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"Jailbirds Order Up Hot Wings; Junk Food Lifts Inmates' Spirits, Prison Revenue, but Envy and Diet Are Concerns"

"Jailbirds Order Up Hot Wings; Junk Food Lifts Inmates' Spirits, Prison Revenue, but Envy and Diet Are Concerns": Today's edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an article that begins, "In a bid to raise cash and keep the peace in crowded jails, wardens nationwide are offering inmates the chance to order meatball subs, cheeseburgers, chicken parmesan--even a 'Pizza and Wings Party Pack,' complete with celery, blue cheese and a Pepsi. The program goes beyond the old-fashioned prison commissary, with its cup-a-soups and bags of chips, and it can be quite lucrative for corrections departments."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 27, 2010 (boomark / email).