Bexar County Jail

Meals

Interview with John, Raquel, Colby, Nikki, Lea and Hoyllwood


JM: How many meals did you get per day?
John: 3 meals.
Raquel: 3 but you only get breakfast if your willing to wake up at 5:30
Colby: 3 meals are provided a day, and if you do extra work in the jail you are allowed to have an extra tray or you can use the weekly commisary to purchase additional food items at your expense that will be deducted from your account.
Nikki: 3 meals per day
Lea: 3
Hoyllwood: I got no meals... I begged for food on a few occasions but the police just laughed at me and turned around. They'd eat right in front of you and smile at you. I never once saw prisoner get fed.

JM: How would you rate the food?
John: Horrible.
Raquel: out of 10 a 1 when you first get there, after a while it grows on you and yyou learn to mix all the stuff together, then it's a 2
Colby: on a scale from 1 to 10... Quality: 5 if you like your vegetables Quantity: 1 food is enough for an 10 year old child
Nikki: on a scale of 1-10....I give it a 3, pretty bad and the servings are very small, not enough! I was always hungry! I don't think they were in compliance with the 4 food groups or recommended daily requirred intake of calories!
Lea: 1, food was never cooked right either very undercooked or fried to hard to eat. the meat looked like it was a disease waiting to happen and bread was like dough. the food was made by other inmates so no telling what the hell they did to it. worst food ever could not drive myself to eat it
Hoyllwood: I guess 0 because I never got to taste the food.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
John: Favorite was breakfast and it was pancakes. Least favorite was dinner and no one knew what it was meat patties of some type.
Raquel: No, they all tasted the same... :(
Colby: beans and erasers with vita pro.
Nikki: the baked chicken was good. I did not like the gravy that came with the biscuits and gravy, YUK! I never tasted anything like it, not normal!
Lea: hated all of them

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals?
John: Full commissary privileges as a trustee.
Raquel: Sure, buy commissary.
Colby: fruits and oatmeal cookies
Nikki: NO!!! not unless you paid for them out of your inmate account and ordered from the commisary
Lea: without comissary you will die.