Ventura County Jail

Meals

Interview with Ford, Miss T and Reta


JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Ford: Three meals a day. This was the high point. The food was varied and plentiful in my opinion. Three hot meals a day
Miss T: 3
Reta: 3 meals aday

JM: How would you rate the food?
Ford: The food was filling and reasonably tasty. Milk in the morning along with coffee.
Miss T: I thought the food was pretty good actually. I just wish we would have eaten later at night, as I got hungry a couple of hours after dinner.
Reta: not for human consumption

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Ford: I liked the breakfast burritos and the dinner taco boats. I did not enjoy the chipped beef on a biscuit. Really did like most of the meals.
Miss T: My least favorite meal was probably breakfast.
Reta: all of it was gross

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals?
Ford: NO snacks outside of the meals. You could purchase sweets and such through canteen. The selection on the canteen was limited.
Miss T: If you had money to buy commissary, you could buy snacks. Otherwise, no.
Reta: you can buy their over priced snacks if you had money on books