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This study examines how personal characteristics and prison conditions influence communal cooking and eating in prisons.

Solo or Social Chefs: Importation and Deprivation Factors as Determinants of Participating in Communal Cooking and Communal Eating Practices in Prisons

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This research finds participation in communal food practices enhances peer support and well-being among prisoners.

This study examines how personal characteristics and prison conditions influence communal cooking and eating in prisons.
Analyzed data from the Life-in-Custody Study IV and Food-in-Custody Study IV
Included 1,519 participants from 28 Dutch prison locations
Investigated associations using importation and deprivation models
Younger age, national background, and more cooking time correlate with greater participation
Satisfaction with one's meals and sharing a cell also linked to communal cooking
Identified individual factors affecting social food practices in prison

Groeneveld et al. (2026) studied this question.

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