To stop violence, start with a better diet for prisoners, says scientist / NZ Herald, 1 Feb 2007
Simon Collins
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"A British expert is calling on New Zealand to take the lead in reducing violent reoffending by improving prison diets. Bernard Gesch, of Oxford University's physiology department, gave 231 prisoners at Britain's Aylesbury jail either multivitamins and fish acids or a placebo for up to nine months and found that the supplements reduced violent and other serious disciplinary offences 37 per cent. Another study in an American institution for juvenile offenders saw violence reduced by 80 per cent in a group who were given extra vitamins and minerals plus education about a healthy diet, compared with a 56 per cent reduction in another group who were given only diet education."