 Connecticut Prisons |  Connecticut Department of Correction http://www.ct.gov/doc/site/default.asp
According to the Connecticut D.O.C. Directive Number 10.8, all facilities offer a Common Fare diet:
"Common Fare is a diet which meets all nutritional requirements as determined by a Department of Correction licensed dietician, without the presence of food items forbidden by religious dogma.... Common Fare will be offered to the general population as an alternative to the Main Cycle entrée offered under a 28-day menu. There are no restrictions as to who is allowed to participate in this special diet. The Common Fare menu will meet all of the dietary requirements. Permission to be on this common fare diet shall be given by each Unit Administrator or Designee. Inmates approved for Common Fare must remain on that list for a minimum of 30 days. Inmates requesting to be removed from Common Fare may not re-apply for Common Fare for six months." |
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|  | |  | | We have talked with chaplains at Connecticut D.O.C. facilities who have told us that the Common Fare diet is the only religious diet option. It is not vegan and, according to letters we have received from some people in Connecticut DOC facilities, contains milk and egg products.
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