this is how we do it here. most inmate meals are prepared and served by other inmates. kitchen work is far from glamorous, but it has its perks. the reason i do it is to get out of my cell, come down here, get a little freedom, and eat a little better. ray slagel loved working in the kitchen at the limon correctional facility in colorado because he could trade extra food for tokens, coin slots used to purchase ice cream and soda from prison vending machines. how much was a cheeseburger. two tokens. i said double cheeseburger. i should have shown you one. double cheeseburger, two tokens. that s a good deal. yeah, yeah, i can t even get them fast enough. you know. i usually sell two of those a day. while most menus are designed to provide a basic level of nutrition, steven doad, the food service director at the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida, has taken a more wholesome approach to inmate meals.
because they showed me this workout where they were pretending to drive a big truck. i couldn t see how that was going to help them stay in shape during their time on the inside. while many women gain weight from the predominantly starchy food served in jail, dee dee moore, who we met at the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida, proved to be an exception. i know when you first came in you were weighing about 210 pounds. uh-huh. what are you down to now? what? oh, i m down to under 150. really? when i came in, i weighed 250. when i first 250? yes. i ve lost 100 pounds since i ve been here. moore, who was awaiting trial in a high-profile murder case to which she had pled not guilty, attributes her weight loss to a distinct dislike of jail food and her in-cell workout routine. i run. i run in place, i do it for 30 minutes to an hour. i do leg lifts. i do the six inch.
just as interesting is the fact that many of the inmates we ve met have told us they actually prefer serving out their sentences in prison to being freed on parole. they say it s difficult to find work and that the parole rules are so strict that they can make a simple mistake and end up back in prison where they cause more pain for their families and further tarnish their reputation. few inmates illustrate the problem of walking the thin line of parole better than one we met at the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida. his name is vilester jones. when we first entered one of the jail s open dorm housing units we noticed a guy, somewhat intimidating, very large, working out on the yard. at the same time, one of the inmates was telling us that we needed to interview their jail s resident poet. and it actually turned out to be the same guy. lock them up, throw away the key. prisons are being built faster and further than the eye can see. they re being constructed to house you,
day. while most menus are designed to provide a basic level of nutrition, steven doad, the food service director at the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida, has taken a more wholesome approach to inmate meals. we make up 11,000 meals a day and we have a 28-day cycle menu which has a variety for the inmates. and our last menu design we decided we were going to make this a heart healthy menu. that s the only jail in florida that i know of that does a heart healthy menu. the food has to have 2,650 calories per day. we have 33% or less fat. we have 3.5 grams of sodium per day or less. there are the 100% required amounts of vitamins and minerals to make a healthy lifestyle for anyone. most inmates are hired for kitchen jobs based on their behavior history and the trust they ve earned from staff. as opposed to any culinary experience. john powers met all of those qualifications, but he also just
i still care. i still know that he misses me and he needs his mom. jessica, who is in jail on a drug trafficking charge to which she pled not guilty, was recently accused of trying to sell prescription pills. she admits to swallowing a small packet of pills when deputies attempted to search her, but she says she was only holding them for the inmate who made the accusation. you, with your long history, yes, you know where i m going. but this is only one of many disciplinary problems she s had in the two months she s been at hillsboro county. sergeant sarah herman has come to talk to her about her behavior. your history says you can t cope in general population because you ve had issues with everybody. i mean, it s not all my fault but i understand what you re saying. let s talk about fault. real quick, if you re not in it, it couldn t happen. so either own it or you don t.