Dakota County Jail

Meals

Interview with Shawanda Miller


JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Shawanda Miller: 3 meals a day. Before they would give breakfast and 2 hot meals. Now they only give 1 hot meal per day usually lunch. Supper generally brown bag - sandwich, chips, fruit, milk.

JM: How would you rate the food?
Shawanda Miller: Not the best but you get used to it. Alot of inmates rely on there canteen because you get small portions. When I was housed in Goodhue county because of Dakota not housing females there, Goodhue county food was alot better. The turkey sandwich's were the best, the salami sandwich's were the worst in my opinion.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Shawanda Miller: Yes favorite - turkey sandwich's - least salami/bologna sandwich's. Breakfast when they had fried potatoes were good. Hotdogs weren't the best nor was the scallop/ham dish.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals?
Shawanda Miller: Yes through canteen which you could order twice a week. Coffee, hot chocolate, pkged fruit drinks, candy bars, mint's, salami/slim jim sticks basically what I ordered. Now they have soda too, but when I was there they didn't offer soda.