The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.

An attorney for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in federal court Tuesday his client has to subsist on bread, water and peanut butter because the jail he’s in isn’t accommodating his vegan diet.

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    1 year ago

    Prison is both punishment and rehabilitation. The essence of it is to teach the prisoner to follow rules. Eating what you are told to eat is child-level rules following and he still can’t do it.

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      1 year ago

      So you’d have the same opinion of an islamic or Jewish prisoner forced to eat pork then?

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        1 year ago

        It’s a lot easier to avoid eating one specific meat than all meats and animal products. Those are also religious restrictions which are protected. His veganism is an arbitrary choice he made, not an external religious mandate. You might as well expect the jail to give him nothing but chocolate cake because that is what he chooses.

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          1 year ago

          Ethical Veganism is a recognised belief system and has the same protections as religious beliefs where I live.

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            From a quick search, it appears SBF is being held in New York and that state does not recognize ethical veganism in jails/prisons that I could find.