BARTOW, Fla. (AP) - Inmates at one central Florida jail won't be
eating quite as well thanks to budget cuts.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced Wednesday that inmates
will no longer get chocolate milk, coffee and juice as he strives
to cut $200,000 from the jail budget.
Guests of the county will also get frozen egg patties for
breakfast instead of fresh eggs and just one piece of bread instead
of two. Peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches are also off the menu
and fresh milk will give way to the powdered stuff. The jail has
already substituted crackers for cornbread.
Jail officials made the changes with the help of a dietitian.
Judd says if inmates want fancier fare, "they need to behave,
quit violating the law, and stay out of the county jail."
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