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And lot of people dont understand that. when you go out and put in 10 applications a day and every single place just knocks you down. i hate not having a job because i feel like a bum. but some days id just rather feel like a bum than go out and feel like a low life, like get crapped on. because you come home feel like a piece of [ bleep ]. it is not worth it sometimes. >> schiele says he eventually reached rock bottom can tried to quit suicide by over dosing on precipitation pills. >> i was in ...

Crime scene photos. they have been asked to retrieve body parts on occasion. its the type of experience that you never forget. the images never leave you. >> two spots have recently opened up on the dead run team and schiele has once again applied for one of the volunteer positions. >> i think i do a very good job at it and im very respect. of that. they need somebody to come in and do that. there is not always that want to do that. >> thanks guys for coming up. and were going to talk to you abo...

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.

He wants to do a good job every run he goes out on. and it puts my mind at ease hes one of the guys out there doing the job. >> but this will be one of schieles last runs. hes nearing the end of a 60-day sentence and will soon be leaving the jail. >> whats your plans for the future? >> well, number one above all is not to come back to jail. >> good. >> i got a job waiting on me. >> okay. >> got some after -- some treatment programs set up. help keep me in line a little bit. >> fantastic. >> and ...

It hurts. i get to live with that reminder for the rest of my life. its what i do. but im over that now. >> schiele says one of the few positive aspects of his life in recent years was the unusual job he held the last time he was incarcerated here. he was once of the jails dead run porters. >> about 12 or 13 years ago the county came to an agreement with the coroners office we would respond within the county to any of the dead runs they had that require bodies to be picked up. we average probabl...

Jail. >> in the truck and hit the windows down and you are on the highway. granted were going to a bad situation but try to look at the brighter side of things. were out there and i felt like a dog with my head out the window almost. kicked back in the backseat and let the wind blow in. it is enjoyable until you get to the scene and then you got to realize what youre doing and reality check. and then after you leave the coroners office enjoy the ride back as much as you can because then you are ...

Thomas schiele used to be one of them, but now hes a porter of a different kind. schiele is one of four inmates selected to be what is known as the dead run porter. they are assigned to help the coroners office process bodies throughout the county. >> ive got to take this jump suit up with me to go to laundry. i go up, ive got blood -- got bloodstains on the front of it. down the legs. that is from -- you never know what youre getting into. this is from the same run as the jump suit. stuff ran d...

People think i am one. i mean, im a bad -- i am a bad father in that perspective. and maybe i dont have the right to see them right now. >> already on probation for failure to pay child support, schieles judge will now decide whether or not to send him to prison for his continued violations. >> worst-case scenario, doc, department of corrections, 2 years, 8 months. they send me back to prison. it is what it is. if they send me back to prison, ill get through it. theyre not going to keep me forev...

Day to day operations. thomas schiele used to be one of them, but now hes a porter of a different kind. schiele is one of four inmates selected to be what is known as the dead run porter. they are assigned to help the coroners office process bodies throughout the county. >> ive got to take this jump suit up with me to go to laundry. i go up, ive got blood -- got bloodstains on the front of it. down the legs. that is from -- you never know what youre getting into. this is from the same run as the...

Crime scene photos. they have been asked to retrieve body parts on occasion. its the type of experience that you never forget. the images never leave you. >> two spots have recently opened up on the dead run team and schiele has once again applied for one of the volunteer positions. >> i think i do a very good job at it and im very respect. of that. they need somebody to come in and do that. there is not always that want to do that. >> thanks guys for coming up. and were going to talk to you abo...