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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...

>> everybody head on back to your bunks, we'll be serving lunch shortly. >> while safely securing inmates is the top priority, the jail is support 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 are weighed before they go in the wash. we're putting in 165 pound. we're not overstuffing the washer. >> turner supplements his human staff with automation. >> fo...

Into the national air and space museum. now back to "lockup." at the hillsborough 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 who are lucky enough to hold them receive one day off their sentence for every six days worked. javier perez's job in the laundry facility made the two months he spent here awaiting trial go by a little easier. >> it's something to do. if they made me feed pigs all day long i would have done that. >> when his morning shift is over, perez heads back ...

They say their daughter lisa irwin was snatched from her crib. and a group of anti-war and anti wall street protesters tried to force their way into the air and space museum in washington, d.c., but were met with pepper spray. i'm veronica de la cruz. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, sentenced inmates work in a variety of capacities throughout the facility. there is a waiting list for the much coveted jobs, and those who are lucky enough to hold them, receive one day off their sentence for every six days worked...

5,000 inmates, 950 sworn deputies and 410 civilian employees, the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, is like a city unto itself. >> we'll be serving lunch shortly. >> safety of the inmates is top priority, it's supported by a vast infrastructure. 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. putting in 165 pounds. we're not overstuffing the washer. >> turner supplements his human staff with automation. ...