Food often tells fascinating stories about history and survival. Some dishes that began as necessity-driven meals in prison have transcended their origins to become iconic parts of local and global ...

Food inside American jails and prisons looks very different from what most people imagine. Menus are shaped by budget limits, safety rules, nutrition standards, and the need to serve thousands of ...

After his stunning 200+ pound weight loss over the past year and change, it is clear to see that Jelly Roll is eating way better than he did in the past. But what exactly was the singer eating back in ...

The additive-free delicacies made by prison inmates have gained a loyal public following, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Inmates wearing masks and hair nets mix cocoa powder ...

October 7, 2016 • Behind bars, it takes ingenuity, other prisoners and a little help from the commissary to approximate a proper diet. That's what rapper Prodigy of hip-hop's Mobb Deep learned after ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. When Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director William Marshall ...