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   From: billybanter67@hotmail.com   
      
   They should get the same food as everyone else.   
      
      
   "Philip Mathews"  wrote in message   
   news:IWTAb.332431$275.1107306@attbi_s53...   
   >   
   > "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!   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > * * * * * *   
   > >   
   > > 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".   
   >   
   > > * * * * * *   
   > >   
   > >    
   > > ____________________________   
   > >   
   > > 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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