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We nurse them back to health. we resocialize them. we get them used to being around people. and once their court case is cleared, and we take actual ownership of the animal, we adopt them out to a good home. >> good boy. >> the animals are cared for by inmate workers who have no history of animal abuse. male inmates take care of the horses and other farm animals. >> we get accused of standing around scratching our ass all day here at m.a.s.h. unit. best job on the yard. >> female inmates handle the dogs and cats. >> i bond more with the dogs here than any of the girls on the yard. what i like ...

>> dinner on that side for me. >> thank you. the kitchen staff at oakland's santa rita jail must prepare and deliver meals for 3,000 inmates, three times per day, seven days a week. it's a big job, but the end result rarely wins praise. >> this is very unappetizing, bland. >> we call it white dip. because, huh, we don't know how they make it and it might kill you, but it's all we've got to eat. >> but for inmate workers like vincent del judas, chow time offers a break from an otherwise monotonous existence. >> i'm a pod worker. we get down in our cell and clean our pods. we get to help out w...

Pass out dinner on that side for me. thank you. >> the kitchen staff at oakland's santa rita jail must prepare and deliver meals for 3,000 inmates, three times per day, seven days a week. it's a big job, but the end result rarely wins praise. >> this is very unappetizing, bland. >> we call it white dip. because, huh, we don't know how they make it and it might kill you, but it's all we've got to eat. >> but for inmate workers like vincent del judas, chow time offers a break from an otherwise monotonous existence. >> i'm a pod worker. we get to help out with hot water and stuff like that. i'm g...

Do you understand? sign for me right there. >> he requested to move to a trustee pod, a housing unit for inmate workers. though they're not paid, there are other benefits to be had, more time out of their cells and extra food. >> the trustee would get two trays at the end of their work period. >> is that your main motivation? >> that is my main motivation for being in trustee pod. >> but eloy orosco need not worry about getting an inmate job for extra food. >> yes, you are excited. >> he is able to purchase more than enough snacks from the jail commissary to quell his appetite. >> three instan...

Of managing such a large inmate population can be found in the theo lacy kitchen. where inmate workers prepare 9,000 meals per day. >> i have actually heard that if an inmate has to be incarcerated, they prefer to come to orange county jail. they are fed well. they are fed more color frlly, our nutritional guidelines and standards are interesting in the rest of the dait state. you put a lot of care and energy into what we do >> narrator: a lower security level inmates eat in the chow hall t. majority of inmates are confined to their cells. they are delivered by inmate workers. >> it helps i us...