/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>According to the Vera Institute of Justice, incarceration costs an average of more than $31,000 per inmate, per year, nationwide. In some states, it's as much as $60,000.

>Average cost of a meal is $2.62. 3 Meals will be $2868.90 per person.

Why is Prison and school food so shitty? Is it to punish the people or just because of greed?