State officials say the policy prevents contraband, including drugs and weapons, from getting into the prisons. Families must now order the food from outside vendors, raising the cost.

The state’s exemplary efforts make it a model for other correctional systems nationwide, according to Impact Justice’s full 2020 report on prison food in America, which includes the inmate ...

According to representatives at IGP, no California state prison has ever held a farmer’s market. And when this very first market finally took place, “amazing” turned out to be the word of ...

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services sided with a competing bidder for the $74 million contract after that ...

A state prison in northeast Ohio says that for the first time in the state's history, a five-course meal has been served to members of the public with food prepared by incarcerated men from fruits ...

Critics argue that an exemption would create a double standard, exposing prisoners to health risks while small businesses comply with the ban. The bill's sponsor plans to amend the legislation to ...

DOC also outsourced commissary operations to the same parent company, with researchers arguing that creates an incentive to serve bad food and drive up higher profit margin commissary sales.

A $74 million deal to outsource Oklahoma’s prison food service operations to the Trinity Services Group was voided after ...