Rikers Island

Meals

Interview with Blunt, Charles, Patrick, Ryan and TJ


JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Blunt: three meals were provided a day
Charles: Three. Some of the prisoners would buy food and snacks from the commissary and have a little party on friday and saturday nights. Lights were on a little later those nights because there weren't any courts on Saturday and Sunday. Wake up for courts was at 430 am; Monday thru Friday. Tese little parties occured in C95. The MO wards were a different world!
Patrick: three meals per day but only two where mandatory
Ryan: 3
TJ: 3

JM: How would you rate the food?
Blunt: the food was horrible an sometimes uncooked
Charles: Terrible. Halal food was better and you would get more of it. Some prisoners said they were Muslim to get the better food.
Patrick: 4
Ryan: bad
TJ: 0

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Blunt: i did not enjoy any of the food
Charles: The bologna and hot dogs were real terrible. The bread we had was made in the jail bakery. It wasn't so bad.
Patrick: i loved chicken and rice day
Ryan: no
TJ: none

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals?
Blunt: no
Charles: In C95 the commissary did a big business with snacks. In the MO ward it worked differently. The prisoners would check off a form for commissary items and it would be delivered to the ward. In C95 the prisoners would visit the commissary and buy goods.
Patrick: cookies chips soda fish crackers soup honeybun danish
Ryan: commissary
TJ: yes