• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    I used to think people stay years on death row. Are you saying you can stay morbidly obese on prison food?

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      6 months ago

      I believe that photograph is from 1999 when he got arrested. He was sentenced to death in 2000, so that’s over 20 years waiting. And yes, obesity is becoming a problem inside prisons too (prisonlegalnews.org).

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      6 months ago

      Not sure about death row, but many prisons have a commissary where you can buy junk food with personal funds either brought in with you from the outside or transferred from friends and family outside. Some people don’t get fat -until- they go to prison.

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      6 months ago

      Your question is so out of left field. I didn’t say anything related to the topic. But yes, there are actually obese inmates.