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> Sam Bankman-Fried, a vegan, has been subsisting on a diet of bread and water, with the occasional smear of peanut butter.

I think when you go to prison, in addition to giving up your freedom of movement, you give up your dietary preferences.

I was actually pleasantly surprised by the article. I thought it would be about SBF getting special treatment in prison on account of his wealth and connections and that would be the failure described.

Seeing the actual article makes me feel that he is being treated justly.

Remember SBF is a psychopath and will say or do anything to manipulate people.

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Ish.

A hypothetical Hindu prisoner who is forced to eat meat is definitely a religious objection that is related to SBFs vegan preferences here.

SBF can afford lawyers who can make a big stink of prison conditions. We all know prisons in USA are understaffed with poor conditions, and too many Americans are fine with this even if it an injustice to those we are housing there.

SBF deserves punishment and to be treated as a criminal. But criminals as a whole arguably deserve better than this.

> I think when you go to prison, in addition to giving up your freedom of movement, you give up your dietary preferences.

In the US, members of some tribes such and Judaism and Islam are legally entitled to receiving Kosher/Halal/and other food preferences. However, members of the vegan tribe probably do not have sufficient political power to get their food preferences in prison.

Does he have a medical need to be vegan?

Why is that relevant? I assume prisons are required to adhere to medical restrictions.

My point was you are allowed to have food preferences in prison, assuming you are a member of a tribe with sufficient political power.

His choosing to be vegan is like my choosing to only eat white meat and fish (along with the usual vegetarian fare). Should I be able to get that if I knowingly break the law and go to jail? They can only do so much for a person. They have a kitchen that makes food for EVERYONE. It isn't to-order. I do agree 100% that conditions in our prison system are beyond atrocious. They are so so awful. I just have a hard time believing wherever he is sitting is one of those worse-off places. He can eat some damn meat in jail. He's being an entitled prick.

Are people who demand kosher and halal food entitled pricks?

My parents did not eat meat/seafood/poultry, and I was not given any either. As a result, I have a severe distaste for meat/seafood/poultry, I even find the smell makes me gag.

Should I be forced to eat meat/seafood/poultry in prison to get my protein needs, just because I do not adhere to a tribe with sufficient political power to force an exception?

> Should I be forced to eat meat/seafood/poultry in prison to get my protein needs, just because I do not adhere to a tribe with sufficient political power to force an exception?

No, you can eat peanut butter bread like SBF. Or ideally, realize earlier that you aren’t really cut out for the prison system due to your dietary needs and not commit the financial crimes.

No. SBF is an entitled prick. And if you are worried about your dietary needs not being met in prison, then don't do shit that lands you in prison? What is this questioning?

I did not opine on SBF. I was specifically responding to the veracity of this claim, as quoted in my original post:

>I think when you go to prison, in addition to giving up your freedom of movement, you give up your dietary preferences.

To which the response was to show that some people do not have to give up some dietary preferences, due to their tribal affiliations. For example:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-19-me-36098-...

As for:

>And if you are worried about your dietary needs not being met in prison, then don't do shit that lands you in prison?

Innocent people also end up in prison.

He is not in "prison". He is being detained pre trial and presumed innocent.

Ehhhh, SBF was tampering with witnesses.

SBF had a cushy house arrest inside his private Billionaire-class mansion until he started tampering with witnesses.

SBF is presumed innocent (for now) on FTX issues. But he's being punished for his poor pre-trial behaviors. Which is fair and just, prison conditions aside.

Their point is he is not in prison. Prison is post-conviction. Jail/detention center is pre-trial.

He's in jail because he violated the terms of his very cushy house-arrest. So I would say he has been imprisoned for violations, even though he hasn't been convicted of his original crime.

"there is still some truth to the perception that the only person Bankman-Fried has to blame for his current predicament is himself. "

I stopped reading this propaganda here...

There is absolute, incontrovertible, and complete truth that the the only person Bankman-Fried has to blame for his current predicament is himself.

And he knew how bad it would be from his previous jail time.

Molly White is a sarcastic writer. The above line is called understatement.

She's been following crypto-bullshit for years. Trust me, she's the last person who'd say a nice thing about SBF.

She failed to use the sarcasm font...

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