A man who can’t eat fruit, vegetables or nuts has to live off biscuits and crisps because prison bosses won’t cater for his condition.
Stuart Houghton from Wolverton first entered HMP Woodhill in July last year when he began a five-year prison sentence. But he has a wide range of allergies, which are so severe that he can go into anaphylactic shock if someone in the vicinity is eating fruit.
His family claim that his health has deteriorated because of the poor dietary choices on offer, saying he has lost five-and-a-half stone during his time inside.
Sister Victoria Gilham said: “In Woodhill he was told that they have to provide him with one hot meal a day, but their determination of ‘a meal’ was either dry spaghetti with boiled chicken that’s uncooked in the middle, boiled rice with boiled chicken, or boiled rice with baked beans. So for six months his diet was rice, spaghetti or beans.
“They were given breakfast cereal, but for three days out of five it was muesli, which he can’t eat because of the fruit and nuts. And the sweet after meals is a piece of fruit – he only needs someone nearby to eat a banana and he goes into anaphylactic shock.”
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Stuart Houghton from Wolverton first entered HMP Woodhill in July last year when he began a five-year prison sentence. But he has a wide range of allergies, which are so severe that he can go into anaphylactic shock if someone in the vicinity is eating fruit.
His family claim that his health has deteriorated because of the poor dietary choices on offer, saying he has lost five-and-a-half stone during his time inside.
Sister Victoria Gilham said: “In Woodhill he was told that they have to provide him with one hot meal a day, but their determination of ‘a meal’ was either dry spaghetti with boiled chicken that’s uncooked in the middle, boiled rice with boiled chicken, or boiled rice with baked beans. So for six months his diet was rice, spaghetti or beans.
“They were given breakfast cereal, but for three days out of five it was muesli, which he can’t eat because of the fruit and nuts. And the sweet after meals is a piece of fruit – he only needs someone nearby to eat a banana and he goes into anaphylactic shock.”
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