Prison Food Hits New Low

DECEMBER 1--Meet Anthony Paduano.

The 31-year-old habitual thief (he's swiped DVDs, steaks, shrimp, credit cards, copper, and a gumball machine) is facing a reckless endangerment rap for some gross hijinks last month at an upstate New York prison.

According to a Niagara County Sheriff's Department report, Paduano, um, illegally seasoned the fish sandwich of Troy Saraf, a fellow inmate. Poor Saraf, who's serving time for petty larceny, apparently consumed part of the spiked meal and was treated for exposure to the tainted additive.

Further proof that prison food tastes like s--t. (2 pages)