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>> stew. ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found ♪ ♪ and i'm stirring this stew for free ♪ >> a day of kent county jail meals contains an average of 2,700 calories. as a result, many inmates gain weight during their stays here. one of the most high-calorie and popular items are the small cakes served with each meal. >> the cake is the only part that's good. >> why does everyone love the cake so much? >> either i'm so good at it or it's the best thing on the tray. >> jesse, serving a five-month sentence for domestic violence, is one of the bakers responsible for the ten pans of sheet cake b...

Nearly every one of the 1,000 or so inmates incarcerated at the kent county jail in grand rapids feels pressure. it could be the pain of being separated from family, the thought of losing a job or being sent to prison. but the pressure jesse orlow feels is unique. >> the thing about baking is you're responsible for all the cakes. if you screw up on the cakes obviously they're going to know who did it, who screwed them up. you've got to make sure they're done right because you don't want to have to redo them. >> for the past four months, orlow and his fellow inmate baker herbie paveto have been...

>> i kind of joked around when i first got here, maybe i'll be on "cupcake wars." this might be my start. "cake boss" maybe, you know, whatever. >> but now orlow has a new challenge. paveto has been released and orlow must break in a rookie. >> there's two bakers, me and cody over here. he's my partner. he's actually just started today. i'm actually training him at the same time. i go home next week and someone will have to take my place, too. take the paddle off so it don't spill all over the floor. per bag we get ten. ten cakes. they're not the best, thickest cakes. but obviously it's a mone...

Nearly every one of the 1,000 or so inmates incarcerated at the kent county jail in grand rapids feels pressure. it could be the pain of being separated from family, the thought of losing a job or being sent to prison. but the pressure jesse orlow feels is unique. >> the thing about baking is you're responsible for all the cakes. if you screw up on the cakes obviously they're going to know who did it, who screwed them up. you've got to make sure they're done right because you don't want to have to redo them. >> for the past four months, orlow and his fellow inmate baker herbie paveto have been...

>> i like when they have brownies. >> moist brownies. >> as bakers we don't get a lot of complaints about the food. everyone, like i said, it's so routine in here, it's the same thing every day. they expect, you know, not so good of a meal. >> we don't come here because of the food. no. we all keep saying if they don't change the accommodations we're not even coming back. >> orlow and fellow baker, herbie pavetto, serving three months on an assault charge, are both near the end of their sentences. when they get away with it, they say they take liberties with the recipe. >> let's say i make ban...