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City inmates get healthier diet
By Daily News
Published: 02/18/2008

NEW YORK - No butter. No sweets. And skim milk only. In New York City jails, life just got a whole lot blander. City Correction Department officials say it's just a healthy overhaul of the jail menu - and not a new way to deter would-be criminals. Inmates are now feeding on fiber-rich cereals and fresh fruit and drinking skim milk instead of whole.

"These people are in our custody, and they don't get to make their own choices. We have a moral obligation to make sound choices for them," said Commissioner Martin Horn. Read more.

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