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For the jail seven years and says he's bought in to that philosophy. >> nobody wants to be in jail. i'm ready to go home after eight hours. i'm trying to make their day better. these guys know i'll talk to them all. we joke around, but if they cross a line, they're going to get time. >> he says breaking up the monotony of jail is important, and there are certain ways to do so. >> the bag game is bean bag toss. the more you can occupy them, the more they're distracted from getting into trouble. the one thing we can't let these guys do is -- gamble, because this is more or less what they do up h...

Day-to-day operations of the kent county jail are managed by sheriff deputies. john hess used to be one of them. now he's under sheriff, the county administrator who oversees the jail and its staff. >> we have some mean, nasty, ugly people in jail. some real hard core criminals but the majority of people from our community. people that are going back. so i think we try really, really hard here to have our staff understand that these are just people. >> deputy justin flynn worked

House together. three male victims were beaten and robbed. and a young woman was raped by the masked intruders. four men were arrested, and are now in the concept county jail. three pled guilty. but rederick melton has pled not guilty. when we asked him about details of the female victim's description of one of her attackers he shut us down. >> somebody dipping into my case? i think we're done here. put me in my room. somebody dipping in my case. i'm done. >> two weeks later, melton agreed to speak with us again. >> the last time we talked to you, you kind of got a little angry. what was that ...

>> we have some mean, nasty, ugly people in jail. some real hard core criminals but the majority of people from our community. people that are going back. so i think we try really, really hard here to have our staff understand that these are just people. >> deputy justin flynn worked for the jail seven years and says he's bought in to that philosophy. >> nobody wants to be in jail. i'm ready to go home after eight hours. i'm trying to make their day better. these guys know i'll talk to them all. we joke around, but if they cross a line, they're going to get time. >> he says breaking up the mon...

>> spread your legs as far apart as you can. >> most of the 1,000 male and female inmates here are accused of crimes awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. jail officials take strides to house inmates in a manner that will minimize any problems. >> how you doing? good. >> we evaluate everybody that comes in. their risk, their need. we have housing areas of inmates of the same type of risks, same type of needs, and that's how you keep your jail as safe as possible. >> some cases, however, require the jail to take extra precautions. >> d1, can you open 42, please? >> we now have a cas...