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The hamilton county justice center houses around 1,300 inmates. but two hot meals and one bag lunched served each day. >> this is our dinner. okay? >> the facility depends on some of its most trusted inmate workers known as porters to make about 4,000 meals daily. >> brownies and a on the of squares. they actually trust was a knife down here for some reason. but its chained to the table. cant do nothing with it. cant kill nobody. >> man of the year. best turkey in america, yall. we prepare every...

Media mogul harvey wine seen the has been fired by the film company he founded. it came after numerous sexual allegations against him were expo exposed. now back to "lockup". at the fairfax county adult detention center, feeding the 1,200 men and women incarcerated here falls to inmate workers like rasheed conte. in this kitchen, they learn to do things big. >> right now what im doing is im just going to boil the potatoes first, for 45 minutes or an hour. then im going to take them over, mash ...

Was shut down for human occupants in 1999. >> we get animals in that are literally skin and bones. we nurse them back to health. we resocialize them. we get them used to being around people. and once their court case is cleared, and we take actual ownership of the animal, we adopt them out to a good home. >> good boy. >> the animals are cared for by inmate workers who have no history of animal abuse. male inmates take care of the horses and other farm animals. >> we get accused of standing aroun...

Like theyve known you a long time. how is your court case going? >> even though hes well past the hip-hop generation, mason likes giving his younger customers something extra with their meals. a serving of rap. >> ill do a short one. ill do a short one. ♪ my minds not right but still got game ♪ ♪ bet my dope puts yours to shame ♪ ♪ judges today have it all wrong ♪ ♪ theyre far to late to try the bomb ♪ ♪ these crews are cool but theyre living in sin ♪ ♪ theyre robbing the p...

One way to measure the challenge of managing such a large inmate population can be found in the theo lacey kitchen, where inmate workers prepare 9,000 meals per day. >> ive actually heard that if an inmate had to be incarcerated they prefer to come to orange county jail because they are fed well. they are fed more colorfully. and our nutritional guidelines and standards are the same as the rest of the state. but we put a lot of care and energy into what we do. >> while lower security level inmat...

To flagrantly advertise any homosexual tendencies nor induce others to commit or participate in that activity. do you understand? >> yes, maam. >> sign for me right there. >> beauchamp has requested to move to the trustee pod, the housing unit for inmate workers. though they are not paid, there are some other benefits to be had -- more time out of their cells and extra food. >> the trusty, on the day that they do work, which is more than likely every day, they would get two trays at the end of t...

Ongoing. now back to "lockup." ♪ pass out dinner on that side for me. thank you. >> the kitchen staff at oaklands santa rita jail must prepare and deliver meals for 3,000 inmates, three times per day, seven days a week. its a big job, but the end result rarely wins praise. >> this is very unappetizing, bland. >> we call it white dip because, uh, we dont know how they make it, and it might kill you, but its all we got to eat. >> but for inmate workers like vinct del judas, chow time ofrs a br...

We nurse them back to health. we resocialize them. we get them used to being around people. and once their court case is cleared, and we take actual ownership of the animal, we adopt them out to a good home. >> good boy. >> the animals are cared for by inmate workers who have no history of animal abuse. male inmates take care of the horses and other farm animals. >> we get accused of standing around scratching our ass all day here at m.a.s.h. unit. best job on the yard. >> female inmates handle ...

Every year about 55,000 men and women pass through the booking department of the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati. >> i got a pair in my purse. >> most will be released within hours. but for those who stay the jail will become their home for an indefinite period of time. the job of keeping it clean falls to inmate workers, known here as porters, like tomas schiele. >> in jail i mean i am somebody. in here i feel needed, i guess. i have a purpose.

The hamilton county justice center houses around 1,300 inmates. but two hot meals and one bag lunched served each day. >> this is our dinner. okay? >> the facility depends on some of its most trusted inmate workers known as porters to make about 4,000 meals daily. >> brownies and i cut them into squares. they actually trust was a knife down here for some reason. but its chained to the table. cant do nothing with it. cant kill nobody. >> man of the year. best turkey in america, yall. we prepare e...