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Frivolous Lawsuits From Behind Bars By Damon Marturion New Business News Staff Writer According to Department of Justice figures, 30,000 inmate lawsuits were filed last year (added to heavy backlogs -- more than 28,000 in New York alone) against prison officials for "civil rights" violations, the vast majority described by judges and court officials as frivolous. Among the lawsuits were those by prisoners complaining that: the prison canteen supplied "creamy" peanut butter when a prisoner bought "crunchy" guards wouldn't refrigerate his ice cream snack so that he could eat it later ($1 million lawsuit) his toilet seat was too cold as an inmate-paralegal in the prison law library, he should make the same wage that lawyers make prisons should offer salad bars ($129 million) a limit on the number of Kool-Aid refills is "cruel and unusual punishment" the scrambled eggs were cooked too hard. In New York, 20 percent of the entire budget of the Attorney General's office is spent on prisoner lawsuits. . . . watch for more stories coming soon   SEARCH NEW BUSINESS NEWS		Your ad could be here e-mail us at adinfo@ newbusinessnews.com New Business News? If you have new business news to share with other new businesses, send us your experiences and we could feature your business on New Business News.