> In some states, the budget for feeding inmates is explicitly a compensation package for the warden.

This is an incredible claim, so I'm trying to find out where you got that from. Seems like maybe that was just in Alabama and they changed the law already?

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-alabama-prison-meals-la...

https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2024/title-14/chapter-6...