eating like I was in prison.

I’m happy for you, but this is insensitive. Inmates are people with families, empathy and dreams too. In the US, unlike any other developed country, inmates are treated like literally animals and sometimes worse. They do things to them and have them live in conditions Karens would riot over if little Snickerdoodle the poodle had to endure it. If you are truly eating like a prisoner would then have some empathy about the fact that that would be normal for them. And before you say they’re there because of them. Please just do some research on the socio-economic biases in this country and the funneling system. They build prison based on projections, meaning they look at the statistics and likelihood of underserved YOUTH going to prison in the FUTURE. Clear as day this means they know that juveniles are being subject to environmental forces making them more likely to end up in jail and instead of doing something to prevent it, they allocate funds to building more prison. Children have no choice but to take what they are given or have nothing, so no. It isn’t their fault.