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Argument is winning out. your argument is what? >> i have no problem. i mean -- he is the guy who runs the place, he's been on the forefront of fighting for equality within the ranks of the restaurants. >> why is this good? >> this is good because in his interview he said this, over the 30 years he's been in the restaurant business, the waiters their pay has gone up 200%, while the those who work in the back, the cooks, have gone up maximum 25%. he's forcibly trying to even it. >> he's seen no push-back from it. >> more costly items on the menu. >> it's a great idea for kitchen workers, but it...

That's good. cooking is my hobby. on the streets, i love to cook. i like to make people happy. i'll make something at work and i'll go to the jobsite and give to him, hey, bro, try this. that's what i like to do. >> by purchasing food from the canteen and occasionally hustling vegetables or meat from kitchen workers, ray slagle gets to practice his hobby right in his cell. but the only time he shed a tear from something other than onions is when he and his twin brother, roy, were briefly in the same prison and were allowed to see each other for the first time in years. >> i hugged him and i co...

With a considerably less dire situation. but nonetheless, it has made him unhappy. >> i was fired for giving an inmate rice. the inmate lied and said that a staff member said that he, have he can have the rice. and so i gave him the rice, but he wasn't authorized. he was supposed to get potatoes. >> he was fixing a diet tray, and he decided to put what he wanted to put on it because he said the inmate asked for it. but you know what you're supposed to make. he decided to put what the inmate wanted instead of what the protocol calls for. >> according to officer austin, this isn't the first time...

City within the city. along with numerous security concerns that come with temporarily housing some 1800 men and women, facing a huge array of criminal charges, it contains its own versions of the local post office, a hospital, and busier restaurant than just about any other in the city. it also contains a gigantic laundry facility. >> we usually do anywhere from 10 to 12 loads. each load, each washer, the big washers are 125 pounds. the small washers are 75 pounds. if that can kind of give you an idea. >> the various colored uniforms coincide with each inmate's classification. >> all county c...

And busier restaurant than just about any other in the city. it also contains a gigantic laundry facility. >> we usually do anywhere from 10 to 12 loads. each load, each washer, the big washers are 125 pounds. the small washers are 75 pounds. if that can kind of give you an idea. >> the various colored uniforms coincide with each inmate's classification. >> all county clothing is generally orange. they have blue for juvenile. red for federal. black and white for state. and white for the kitchen workers. >> along with regularly washing all uniforms and linens, the laundry staff has another task...