Chrissie Hynde Doubts There’s Good Vegan Food In Prison
Written by Vegetarian Star on October 27th, 2008 in Female Musicians, Female Singers.
Chrissie Hynde answered some questions for the readers of Blender.com. One reader mentioned that Hynde was once arrested during a PETA protest and wondered if you could get a good vegan meal in jail. (We wonder why this person asked the question…Planning ahead for something?) Chrissie said she didn’t know because she hadn’t stayed long enough to eat much. But in her short experience, she doesn’t think so.
We guess it all just depends on which prison you end up in. PETA published a list of the best vegetarian prisons, but Chrissie only served a short time in jail, so she never got to hear the words, “bon Appetit,” behind big time bars.
All this sparks an interesting question. There’s been discussion as to whether or not prisoners should be allowed to demand a vegetarian or vegan meal when the prison isn’t one of Peta’s top 10. In other words, should prisons (and taxpayers) go out of their way to ensure those in prison (who obviously have had other rights, such as voting, taken away) get meatless food even if it’s purely for preference and not for special dietary (allergy) reasons.
Arguably, switching prisoners to an all veg diet might even cut down on lifelong complications, such as diabetes, for those who are serving long term sentences (and those who the state is paying the most money for).
Of course most of us vegetarians will say yes. But what about you other guys? Flexitarians, any opinions?
via Blender
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October 27th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Let everybody have veg meals if they want it. It’s probably cheaper anyway. Also, if you treat prisoners more respectively when they’re locked up, they’ll probably act better once they get out. This is coming from a non vegetarian, by the way. My wife is, and she makes a lot of stuff for me. That’s who I found this site from:)
January 13th, 2009 at 11:32 am
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