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Prisons like the santa rosa correctional institution in florida can be dirty places. blood, sweat, feces and urine are part of the fabric of life here. the task of cleaning that fabric, the inmates clothes and linens falls squarely on 18 inmates who work in the laundry facility. among them is michael james. >> we operate eight to ten hours a day. you know, we do a lot of different things here. i mean you got fight, stabbings, a lot of stuff that goes on here at santa rosa. its a level 6 facility...

And busier restaurant than just about any other in the city. it also contains a gigantic laundry facility. >> we usually do anywhere from 10 to 12 loads. each load, each washer, the big washers are 125 pounds. the small washers are 75 pounds. if that can kind of give you an idea. >> the various colored uniforms coincide with each inmates classification. >> all county clothing is generally orange. they have blue for juvenile. red for federal. black and white for state. and white for the kitchen w...

Inside the louisville metro department of corrections jail, donald coleman was within two weeks of going home. thats when he got into a fight in the jails laundry facility with another inmate. though coleman said the resulting injuries were due to horseplay -- >> you got a knot right here. >> he told us something else. >> he called me a bitch and i split his head open. >> wheres coleman? you coleman? >> yeah. >> come on, man. you got disciplinary hearing. >> the next morning coleman had a hearin...

Inside the louisville metro department of corrections jail, donald coleman was within two weeks of going home. thats when he got into a fight in the jails laundry facility with another inmate. though coleman told deputies the resulting injuries were due to horseplay -- >> you got a knot right here. >> he told us something else. >> he called me a bitch and i split his head open. >> wheres coleman? you coleman? >> yeah. >> come on, man. you got a disciplinary hearing. >> the next morning coleman h...

About any other in the city. it also contains a gigantic laundry facility. >> we usually do anywhere from 10 to 12 loads. each load, each washer, the big washers are 125 pounds. the small washers are 75 pounds. if that can kind of give you an idea. >> the various colored uniforms coincide with each inmates classification. >> all county clothing is generally orange. they have blue for juvenile. red for federal. ack and white for state. anwhite for the kitchen workers. >> along with regularly wash...

Local post office, a hospital, and busier restaurant than just about any other in the city. it also contains a gigantic laundry facility. >> we usually do anywhere from 10 to 12 loads. each load, each washer, the big washers are 125 pounds. the small washers are 75 pounds. if that can kind of give you an idea. >> the various colored uniforms coincide with each inmates classification. >> all county clothing is generally orange. they have blue for juvenile. red for federal. black and white for sta...

>> an inmates nonlethal overdose at his job in the laundry facility sparks this full-scale investigation by sergeant lawton and the isu team. >> today were conducting a search of the pia warehouse laundry searching for any kind of contraband. last month we had an inmate overdose back here in the prison industrys laundry on his job site. >> since corcorans laundry facilities often act as a contraband distribution center for the inmate population, this may be one of isus best chances to catch the ...

Overdose at his job in the laundry facility sparks this full-scale investigation by sergeant lawton and the isu team. >> today were conducting a search of the pia warehouse laundry searching for any kind of contraband. last month we had an inmate overdose back here in the prison industrys laundry on his job site. >> since corcorans laundry facilities often act as a contraband distribution center for the inmate population, this may be one of isus best chances to catch the drugs before they spread...

Of good time and an extra day of work time taken off of your sentence. so for every six days that youre in custody and they are working, its like eight days as long as they behave. >> gonzales works in the laundry facility. >> where is this one going, sir? >> thats going to surplus. >> i work on the clothes that everyone wears. i sort them and fold them. take them off the truck brand new, yeah, theyre all fresh, socks, pants. i get new clothes every day and never dirty, always new. thats what ma...

Of good time and an extra day of work time taken off of your sentence. so for every six days that youre in custody and they are working, its like eight days as long as they behave. >> gonzales works in the laundry facility. >> where is this one going, sir? >> thats going to surplus. >> i work on the clothes that everyone wears. i sort them and fold them. take them off the truck brand new, yeah, theyre all fresh, socks, pants. i get new clothes every day and never dirty, always new. thats what ma...