Pamela Anderson has written a letter to NSW Corrective Service Commissioner Peter Servin in which she recommends “plant based diets” be incorporated into the state government’s newly announced mindfulness program.The NSW Government has planned a $330-million project that aims to curb violence and keep inmates out of prison after their release. According to the Daily Telegraph, The proposed “mindfulness-based activities” will be offered to female prisoners with sentences under six months, as an alternative to prison employment. They include yoga, tai-chi, sewing, knitting and shopping.
As honorary director of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Pamela argues in her letter that “providing vegan food honours one of the driving principles of yoga — ahimsa, doing no harm… it could also improve the health of the women in your facilities while decreasing long-term healthcare costs.”Pamela Anderson’s fight for meat-free prisons started in the United States. In 2015, she paid a visit to Maricopa County Jail to promote the first all-vegetarian menu in a US prison. Along with PETA Vice President Dan Matthews, she hailed Maricopa as a model for serving “healthy, cost-effective, meat-free meals to inmates.”
She has offered similar visits to prisons in New York, Louisiana and California if they agree to incorporate meat-free programs.This isn’t the first time Pamela has called out Australian politicians. In December last year she wrote to Immigration minister Peter Dutton calling for an investigation into “the treatment of refugees and their animal companions at the Australian government’s Manus Island detention centre.”