Florida inmates make, sell their own hot sauce
AP
TAMPA, Fla. -A group of Tampa inmates is offering a taste of what it's like jail — no locks, bars or handcuffs required. But you'd better have an tough stomach to use more than a dash of their "Jailhouse Fire Hot Sauce." Minimum-security Hillsborough County Jail inmates offer it in "Original," "Smoke" and "No Escape" varieties, all made from their jail-grown peppers.
They came up with the recipe and started selling it in 2005. Since then, horticulture instructor Allen Boatman estimates they've made $10,000 on the sauce. Each bottle is $7.
The income is used to keep up the greenhouse and buy basic supplies.
So, is this what really goes on in women's prison? I thought it was mostly "punishing" the new girl and getting felt up by the warden. Apparently the websites I've been checking are not truly indicative of the female prison experience. And what's the deal with the money going to keep up the greenhouse? We've got a recession on. That money needs to help pay for Cash for Clunkers dammit.
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