I Compared The Food Served In Prisons Around The World, And This Is Pretty Eye-Opening

So, for the most part, meals served in prisons aren’t great. Horrendous, in fact, at times. Depending on the country, inmates turn to canteens or commissaries to supplement their meals, but even then, still lack fresh, nutritious options. Largely, there’s a lack of quality and care with limited regard for dietary and religious restrictions. As for privatized institutions, and perhaps, even federal, the bottom-line reigns supreme. Many prisons in industrialized countries have turned to mass private catering companies to lower food costs.

However, it’s interesting to learn of countries like Denmark, Finland, and Norway, which have developed their prison systems around the tenets of rehabilitation and reintegration, which include quality nutrition and education surrounding it (amongst other efforts), have proved to have the lowest rates of recidivism of anywhere else in the world.