Going to Prison Just to Eat

Restaurant in an Italian Prison, courtesy, NY Times

A story out of the New York Times tells the world how the system in Italy allowed a lady to open a restaurant in the Bollate prison in Milan for two reasons, to make money and for rehabilitation of the prisoners.  She hired a top chef from the outside but the rest of the crew are from the prison. See story here..http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/world/europe/in-milan-diners-go-to-prison-to-get-a-good-meal.html?_r=0

The restaurant name is called Ingalera, which means in prison. I like what the article says, that there is little to do all day in prison. That is true. I spent 1316 days in jail. Most of the time, people just sleep it away.

What if there is a riot, are the diners in danger? No, because the restaurant is a in a separate section of the prison so the diners are safe. The waiters and workers make 1000 euros a month and little extra money by getting tips.

What about the USA prisons? How is the food here? Some of it is edible and some of it is like cardboard paper. What about the kosher meals? It is all microwaveable from meal mart and from some company in Florida. Some of them are decent and some of them, like the beans and fish, you get sick of eating.

What about the camp in Otisville? The weekends on the Sabbath are like a hotel where Matt Gueta and Ari Glucksman cooked up a feast, at least when I was there. There is nothing like the feast at Otisville for Jews. In the rest of the BOP, the Jew gets a pack of tuna for the Sabbath day.

What about the chefs in the prisons? do they hand pick them? Obviously no but you can request working in the kitchen. Some do it to hustle, others do it to eat a little better. At Otisville, people loved the cooking of Mr. Sun, who was of Chinese descent. He was doing some time for a white collar crime. He is out now.

To learn more about my prison experience in America, go here...and thanks for stopping by...
http://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG