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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 perioof 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.

Inmates. but two hot meals and one bag lunched served each day. >> this is our dinner. okay? >> the facility depends on some of its most trusted inmate workers known as porters to make about 4,000 meals daily. >> brownies and a on the of squares. they actually trust us with a knife down here for some reason. but it's chained to the table. can't do nothing with it. can't kill nobody. >> man of the year. best turkey in america, y'all. we prepare everything each day, early. a day ahead of time. so this will be ready for tomorrow. put it in the fridge. good to go for tomorrow >> working in the kit...

Likes giving his younger customers something extra with their meals. a serving of rap. >> i'll do a short one. i'll do a short one. ♪ my mind's not right but still got game ♪ ♪ bet my dope puts yours to shame ♪ ♪ judges today have it all wrong ♪ ♪ they're far to late to try the bomb ♪ ♪ these crews are cool but they're living in sin ♪ ♪ they're robbing the pharmacies for vicodin ♪ >> when their shift ends, mason and other inmate workers make their way back to their housing unit. >> k-70, sir. >> better known as the workers barracks, it's still jail. but life in the barr...

Day. >> i've actually heard that if an inmate had to be incarcerated they prefer to come to orange county jail because they are fed well. they are fed more colorfully. and our nutritional guidelines and standards are the same as the rest of the state. but we put a lot of care and energy into what we do. >> while lower security level inmates eat in the chow hall, the majority of inmates are confined to their cells. their meals are delivered by inmate workers, like robert mason. >> really helps that i used to work at denny's. it makes me thankful where i am at because at least we get to come out...

Okay, let's go. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. that's amazing! inside the sheriff al cannon detention center, inmate workers like mohammad abdullah live in their hone housing unit with at least one perk other units don't enjoy. >> when we work in the cafeteria, it's more of a privilege. that we have the microwave, we get the coffee and the popcorn. but at any given moment, they will snatch it away if we mess that privilege up. >> abdullah is charged with a property crime to which he has pled not guilty. >> i've been in three months. i've been in and out of the facility -...