in lowered food and healthcare costs (for prisoners) if they would switch to a balanced vegan diet in prisons. Not only would the food budget go down, but the need for treatment for high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and myriad auto-immune diseases would dramatically decrease.

[Mundane Egg]

11:13 AM on 07/06/2011

Good points. F and F.

[Sam Chua]

11:25 AM on 07/06/2011

Not to mention that Prisoners will consider being fed Vegan fare cruel and unusual punishment.

[SusanElizabeth1949]

10:35 PM on 07/06/2011

The Supremes just might agree, particularly given the known problems with eating unfermented soy products.