1 No peas for prisoners.

• Position: STATELINE - Prison meals - Brief article

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First it was lunches, now the last supper. Texas is cutting prison costs by cutting meals. Last April, officials stopped serving lunch on the weekends to about 23,000 inmates in 36 state prisons. Breakfast and lunch were combined into brunch. In the fall, officials ended the traditional special meal the night before executions. According to the New York Times, other cuts include replacing milk in a carton with the powdered version (for a savings of...