Evin Prison's New Culinary School: Teaching Gourmet Meals in Solitary Confinement

Evin Prison’s Unlikely Culinary School Tehran, Iran In a surprising turn of events, the notorious Evin Prison, known for its harsh conditions and infamous solitary confinement cells, has announced a new culinary program aimed at teaching inmates how to whip up gourmet meals while stuck behind bars. This initiative, dubbed “Cooking in Isolation,” aims to transform the image of the prison and provide inmates with valuable skills that could help them reintegrate into society post-release....

January 8, 2025 · 3 min · 597 words · Ramin Khosravi, Fatima Jafari