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Author Camplin, Erika, author

Title Prison food in America / Erika Camplin
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Rowman & Littlefield studies in food and gastronomy
Contents America's prison system and the role of food in it -- A brief history of prison food -- The business of prison food -- Sample menus and nutritional standards -- Food as protest, food as punishment -- The commissary -- Prison gardens and examples from abroad
Summary Prison food has captured the popular imagination through its representation in movies, television series, and the news. Here, Erika Camplin discusses the realities of feeding the over 2 million Americans under lock and key. She discusses the business and delivery systems in place and various meals that are typically served
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Prisons -- Food service -- United States -- History
Prisoners -- Nutrition -- United States -- History
Food habits -- United States -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
Food habits.
Prisoners -- Nutrition.
Prisons -- Food service.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016043821
ISBN 9781442253483
1442253487