REVEALED: What detainees are offered to eat and drink in Essex Police custody
Essex Police has revealed what food and drink options are offered to detainees in custody.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request, published by Essex Police, reveals what detainees can eat and drink in custody.
The law requires the force to provide at least two light meals and one main meal per day, as well as responding to reasonable requests.
The force has a variety of options available to ensure options are provided which cover dietary and religious requirements.
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Here is a list of all food and drink available within the Essex custody suites:
Meal items
Porridge pot
Vegetarian all day breakfast
All day breakfast
Beef lasagne
Cottage pie
Chicken korma
Pasta bolognese
Chicken tikka
Beef chilli with rice
Spicy chicken with rice
Sausage and mash
Tuna pasta bake
Vegetable curry
Sweet and sour chicken
Potato wedges in spicy tomato sauce
Pilau rice pouch
Egg fried rice pouch
Chips in chip shop style curry sauce
Minced lamb hot pot
Chicken casserole
Chicken and vegetable madras
Vegetable chilli
Pot noodle chicken mushroom
Baked beans snap pots
Pilau rice ambient meal tray
Golden savoury rice ambient meal tray
All day breakfast - large
Layered meat/pasta - large
Cottage pie - large
Chicken korma - large
Snacks
Curiously cinnamon bar
Fruitypot peach and pear in fruit juice
Twin pack digestive biscuits
All butter shortbread finger
Cherry flapjack
Love chocolate dessert
Thick and creamy mixed yoghurt
Drinks
Orange squash
Apple blackcurrant squash
Tea white
Tea black
Black coffee
White coffee
Hot chocolate
The force notes it is reliant upon stock levels and delivery of these items so some products may not always be available in every custody suite.