Pork is back on prison menus

Pork is back on the menu in federal prisons, according to The Washington Post.

The ban of all pig products including ham, bacon and pork chops—which went into effect Oct. 1 and impacted more than 200,000 inmates—was reversed Thursday.

As FSD recently reported, the Bureau of Prisons said they had initially made the decision due to costs and prisoner preference, not religious beliefs.

Edmond Ross, spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons, told the Post he “doesn’t have any answers” in regards to BOP’s quick turnaround of the ban.

“An explanation from senior prison officials could come Friday,” he said.

Read the full story at The Washington Post.