No Stupid Questions @lemmy.ca LemmyKnowsBest @lemmy.world 2y ago

How many calories per day are prisoners given to eat?

Do fat criminals lose weight?

Do skinny criminals gain weight?

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I don’t want to read too much into this, but do you need an alibi?
I don't know, but by calling inmates criminals, you are 1. Assuming guilt, and 2. Implying that crime is their identity, which is pretty short-sighted and dismissive.

Call them inmates.
- But inmates are by definition criminals? They have been judged guilty and sentenced to time in prison.
  
  There are people who are awaiting trail who are in prison. These people are have not been convicted of committing a crime, and are therefor not criminals.
  
  ...but honestly, most of the people awaiting trial have actually been convicted of other crimes in the past, so they could still be called criminals.
  
  A criminal is someone who has committed a crime. Using criminal as a blanket term to refer to all inmates assumes that 100% of them are guilty, which is demonstrably false.
- How does the word “criminal” imply that crime is their identity?
  
  Everyone had told a lie at one time or other in their life. Are you a liar or a person who has told lies? There is your answer.
  
  It doesn't unless they identify as a criminal and change their pronouns.
- You must be trolling right?
  
  You think the justice system is perfect?
  
  Me asking OP to respect the demonstrable reality of some inmates being wrongfully incarcerated does not make me a troll.
- I mean…technicallyyyyyyy they initially asked about prisoners, then asked if fat criminals lose weight; which means they're asking about all prisoners, everywhere, around the world, and also all fat criminals as well
  
  (Yes I'm being pedantic, and yes, the OP was worded clumsily, and yes you are correct , but but BUT I'm correct as well and that doesn't make me less of an ass)
- No
I think they shoot for 1800kcal per day but from my experience in county jail that's bullshit. More like 1600
- 1600? Yikes. That's like bare minimal survival. I bet the big hefty people that go in there feel quite a bit of suffering until their bodies get used to so little food.
  
  Prison, in most countries, is intended to be vengeance. A bit of suffering is the point, unfortunately.
  
  You can buy peanut butter and ramen and such from commissary.
That depends a lot on the exact prison. Because many prisons don't follow guidelines and provide less food than they are supposed to.

In theory, inmates are supposed to get between 2,400-2,700 calories a day. The actual amount might be closer to 2,000 or even below that. For a small person that might be enough to sustain themselves but bigger people will lose weight.

Unless a prisoner has money. Then they can use the commissary store to buy additional food and eat as much as they can afford.

And that's for the entire western world. Some countries are better at enforcing guidelines than others but every country has a few prisons that are run terrible.
About tree fiddy
The meals are actually planned out in quite a lot of detail. When they put out the new food guide in Canada they said it was the basis for things like prison meals, food for soldiers, etc.

As for specific calories or adjustments for specific BMI sorry don't know.

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