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From: philipmathews@comcast.net
"Waldo" wrote in message
news:3fd40113$0$17239@news.impulse.net...
>
> Hey Judge! Thinking about sending that naughty Jew to prison for his
crimes?
>
> Count the cost!
>
>
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>
> Florida Prisons Forced to "Go Kosher"
> Kosher diet is over SIX TIMES as costly as standard diet
> Could cost Florida Taxpayers as much as $7,524.00 per day, or $2.74
million
> annually
Florida Prisons have not been forced to offer Kosher Food. They have decided
to do so.
Typical mindless ranting of the anonymous little Jew hater "Waldo".
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>
>
> ____________________________
>
> Posted on Sat, Dec. 06, 2003
>
> PRISON FOOD
> Jewish inmates to get kosher meals
> After a Jewish inmate is granted kosher meals, the Florida Department of
> Corrections says such meals will be offered to all Jewish inmates.
> BY CHARLES RABIN
> crabin@herald.com
>
> Everything's finally kosher at Everglades Correctional Institution.
>
> A little more than a month after adhering to an inmate's request for
kosher
> meals, the Florida Department of Corrections has said kosher servings will
> soon be available to Jewish inmates at any state facility, upon request.
>
> According to corrections spokesman Sterling Ivey, the department is
> finalizing a formal policy that is likely to be in place by the beginning
of
> February.
>
> ''We're allowing one inmate the ability to have kosher meals,'' Ivey said.
> ``So it's only fair to the other inmates to let them practice their
faith.''
>
> The breakthrough came in late October when the corrections department
agreed
> to prepare kosher meals for convicted killer and Orthodox Jew Allen J.
> Cotton. Cotton killed a Hialeah housewife in 1966 and has been charged
with
> numerous other felonies.
>
> Despite serving specially prepared meals to Muslims, diabetics, vegans and
> vegetarians, corrections officials had avoided offering kosher meals in
part
> because of the cost.
>
> The state pays $2.46 a day for regular meals. A kosher request costs about
> $15 because meals must be prepared in separate kitchens, with separate
> utensils.
>
> The decision in favor of Cotton's request caught the eye of state Sen.
Gwen
> Margolis, who requested that the concession be offered to any incarcerated
> Jew.
>
> Two weeks ago, state corrections Director of Legislative Affairs Roxanne
M.
> Siko wrote Margolis:
>
> ``Any inmate who is Jewish and requests kosher meals will receive the
meals
> after verification that the inmate is following the guidelines set out by
> the kashrut laws.''
>
> Ivey said there are about 600 Jewish inmates in the state's prison system,
> but he couldn't guess how many would request kosher meals. He said
prisoners
> would be contacted about their preference before the policy is in place.
>
> ''It's hard to say how many will want it,'' he said.
>
> The corrections department's decision was praised by members of the Becket
> Fund for Religious Liberty, a Washington, D.C., group that fought for
> Cotton's request.
>
> ''The FDOC now appears to be doing the right thing for all of its Jewish
> inmates who sincerely seek to practice their faith while confined in the
> correctional system,'' said Becket attorney Derek Gaubatz.
>
> _________________________________
>
>
>
> According to the above article, feeding a typical inmate costs the Florida
> Department of Corrections about $897.90 per year. Feeding a Jew who
demands
> Kosher goodies will cost the FDC $5,475.00 per year - over SIX TIMES as
> much.
Of course the above article said no such thing.
No Jew demanded anything.
This is what passes for thinking from the imbecilic "Waldo".
--
Philip Mathews
"Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing
knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be
ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it."
Samuel Johnson
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