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Plains, it often gets sorted out downtown at the sedgwick county jail. 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 some...

Downtown at the sedgwick county jail. 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 som...

>> 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...

Now back to our regular programming. >> announcer: due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> for most inmates there is no mistaking life inside wichita cedric county jail, her home sweet home. but there is one policy implemented by sheriff jeff easter that they would especially 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 find ways to stretch it out. >> you know. >> sheriff easter says the one roll per week toilet paper policy has nothing to do with punishment, but everything to do

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