I was going to goof on Texas prison officials who have cut back inmates to two meals a day on weekends in some prisons. But reading further into the story there doesn't seem to be too much of a controversy.
Sure, some inmate families and prisoners rights advocates think the cutbacks are harsh. The state is in the red (literally and figuratively) and this is supposed to help cut $2.8 million from the budget of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Good luck with that.
Then I thought maybe Gov. Rick Perry came up with this idea to starve prisoners to death rather than execute them. But that would take too long. And it wouldn't look good on his resume.
Maybe they should charge the prisoners for their meals rather than feed them at taxpayer expense. Prisoners can buy snacks from the commissary but their families have to send them money for that.
This issue of feeding prison inmates three meals a day surely will work its way into the courts. I hope the judges have the stomach for it.
Bon apetit.
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