The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.

An attorney for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in federal court Tuesday his client has to subsist on bread, water and peanut butter because the jail he’s in isn’t accommodating his vegan diet.

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      161 year ago

      Yes from everything I hear American prisons are all around horrible (by first world standards). This doesn’t seem surprising.

      You’re there to be punished by your freedom of movement being taken away. Not by being forced to eat inedible food.

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      11 year ago

      How about: at least in my town at police department holding cells, they make you pay and they go get takeout. There’s no legitimate reason to not offer a choice of takeout