Study: Prison food so bad that ramen noodles supplanted tobacco as top currency

A year-long survey found that cost-cutting had resulted in a steep decline in the quantity and quality of food served in prisons, making instant ramen a more valuable commodity than tobacco, The Guardian reports. Michael Gibson-Light, a doctoral candidate in the University of Arizona’s school of sociology, “interviewed close to 60 inmates over the course of… » Read More

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