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Most of the 1150 men and women incarcerated here are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. while the inmate population is usually near or at capacity, the same cannot be said for the staff. >> we have a staff shortage here that we haven't seen before, and now everybody's having to work a ton of overtime. we're really trying to figure out how to combat that problem right now. it's not a glamorous job. lot of folks have no idea what you do in here and the only time they do know something has occurred is because somebody got in trouble. they never know ...

Jobs, sam's and walmart and those type of things because the pay's a little better, the benefits are a little better. that's when we go okay, what do we have to do to retain folks. insurance benefits is an issue i hear all the time. so those are things from my end i have got to start talking with commissioners and stuff so we can hopefully hire more people and retain them. >> sheriff easter has even expanded the range of jobs available to inmate workers or trustees. >> sedgwick county jail. >> such as answering the phones. >> we do not have anybody by that last name in our facility. how do you...

For most inmates there is no mistaking life inside wichita sedgwick county jail for home sweet home. there is one policy implemented by sheriff jeff easter that they would like to see go away, or in this case flushed away. it's the toilet paper policy. >> i get a roll a week. so i try to stretch it out. >> how? >> you don't use as much, you know. >> sheriff easter says the one roll per week toilet paper policy has nothing to do with punishment, but everything to do with waste. >> there was toilet paper being used as tablecloths, toilet paper, three or four rolls being stuffed down the toilet t...

For most inmates there is no mistaking life inside wichita sedgwick county jail for home sweet home. there is one policy implemented by sheriff jeff easter that they would like to see go away, or in this case flushed away. it's the toilet paper policy. >> i get a roll a week. so i try to stretch it out. >> how? >> you don't use as much, you know. >> sheriff easter says the one roll per week toilet paper policy has nothing to do with punishment, but everything to do with waste. >> there was toilet paper being used as tablecloths, toilet paper, three or four rolls being stuffed down the toilet t...

>> announcer: due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>. >> for most inmates there is no mistaking life inside wichita county's cedric county jail for home sweet home. there is one policy implemented by sheriff jeff easter that they would like to see go away, or in this case flushed away. it's the toilet paper policy. >> a roll a week. so i try to stretch it out. >> how? >> you don't use as much, you know. >> sheriff easter says the one roll per week toilet paper policy has nothing to do with punishment, but everything to do with waste. >> there was toilet paper being used...