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>> at the metro west detention center, the largest of miami-dade's facilities, inmates are housed in dormitory-like settings with a correctional officer in the unit at all times. >> what's unique about having a facility of all men is that to me it's sort of easier to control at times. we can relate to a man on a one-on-one basis and you can calm the situation. >> man, you got to get off that bar. that's it for that. no more of that workout stuff. >> let's do it. chow. come on, guys. chow. >> depending on the nature of their crime, some inmates are kept in a maximum security unit away from the ...

You just do what you're told. >> while most inmates working here can make up to $15 a week, the main incentive is to earn game time, an exchange in which they receive time off their sentences for days worked. >> you get one day for every six days you work. so more or less you have about five days a month. that's the maximum you could get a month is five days of gain time. and you can get about 30 days total within 6 months. >> eric is serving time for burglary and grand theft. >> i got about two more months left and i'm out of here. i get to go home. when i get out, i look to get back with my ...

That's the maximum you could get a month is five days of game time. and you can get about 30 days total within 6 months. >> eric is serving time for burglary and grand theft. >> i got about two more months left and i'm out of here. i get to go home. when i get out, i look to get back with my family and i have a lot of making up to do. the longer you stay, the more you learn a lesson. so i definitely have been here a while. so i definitely learned my lesson. >> nobody really gets locked up forever. i mean, there's a small percentage of inmates who actually commit a crime, get locked up and stay...

>> but not everyone believes jail is a choice. some feel they are victims to a probation system that's all too easy to violate and keeps sending them back. >> i was told by my first probation officer, after reading the conditions of my probation, if you can do this without me violating it, you will be lucky. this was the first time i met this man, the first time i had been on probation. he was very right. >> eric johns' original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he was released on probation. but when a urine test proved positive for marijuana, he was back in th...

Tables via a cable. if for some reason we happen to lose a tool or something happens, we would search the kitchen, search the inmates. but we've never had a situation like that. most of the inmates are very cooperative. they understand they have a short amount of time left and basically we rarely have any problems in here. >> i get along good with all of the officers, sergeant, corporals. you know, we're inmates and of course, they're the people in charge of us. i get along great with them. i don't answer back, you know? you just do what you're told. >> while most inmates working here can make...