A class action lawsuit on behalf of former and current inmates at four Oregon prisons alleges that the state’s Department of Corrections fed them chicken and fish marked “not for human consumption,” The Oregonian reports. The lawsuit accuses the Corrections Department of civil rights violations and “deliberate indifference to health and safety.” It seeks to compel state prisons to provide adequate nutrition and sanitary food handling. The prisons cited are Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla, Columbia River Correctional Institution in Portland, the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem and Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville.
Before state health inspections, the suit charges, prison officials directed inmates to clean up kitchens and remove “not for human consumption” food and move green meat and moldy, spoiled food to mobile refrigerator and freezer trucks, only to return the spoiled food to the kitchen after inspection. Inmate Bridgette Lewis worked in warehousing in the kitchen of a women’s prison and witnessed the delivery of food marked “not for human consumption” being prepared and served to her and fellow inmates, the suit said. She was ordered to serve the “substandard food over her objections.” Another former inmate, Tiffanie Lewis, said she worked in the kitchen in 2015 and saw “not for human consumption” bait fish and spoiled milk, meats and produce served to inmates. In stark contrast, she prepared “prime beef roasts” for prison staff. Inmates were often nauseated during and after meals and suffered stomach and intestinal pain and discomfort, the suit says.
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They made us eat it at OSCI also in 2008-2009
Weird thing is I never saw anyone for food poisoning while I was a nurse at OSCI.
Many people got food just because of them.
They are really doing a great job. Hats off to their efforts.
Douglas County Oregon jail serves inmates food that is marked not edible for human consumption. I’d like to see the county commissioners and the judges eat that s*** maybe then they’ll understand what the inmates are feeling about it
My husband also ate that food . At coffee creek ,columbia river and oregon state. How can he join this lawsuite?
Hey. I’ve also eaten this food and worked in the kitchen at Colombia river. Did you ever find out about the lawsuit and how to be apart of it? Please give me a reply.
My name is Robert Smith #242753, I was incarcerated in 3 Alabama Prison Kilby, Ventress, and Limestone I work inside of the meat plant at Elmore state prison and every box of beef said 100% cow hearts and not made for Human consumption. I WOULD like to sue the state of Alabama and the Department of corrections for Mental, and violation of my Civil Rights and my Constitutional Rights as well. Coward to who would like to help make a healthy lifestyle for those who are incarcerated Woman and Man/sons and father’s /sisters and mothers
How can we? My boyfriend just told me in Lake City Florida the food also says it for human consumption.