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| COLUMBUS, Ohio - Doughnuts will no longer be served to Franklin County jail inmates, a move aimed at improving their health. County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy put a $55,000 annual contract for the doughnuts on hold last month over questions about their nutritional value and trans-fat content.
Since then, sheriff's officials have dropped a request asking commissioners to approve a contract with Jolly Pirate Enterprises, a suburban Whitehall company that would have supplied glazed and jelly doughnuts, as well as crullers, at $4 a dozen. "There won't be doughnuts," said Chief Deputy Sheriff Mark Barrett, the jail administrator. "It was not a frequent food item to begin with." Prisoners at the county's two correctional centers were served doughnuts every few weeks on a menu developed by a dietitian under contract with the county. The county's decision to eliminate doughnuts from inmates' diets comes as artery-clogging trans fats are being removed from various types of foods. Commissioners don't have the power to make laws such as New York City's ban on trans fats, but policy decisions should reflect a desire for better health, Kilroy said. |
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Well all I can say for this, is that it is a good thing that Homer Simpson dosn't go to that jail. But then again being in jail isn't ment for luxery. They are there to be punnished for whatever crimes they have commited. Not to be rewarded with treats and stuff. I wonder what other snack foodds they are going to ban from there.
