Preaching to the choir

Who's got the roughest time of it behind bars? People always claim that inmates are tough on the petite guys, beat up or rape the kiddie diddlers, and do horrible things to the child killers. But I'm guessing this guy didn't much enjoy his time in jail.

Apparently in Alabama, county sheriffs get to pocket whatever budgeted money is left over after they buy food for the inmates. Not that any sheriffs would consider that as any incentive to provide smaller portions or cheaper food to inmates. Certainly not that sheriff, who reportedly only served fruit 3 or 4 times a year, and instead bought nothing but hot dogs, bologna, and peanut butter for sandwiches. He's not the first Alabama sheriff to be accused of severely underfeeding his county's inmates, either. Maybe Alabama wants to rethink that law.

The sheriff only spent one night behind bars, for now, and not at the same facility he's responsible for feeding. It would have seemed a better punishment for him to be made to eat the way he's been making his inmates eat while he's been padding his bank account.