Jail menu dispute sparks reform push in La Crosse region
The County Board passed a resolution requiring monthly jail menus after two prisoners and a jailer sickened from contaminated meat in 1974. Reports detail May menus, portions, and questions about meat served in gravy, amid a press conference plan by Sheriff William A. Black and Dist. Atty. Edmund A. Nix to seek reelection.
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County considers outside food service for jail
County supervisors pressed for reviewing jail food operations led by Sheriff William Black amid prisoner complaints and a surprise Law Enforcement Committee inspection revealing damaged cans and wormy Jell-O. They discussed contracting out food service or using county institutions and praised moving away from sheriff control.
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