Now I’ve never been to jail, but I hear that the food isn’t the best quality. Probably some Jr High cafeteria level stuff. But what if your in jail and you want better food?

Go Jewish.

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That’s what a bunch of Scottish inmates are doing. By going Jewish they receive kosher food, which is higher quality in prison. 13% of Scottish prisoners are claiming Judaism to eat kosher meals. The amount of Jewish people in Scotland is near 0.

The idea is very similar to a plot line from a past season of Orange is the New Black, where in one episode, Cindy attempts the same plan. Big question being though, did an someone watch that episode of OITNB and then remember the idea when they got incarcerated? Or, did the prisoners figure out a way to stream the Netflix original from behind bars?!

So many questions, not enough answers.

 

Its a clever plan, but I think the HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) is onto them.

“It was noted that a significant number of prisoners had decided to move onto a kosher diet, which did not appear to be for wholly faith based reasons,” says the HMIPS report.

Given that Kosher meals are four times as expensive as regular meals, they have to figure out a solution. Its not easy to. There’s the whole issue of denying Jewish people kosher meals. Even though they probably are not Jewish, even though they claim they are.

In the mean time, I’m going to enjoy my fancy non-prison food and wait to see what happens.

 

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