No word on if ice cream sandwiches are still on the menu.
The plan calls for the elimination of breakfast on weekends and holidays in favor of brunch because "Nobody wants to get up at 5 a.m. to eat," according to Godinez. (I don't know about that, Tony; I can always make time for pancakes.)
Illinois needs to cut 9 percent of its prison spending under the new budget, and eliminating breakfast -- a meal many prisoners apparently skip for reasons that escape me -- will go quite a ways toward also eliminating spending on wasted food.
