Hotline for Vegan Inmates

A telephone hotline is now available for the estimated 800 vegan inmates in the UK to receive legal advice whenever their animal-friendly beliefs are threatened. Imprisoned vegans may use this service to avoid common jail jobs such as cleaning, farm labor, and kitchen duties, because they involve household products that may have been tested on animals. Critics say that criminals do not deserve this sort of special treatment, while proponents argue that similar allowances are made for inmates when something compromises their religious beliefs. The Vegan Prisoners Support Group has already successfully lobbied for UK inmates to have access to vegan food, toiletries, and cosmetics.