Polk County sheriff cooks up $161,000 in meal cuts

[Greg347471]

Amy L. Edwards | Sentinel Staff Writer
July 10, 2008

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has figured out how to shave about $161,000 from his budget: serve cheaper food at the jail.

Instead of two fresh eggs a week, inmates will be limited to one frozen egg patty, which equals two eggs nutritionally. And rather than two bread slices at breakfast, the limit is one. No fresh milk, either. The new alternative is nonfat powdered milk. Judd says he drinks the stuff at home, and if it's good enough for the sheriff, it's good enough for the jail's 2,400 inmates.

Judd, who has claimed to be "so cheap I squeak," is free to make these changes because unlike jails in Orange and Seminole counties, he's not tethered to a food-service contract with an outside company.

Judd called the 2,300-to-2,800-calorie daily diet "strict" but said agency officials worked with a nutritionist to make sure they follow state jail nutrition guidelines.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,4908509.story

There is also a video at this link that shows exactly how they are cutting back. Leave it to Grady Judd to come up with something like this.

[Samuel]

If it's nutritionally equal, I don't see a problem with it. I hope the money will be used to benefit front line personnel...