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With the capacity of nearly 5,000 inmates, 950 sworn deputies and 410 civilian employees, the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida is like a city unto itself. >> everybody head back to your bunks. we will be serving lunch shortly. >> while safely securing inmates is the top priority, the jail is supported by a vast infrastructure that must complete a large number of tasks for a large number of inmates. the laundry facility alone is manned ten hours a day, seven days a week. >> we do approximately 12,000 pounds of laundry a day. >> james turner supervises the operation. >> all of the loads a...

Secure the perimeter. >> an inmate's non-lethal overdose at his job in the laundry facility sparks this full-scale investigation by sergeant lawton and the isu team. >> today we're conducting a search of the pia warehouse laundry. searching for any kind of contraband. last month we had an inmate overdose back here in the prison industry's laundry on the job site. >> since corcoran's laundry facilities often act as a contraband distribution center for the inmate population, this may be one of the isu's best chances to catch the drugs before they spread to the rest of the prison. >> because of t...

About rummy. >> playing spades. >> for every six days that you work, you get another extra day of good time and an extra day of work time taken off of your sentence. so for every six days that you're in custody and they are working, it's like eight days as long as they behave. >> gonzales works in the laundry facility. >> where is this one going, sir? >> that's going to surplus. >> i work on the clothes that everyone wears. i sort them and fold them. take them off the truck brand new, yeah, they're all fresh, socks, pants. i get new clothes every day and never dirty, always new. that's what ma...

At the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida, sentenced inmates work in a variety of capacities throughout the facility. there's a waiting list for the much coveted jobs and those lucky enough to hold them receive one day off their sentence for every six days worked. javier perez's job in the laundry facility has made the two months he has been here go by a little easier. >> it's something to do. if they made me feed pigs, i would have done that. >> when his morning shift is over, perez heads back to the dorms. >> 29, perez. >> once he's back at his bed, he often turns to a new time filler, ...

Infrastructure that must complete a large number of tasks for a large number of inmates. the laundry facility alone is manned ten hours a day, seven days a week. >> we do approximately 12,000 pounds of laundry a day. >> james turner supervises the operation. >> all of the loads are weighed before they go in the wash. we're putting in 165 pounds. we're not overstuffing the washer. >> turner supplements his human staff with automation. >> it makes everything the same size. but when you have five items on the shelf, you get five items across the shelf. you have a dozen inmates folding. one is goi...