Food Loaf

[texascowgirl]

what other states have yall seen FOOD LOAF in as punishment? i worked for many years in one state where FOOD LOAF was a punishment.it's the breakfast, lunch, dinner, and milk, and koolaid, all mixed together in one pan and baked and cut into loafs, wrapped in saran wrap, and passed to inmates through the bean chute in solitary (administrative segregation).....it sure looked nasty and smelled even nastier.............i didnt see it in the last state i worked in.........

[ktwlpn, LPN]

what other states have yall seen FOOD LOAF in as punishment?.....it sure looked nasty and smelled even nastier......................

Many, many years ago this was served in long term care-I remember my first job as a cna-we served bowls of "The Blend"-a little bit of every thing mixed in a blender....PU....However-I think that is very OK for a prison-it is supposed to be a punishment not a country club..I'm all for having them bust big rocks into lots and lots of little rocks,too....

[karbyr]

We pretty much only use food loaf when inmates are throwing or smearing food.............or feces.............

[beochicken]

The food loaf stuff is the most stupid corrections penalty i've ever heard of. We as nurses have a responsibility of ensuring that our patients are getting enough nutrients, and motivate our patients to eat it. Silently sitting by watching inmates get fed stuff not even a billygoat would eat is wrong, no matter how bad the inmate have behaved. If that crap were practised where I live (Europe), the prison staff that served that food loaf stuff would soon end up sharing a cell with the inmate he served it to.

[LydiaNN]

The food loaf stuff is the most stupid corrections penalty i've ever heard of. We as nurses have a responsibility of ensuring that our patients are getting enough nutrients, and motivate our patients to eat it. Silently sitting by watching inmates get fed stuff not even a billygoat would eat is wrong, no matter how bad the inmate have behaved. If that crap were practised where I live (Europe), the prison staff that served that food loaf stuff would soon end up sharing a cell with the inmate he served it to.

We're not talking about patients, we're talking about the at-large prison population. They only become patients upon entering the infirmary. A corrections nurse has no responsibility to the well prisoner.

[Daye]

my kids are happy they have moved out before this hair brain idea came along... j/k lol

the weirdest i ever got with my kiddos was to dye the milk mashed potatoes etc.. green on st patrick's day...the food loaf sounds dreadful!! but also desirable to as a means of getting to the inmate something in return for less than desirable behavior

[beautifulb]

I love the idea of a food loaf. My husband is a CO and the stories he tells me about the inmates ~~~ CRAZY. They are so abusive to staff and their is really nothing that can be done about it. I will have to ask him about this.

[military spouse]

I work corrections in Maryland and have never heard of the food loaf. However, it sounds down right yummy!

[JedsMom, ASN, RN]

We use it and call it "Nutraloaf". Kinda looks like hogshead cheese:D It is used as a management tool for inmates who refuse to eat regular meals appropriately. It can only be given for 48 hours and can not be given to inmates that are IDDM. Great deterant to "playing with your food".

[ddc101]

Never heard of it but the idea sounds good.Only if you ever worked corrections could you apprieciate the idea.