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Prison Food: So Good It Should be Illegal

Posted by bobbyb under Restaurants

From restaurants inside actual working prisons, to prison-themed restaurants, who knew that so many people pay to dine behind bars?

Fortezza Medicea

At one of the most exclusive restaurants in Italy, you never know if the cooks and waiters are thieves and murderers…literally.

In the picturesque town of Volterra, Italy, the maximum-security prison Fortezza Medicea is home to an exclusive restaurant where the inmates prepare and serve gourmet food.

The restaurant is part of the prison’s rehabilitation program, which aims to teach inmates skills that they can use to gain employment once they are on the outside. The program also raises money for charity.
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