The Injustice of Prison Food - a podcast by WNYC

Every Tuesday evening through May 4th, The Greene Space and the non-profit advocacy organization Worth Rises are holding virtual panel discussions about the business side of the prison industry, asking: who profits when people get put away? We're previewing those discussions with a weekly segment here on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Today: People behind bars are six times more likely to experience food poisoning than those on the outside. Bianca Tylek, Worth Rises’s executive director, and Leslie Soble, a research fellow at Impact Justice, non-profit innovation and research center working towards a more restorative and humane justice system, talk about how companies that provide food to jails and prisons stay profitable by cutting corners. 

Read Impact Justice's report: Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison. 

EVENT, 7pm: Sign up for Tuesday's live virtual panel discussion HERE.

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