MSNBC Lockup Fairfax Extended Stay December 8, 2019 06:31:00
At the fairfax county adult detention center, feeding the 1,200 men and women incarcerated here falls to inmate workers like rasheed conte. in this kitchen, they learn to do things big. >> right now what i'm doing is i'm just going to boil the potatoes first, for 45 minutes or an hour. then i'm going to take them over, mash them with butter and milk. most jails use instant potatoes. we're using real potatoes here. >> conte is part of a crew that serves about 26,000 inmate meals a week. >> they order approximately 30,000 pounds of food per week. 18,000 cookies, 10,600 eight-ounce cartons of mil...