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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...

>> abdullah says he was complaining the kitchen workers who served staff got to eat better than those like him who serve inmates. >> so we got to eat with the slop. and they get to eat the gourmet. so i was raising hell about that. that's why -- it was more than just me giving away the rice. it was political in that sense because i was raising concerns about why -- why we're not having the same right as these other inmates. what's the difference in us and them? we're all inmates. and it was like, we've got to get rid of this [ bleep ] because he's going to be a problem. >> staff say abdullah's...

Abdullah gave other inmates unauthorized food. >> the first time, i gave him a warning. second time, i counseled him. third time he gave me, i think, two hours of lockdown. fourth time, he was let go. >> i was fired because i feel like political reasons. you know, i was raising concerns about several issues in the kitchen. >> abdullah says he was complaining the kitchen workers who served staff got to eat better than those like him who serve inmates. >> so we got to eat with the slop. and they get to eat the gourmet. so i was raising hell about that. that's why -- it was more than just me givi...

Kitchen. >> abdullah says he was complaining the kitchen workers who served staff got to eat better than those like him who serve inmates. >> so we got to eat with the slop. and they get to eat the gourmet. so i was raising hell about that. that's why -- it was more than just me giving away the rice. it was political in that sense because i was raising concerns about why -- why we're not having the same right as these other inmates. what's the difference in us and them? we're all inmates. and so it got kind of political, and of it like we've got to get rid of this [ bleep ] because he's going ...

Suicide, muhammad abdullah deals 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 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...