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| Are Clark County Jail meal requests kosher? |
| By columbian.com - Erik Hidle |
| Published: 01/21/2013 |
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WASHINGTON - Inmates at the Clark County Jail are taking part in what has become an expensive nationwide trend of going kosher. The increase in kosher requests is occurring at such a steep rate that experts are dubious of some prisoners' sincerity, and it has the Clark County Sheriff's Office planning for a worst-case financial scenario going into the next two years. In 2011, Clark County Jail staff estimates around 1 percent of the inmate population requested a special religious diet. Today, 10.8 percent of the population is requesting a religious meal, and nearly all of those are for kosher dishes. The jail prepares around 2,500 meals on any given day. That means around 250 of the dishes are being prepared at a much higher cost. At the time of the county's budget estimate, drafted in May 2012, providing a specialized religious diet to an inmate costs the county, on average, $6.80 more per day than an inmate dining on the typical fare. Read More. |
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