Prison Food is a Food Justice Issue

Do you know the link between food justice and correctional centers? Scroll through this zine-style story to learn about how Impact Justice is solving an invisible food justice crisis.

Impact Justice is a national research and innovation center expanding access to opportunity for people impacted by the criminal justice system, and a large portion of their work relates to food. We distilled some of their project and findings into these pages, so dig in to get an overview about why prison food is a food justice issue.

TLDR? Offering dignified and nutritious meals in correctional facilities is an opportunity to improve people’s mental and physical wellbeing and can contribute to rehabilitation.