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About Carceral Nutrition Project

Our Mission | Improve nutrition in jails and prisons across the country to effect healthier and more cost-effective outcomes for all stakeholders. Our Vision | Food in prisons and jails that promotes dignity and opportunity, that heals instead of harms. We envision a transformed carceral food system that intertwines health, sustainability, agency, cultural respect, and job skills training, in federal, state, local, youth, and tribal facilities across the country. Our Objectives: To improve the nutrition and health of incarcerated people > Better food can lead to better public health and reentry outcomes. To center food as a source of opportunity > More choice and vocational training improves reentry success. To reduce community health costs > Jail and prison food is a hidden public health threat to taxpayers. To improve public safety and facility safety > Feeding people decently and treating them with dignity improves work conditions. To raise public awareness of the contemptible state of jail and prison food > Carceral nutrition currently harms all stakeholders. About Us | The Carceral Nutrition Project is led by people experienced in public health and public policy with histories of incarceration. We aim to work with organizers and corrections agencies seeking to improve outcomes in the carceral nutrition space. Please join us, and sign up for updates to your inbox: For more information, contact us at: info@carceralnutrition.org