MARTHA STEWART'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE - PRISON FOOD IS 'BAD'

NEW YORK (AP) -- Martha Stewart, in a Christmas message posted on her
personal Web site, called Wednesday for sentencing reform and took a
swipe at the "bad food" in prison.

Stewart, who is roughly halfway through a five-month sentence for
lying about a stock sale, urged fans to think about the women she has
met in prison who are "devoid of care, devoid of love, devoid of family."

She suggested Americans should push for reforms in federal sentencing
guidelines for nonviolent first-time offenders and particularly for
drug offenders, who she said would be better served by rehabilitation
than prison.