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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 pharmacies for vicodin ♪ >> when their shift ends, mason and other inmate workers make their ...

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 inmates eat in the chow hall, the majority of inmates are confined to their cells. their meals are delivered by inmate workers, like robert mason. >> really helps tha...

>> 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 around scratching our ass all day here at m.a.s....

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 them with butter and milk. most jails use instant potatoes. were using real potatoes here. >> conte is part of a crew that serves about 26,000 inmate meals a week. >> they order...

Im seeing them go to other jobs, sams and walmart and those type of things because the pays a little better, the benefits are a little better. thats when we go okay, what do we have to do to retain folks. insurance benefits is an issue i hear all the time. so those are things from my end i have got to start talking with commissioners and stuff so we can hopefully hire more people and retain them. >> sheriff easter has even expanded the range of jobs available to inmate workers or trustees. >> se...

Adrian zonker was headed to court when he lunged for a food tray and was taken to the ground by deputies. today, zonker is once again due in court. but this time the deputies have a different plan. they have placed him in a holding cell before inmate workers have begun pushing food carts into the housing units. and before zonker leaves for court, they bring him his lunch. >> what time is it now? >> almost 12:00. 11:45. all right? >> all right. hey, did they get two slices of bread or just one? >...

Belief. im seeing them go to other jobs, sams and walmart and those type of things because the pays a little better, the benefits are a little better. thats when we go okay, what do we have to do to retain folks. insurance benefits is an issue i hear all the time. so those are things from my end i have got to start talking with commissioners and stuff so we can hopefully hire more people and retain them. >> sheriff easter has even expanded the range of jobs available to inmate workers or trustee...

Jobs, sams and walmart and those type of things because the pays a little better, the benefits are a little better. thats when we go okay, what do we have to do to retain folks. insurance benefits is an issue i hear all the time. so those are things from my end i have got to start talking with commissioners and stuff so we can hopefully hire more people and retain them. >> sheriff easter has even expanded the range of jobs available to inmate workers or trustees. >> sedgwick county jail. >> such...

At the cuyahoga county correction center in cleveland, some inmates are eligible for jailhouse jobs. these inmate workers are called trustees. >> i have about 75 kitchen trustees. probably about 15, 16 safety and sanitation and eight barbers and out of 2300 inmates, it is a privilege to be a trustee. >> trustees are not paid for their labor but are rewarded with time out of their cells, extra food, and possibly time off their sentences. >> it is all to the discretion of the judge. if he wants to...

Others to participate. do you understand? >> yes. >> beachum has requested to move to the trustee pod, a 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. >> im a trustee. on the day that they do work, which is more than likely every day, they would get two trays at the end of their work period. >> is that your main motivation? >> yes, that is my main motivation for being in trustee pod. >> but eloy ne...