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>> we hear a lot of inmates describe prison as the belly of the beast. >> this place sucks, man. >> its usually not used to describe prison kitchens. but that might be the most appropriate use of the phrase there is. >> our crews are always looking for ways to get these kind of iconic prison or jail shots, and the kitchen is a great place to get them, because i dont think anything really says incarceration more than seeing some bland food scooped on to an institutional tray by a 64" inmate cover...

Life at the santa rosa correctional institution in florida is marked by instances of sheer terror and long spells of sheer monotony. as any one of the inmate kitchen workers can attest to. >> wash about 1,300 of these things twice a day. it gets old. 1,402, see. >> we are making 2,700 biscuits a day to feed the compound. i use 6 to 12 biscuits every time i make them, if im hungry. >> i actually work in the pot room, but every day the boss says he calls me up here to work on the line because he n...

Says he calls me up here to work on the line because he needs help. >> kitchen work has proven beneficial for 21-year-old colin mccaffrey, whos serving 15 months for robbery. >> i enjoy it. its not bad. you eat well. its a job. it makes the time go by fast, yeah. i havent worked this hard in a long time. it is the longest i ever kept a job, seriously. ive got a lot of good people looking out for me. you think sometimes theyre going to put down on a young person, but its not like that. theyd rath...

>> we are making 2,700 biscuits a day to feed the compound. i use 6 to 12 biscuits every time i make them, if im hungry. >> i actually work in the pot room, but every day the boss says he calls me up here to work on the line because he needs help. >> kitchen work has proven beneficial for 21-year-old colin mccaffrey, whos serving 15 months for robbery. >> i enjoy it. its not bad. you eat well. its a job. it makes the time go by fast, yeah. i havent worked this hard in a long time. it is the long...

Kitchen work is far from glamorous, but it has its perks. >> the reason i do it is to get out of my cell, you know, come down here, get a little freedom. and, you know, eat a little better. >> ray slagel loved working in the kitchen at the limon correctional facility in colorado because he could trade extra food for tokens, coin slots used to purchase ice cream and soda from prison vending machines. >> cheeseburger. >> two tokens. i said double cheeseburger. i should have shown you one. double c...

>> brian: save me from kitchen work. >> gretchen: that was a fantastic saving. you are worth it to the see you guys. thanks . american pastor imprisoned for two months while visiting his family in iran. he converted to christianity and locked up in his notorous prison while he awaits prosecution. his wife was on hannity show last night. >> we have had a few phone to phone and a few weeks ago he told me, there is prisoners hurting him and there was a couple of rounds of interrogators and they h...

>> wash about 1,300 of these things twice a day. it gets old. 1,402, see. >> we are making 2,700 biscuits a day to feed the compound. i use 6 to 12 biscuits every time i make them, if im hungry. >> i actually work in the pot room, but every day the boss says he calls me up here to work on the line because he needs help. >> kitchen work has proven beneficial for 21-year-old colin mccaffrey, whos serving 15 months for robbery. >> i enjoy it. its not bad. you eat well. its a job. it makes the time ...

Show them what you got. >> but if youre going to do it, if youre going to take a chance at getting caught, do it in a big way. >> go big or go home. and since we cant go home -- >> this is how we do it here. >> most inmate meals are prepared and served by other inmates. kitchen work is far from glamorous, but it has its perks. >> the reason i do it is to get out of my cell, come down here, get a little freedom, and eat a little better. >> ray slagel loved working in the kitchen at the limon corr...

>> i actually work in the pot room, but every day the boss says he calls me up here to work on the line because he needs help. >> kitchen work has proven beneficial for 21-year-old colin mccaffrey, whos serving 15 months for robbery. >> i enjoy it. its not bad. you eat well. its a job. it makes the time go by fast, yeah. i havent worked this hard in a long time. it is the longest i ever kept a job, seriously. ive got a lot of good people looking out for me. you think sometimes theyre going to pu...

Show them what you got. >> but if youre going to do it, if youre going to take a chance at getting caught, do it in a big way. >> go big or go home. right? and since we cant go home -- >> this is how we do it here. >> most inmate meals are prepared and served by other inmates. kitchen work is far from glamorous, but it has its perks. >> the reason i do it is to get out of my cell, come down here, get a little freedom, and eat a little better. >> ray slagel loved working in the kitchen at the lim...