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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 ...

>> 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, huh, we dont know how they make it and it might kill you, but its all weve got to eat. >> but for inmate workers like vincent del judas, chow time offers a break from an otherwise monotonous e...

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, huh, we dont know how they make it and it might kill you, but its all weve got to eat. >> but for inmate workers like vincent del judas, chow time offers a break from an otherwise monotono...

Do you understand? sign for me right there. >> he requested to move to a trustee pod, a housing unit for inmate workers. though theyre not paid, there are other benefits to be had, more time out of their cells and extra food. >> the trustee would get two trays at the end of their work period. >> is that your main motivation? >> that is my main motivation for being in trustee pod. >> but eloy orosco need not worry about getting an inmate job for extra food. >> yes, you are excited. >> he is able ...

Of managing such a large inmate population can be found in the theo lacy kitchen. where inmate workers prepare 9,000 meals per day. >> i have actually heard that if an inmate has to be incarcerated, they prefer to come to orange county jail. they are fed well. they are fed more color frlly, our nutritional guidelines and standards are interesting in the rest of the dait state. you put a lot of care and energy into what we do >> narrator: a lower security level inmates eat in the chow hall t. maj...

Its located in one of the original jail facilities, which 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, 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 o...

At the cuyahoga 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 sanitation and eight barbers and out of 2300 inmates, it is a privilege. >> they are not paid for their labor but rewarded with time out of their cells and extra food and possibly time off their sentences. >> it is all to the discretion of the judge. we have a lot of individuals who are sentenced to 180 ...

Understand what is expected. >> your signature here, requesting of my own free will. you are not allowed to advertise any homosexual tendencies or induce others to commit or participate in these activities. do you understand? sign for me right there. >> he requested to move to a trustee pod, a housing unit for inmate workers. though theyre not paid. there are other benefits to be had. more time out of their cells and extra food. >> the trustee would get two trays at the end of their work period....

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 inmates eat in the chow hall, the majo...

How is your court case going? >> even though he is 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 their living in sin ♪ ♪ theyre robbing the pharmacies for vicodin ♪ >> when their shift...