for on an hourly basis here. everything is secured to the tables via a cable. if for some reason we happen to lose a tool or something happens, we would search the kitchen, search the inmates. but we ve never had a situation like that. most of the inmates are very cooperative. they understand they have a short amount of time left and basically we rarely have any problems here. i get along good with all of the officers, sergeant, corporals. you know, we re inmates and of course, they re the people in charge of us. i get along great with them. i don t answer back, you know? you just do what you re told. while most inmates working here can make up to $15 a week, the main incentive is to earn game time, an exchange in which they receive time off their sentences for days worked. you get one day for every six days you work. so more or less you have about five days a month. that s the maximum you could get a month is five days of game time. and you can get about 30 days total within 6 m
but not everyone believes jail is a choice. some feel they are victims to a probation system that s all too easy to violate and keeps sending them back. i was told by my first probation officer after reading the conditions of my probation, if you can do this without me violating you, you ll be lucky. this is the first time i d met this man, the first time i ve been on probation. he was very right. eric johns original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he was released on probation. but when a urine test proved positive for marijuana, he was back in the miami-dade county jail. i am a three-time loser. this makes my third time. once you re in the system, you will be back. eric johns was definitely a loner in the jail system, but he had developed his own method of survival. in fact, he told us how in his first stay in jail, he sent a message to ward off any
if you can do this without me violating it, you will be lucky. this was the first time i met this man, the first time i had been on probation. he was very right. eric johns original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he was released on probation. but when a urine test proved positive for marijuana, he was back in the miami-dade county jail. i am a three-time loser. this makes my third time. once you are in the system, you will be back. eric johns was definitely a loner in the jail system, but he developed his own method of survival. he told us how during his first stay in jail he sent a message to ward off any predatory inmates. the first time i came in, the first thing i did was i looked for the biggest guy in the unit and decked him. that s how i lost my front teeth. i got my teeth knocked out. but, they said at that point,
but not everyone believes jail is a choice. some feel they are victims to a probation system that s all too easy to violate and keeps sending them back. i was told by my first probation officer after reading the conditions of my probation, if you can do this without me violating you, you ll be lucky. this is the first time i ve met this man, the first time i ve been on probation. he was very right. eric john s original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he was released on probation. but when a urine test proved positive for marijuana, he was back in the miami-dade county jail. i am a three-time loser. this makes my third time. once you re in the system, you will be back. eric johns was definitely a loner in the jail system, but he had developed his own method of survival. in fact, he told us how in his first stay in jail, he sent a message to ward off any predatory inmates.
the conditions of my probation, if you can do this without me violating it, you will be lucky. this was the first time i met this man, the first time i had been on probation. he was very right. eric johns original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he was released on probation. but when a urine test proved positive for marijuana, he was back in the miami-dade county jail. i am a three-time loser. this makes my third time. once you are in the system, you will be back. eric johns was definitely a loner in the jail system, but he developed his own method of survival. he told us how during his first stay in jail he sent a message to ward off any predatory inmates. the first time i came in, the first thing i did was i looked for the biggest guy in the unit and decked him. that s how i lost my front teeth. i got my teeth knocked out. but, they said at that point, either that guy is crazy or he s bad, but we re going to leave him alone. he just ain t w