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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...

>> 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 matters. that's what matters. >> d...

>> hold up! >> prisons like the santa rosa correctional institution in florida can be dirty places. blood, sweat, feces and urine are part of the fabric of life here. the task of cleaning that fabric, the inmates' clothes and linens, falls squarely on 18 inmates who work in the laundry facility. among them is michael jacobs. >> we operate day to day, eight to ten hours a day. we deal with a lot of different things here. i mean, you've got fights, stabbings, a lot of stuff that goes on here at santa rosa. it's a level 6 facility. >> some of the worst laundry comes from the close management unit...

Blood, sweat, feces and urine are part of the fabric of life here. the task of cleaning that fabric, the inmates' clothes and linens, falls squarely on 18 inmates who work in the laundry facility. among them is michael jacobs. >> we operate day to day, eight to ten hours a day. we deal with a lot of different things here. i mean, you've got fights, stabbings, a lot of stuff that goes on here at santa rosa. it's a level 6 facility. >> some of the worst laundry comes from the close management units. >> violent inmates back there. you know what they're capable of. it's just a place you don't want...

Correctional institution in florida can be dirty places. blood, sweat, feces and urine are part of the fabric of life here. the task of cleaning that fabric, the inmates' clothes and linens, falls squarely on 18 inmates who work in the laundry facility. among them is michael jacobs. >> we operate day to day, eight to ten hours a day. we deal with a lot of different things here. i mean, you've got fights, stabbings, a lot of stuff that goes on here at santa rosa. it's a level 6 facility. >> some of the worst laundry comes from the close management units. >> violent inmates back there. you know ...