Do fat criminals lose weight?

Do skinny criminals gain weight?

  • ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I think they shoot for 1800kcal per day but from my experience in county jail that’s bullshit. More like 1600

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 months ago

      1600? Yikes. That’s like bare minimal survival. I bet the big hefty people that go in there feel quite a bit of suffering until their bodies get used to so little food.

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        11 months ago

        Prison, in most countries, is intended to be vengeance. A bit of suffering is the point, unfortunately.

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          11 months ago

          I’m not sure but I think that it’s also to keep the prisoners slightly malnourished so they’re easier to control.

        • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOP
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          11 months ago

          yeah that’s rough. Even as a non-prisoner, if I eat so few calories, I can’t think clearly and I can’t sleep at night.