Promoting healthier lifestyles for prisoners - National Audit Office
Promoting healthier lifestyles for prisoners - National Audit Office
Promoting healthier lifestyles for prisoners - National Audit Office
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<strong>Promoting</strong> <strong>healthier</strong> <strong>lifestyles</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>prisoners</strong>How can I persuade them to eat better?Prisons have to provide a “suitable diet” <strong>for</strong> all<strong>prisoners</strong> – but they also have to provide food that<strong>prisoners</strong> will eat! Not doing so can cause troubleand can risk destabilising the prison.Menus – which offer up to six choices <strong>for</strong> somemeals – are designed to enable <strong>prisoners</strong> toselect a range of different foods, and to meet awide range of different diets. But people will onlychoose wisely if they understand the benefits, andit is clear which foods are the <strong>healthier</strong> options.It is easy and com<strong>for</strong>ting to choose foods that arefamiliar and remind you of home. Helping <strong>prisoners</strong>to understand more about food and try new dishesmay encourage them to eat more healthily.Getting the messages across can be hard. Somepeople think healthy eating means more salads orvegetables and don’t understand the importanceof protein, or why one should eat a balanced diet.14
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