>The cost of 'specialty' food for a few tiny percent of prisoners is a minuscule figure in the total cost of imprisonment, and could easily be accommodated with

>The cost of 'specialty' food for a few tiny percent of prisoners is a minuscule figure in the total cost of imprisonment, and could easily be accommodated within the wider food offerings. Agreed, this would seem to be manageable without much burden on the system. On the other hand however, this reasoning discounts scenarios where inmates are pushing these subjective demarcations, for furthering their own needs, at the expense of being fair to everyone. For example, in many states prisoner's may earn exemptions based off their religious practices.[1] If, an atheist prisoner, was denied sex, just because of their beliefs, I suspect they would have a right to be upset. One should keep in mind, that it's quite possible to be supportive of increasing prisoner's rights and benefits, whilst also pushing for prisoner equality. [1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/04/30/are-religious-prisoners-specially-entitled-to-conjugal-visits/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014...