lacey. one way to measure the challenge of managing such a large inmate population can be found in the theo lacey kitchen, where inmate workers prepare 9,000 meals per day. i ve actually heard that if an inmate had to be incarcerated they prefer to come to orange county jail because they are fed well. they are fed more colorfully. and our nutritional guidelines and standards are the same as the rest of the state. but we put a lot of care and energy into what we do. while lower security level inmates eat in the chow hall, the majority of inmates are confined to their cells. their meals are delivered by inmate workers like robert mason. really helps that i used to work at denny s. it makes me thankful where i am at because at least we get to come out three times a day. it passes the time a lot quicker. these guys are locked down 23 hours a day, 22 hours a day. time goes by real slow up there. that s why we re kind of like their only contact. so, i mean, you can do little things for
everyone very closely to make sure they don t hide anything. any large inmate move poses a potential security breach. so, to give deputies the upper hand, the move is not announced ahead of time. it is planned for 9:00 p.m. when most other inmates are locked down. all right, you guys, listen up. we re going to make this move real smooth. get your sheets. roll all your stuff up. i want two lines on each side. one right here. one right here. one of the inmates involved in the move is the workers father figure, personal trainer and resident rapper, robert popeye mason. looks like we re moving. moving out of here to another barracks. so i think we ve got a few minutes to pack up, i guess. we ve kind of been kept in the dark. we knew something was coming. but we didn t know exactly when. so looks like now is the time to get busy and get packing. ready to make this move? i didn t think we was moving this soon. but they made it fast. so, hey. do you want your popeye stickers?
high-rent district. mason is serving nine months at theo lacey, convicted of an unusual shoplifting charge. caught stealing a flea collar and a pair of workout pants. you re here because you stole a flea collar and a pair of workout pants? yes. and i do have a dog. that day, i was actually out of my mind on methamphetamine. i d been up for four days straight without sleep. i have no idea why i was even in that store. if there s anything that you could say is the devil s drug, methamphetamine fits that bill perfectly. it s a blessing i got caught stealing that stuff because i was praying to god to stop and i couldn t. so i guess this is his way of helping me stop. i can flex. inside jail, mason is an advocate for healthy living. my friends call me popeye
like they ve known you a long time. how is your court case going? even though he s well past the hip-hop generation, mason likes giving his younger customers something extra with their meals. a serving of rap. i ll do a short one. i ll do a short one. my mind s not right but still got game bet my dope puts yours to shame judges today have it all wrong they re far to late to try the bomb these crews are cool but they re living in sin they re robbing the pharmacies for vicodin when their shift ends, mason and other inmate workers make their way back to their housing unit. k-70, sir. better known as the workers barracks, it s still jail. but life in the barracks allows for more freedom of movement. and is one of the few housing units where daylight streams through the windows. this is where we re coming into the projects here. as we get further down this section we come into the high-rent district. mason is serving nine months
so, to give deputies the upper hand, the move is not announced ahead of time. it is planned for 9:00 p.m. when most other inmates are locked down. all right, you guys, listen up. we re going to make this move real smooth. get your sheets. roll all your stuff up. i want two lines on each side. one right here. one right here. one of the inmates involved in the move is the workers father figure, personal trainer and resident rapper, robert popeye mason. looks like we re moving. moving out here to another barracks. so i think we ve got a few minutes to pack up, i guess. we ve kind of been kept in the dark. we knew something was coming. but we didn t know exactly when. so, looks like now is the time to get busy and get packing. ready to make this move? i didn t think we was moving this soon. but they made it fast. so, hey. do you want your popeye stickers? i m leaving my mark here. all right. let s go.