Inmates in the sex offenders' wing of Scottish prison HMP Glenochil have alleged that food is being served to them which contains faeces, urine, metal and more.
The inmates' food is prepared outside of their wing of the prison. It has been alleged that sex offenders face these grisly food service practices after having being targetted by other inmates due to the crimes they have committed.
As the Metro reports, the Scottish prison has a capacity of 670 people, split into the Harvieston wing (housing 300 men) and Abercrombie (home to 350 prisoners who have committed sex offences).
The food is made at Harviestoun, with one inmate in Abercrombie writing in the prisoner's magazine Inside Times that he has seen various inappropriate ingredients in the food, including a shoe, as well as excrement.
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He added that the daily cost to feed a prisoner is approximately £2.30, with the quality of food low, echoing a trend nationwide.
"I am in the protection hall (Abercrombie) and it is mainstream prisoners who work in the cookhouse, so every day there is issues with our food. From not cooked to constant shortages and foreign objects in the food," he wrote.
"In my time in this prison I have had metal, human faeces, urine in the soup and once, a shoe was found in the urn of custard. I do expect to be fed properly and not have to eat human faeces as happened recently."
According to a HM Inspectorate report on food in prisons in 2016, the average spend per day on prisoners' food is £2, five times lower than in hospitals.
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Prisoners often wait around 20 hours between substantial meals, while staffing shortages mean prisoners eat alone instead of in communal areas, often beside their toilets.
National Audit Office studies show that nutritional supplements reduce disciplinary incidents, aggression and violent behaviour, with the report concluding that feeding prisoners well is of practical and financial benefit to the prison service.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Prison Service told LADbible: "There is no evidence to support these claims which have been made by a small number of prisoners, and no incidents have been brought to the attention of staff at meal times.
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"Meals for all areas of the establishment are prepared and cooked at the same time and then distributed. Senior Management at each establishment have an obligation under the Prison Rules to taste and check samples of food and drink on a daily basis."
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