file for a medical evaluation. what we re doing this morning is we re drawing blood for sexually transmitted diseases, syphilis, gonorrhea, that type of thing. prison policy mandates that all incoming prisoners have their heads shaved and all facial hair removed. when i came here in 86 for aggravated burglary, i got 30 years. every time you come through here you have to have it cut for your picture and i.d. even though they just did this a little under two years ago. they think you change, i guess. as the final step in processing, inmates are given housing assignments ranging from general population to more secure units. open front. because the prison has a zero tolerance policy for rule
challenged with cooking for the facility s 2,100 inmates and the 750 correctional staff members who work here. over the course of a year, some 2.5 million meals are prepared by inmates in this kitchen, serving staple foods and sides like cornbread and chocolate chip cookies can be expensive but elayn hunt manages to keep costs down. in part because they grow much of their own food on site. i m proud to say that we have one of the lowest food costs per day in the state. food costs $1.31 a day, not just one meal but three hot meals a day. while general population prisoners eat in the mess halls, inmates locked up for rule infractions have their meals brought to their cells. all right, let s go if you re on chow carts. you got an apron on, you need to take your apron off. sergeant kimberly smith oversees the transport of food items to and from the kitchen. we re on our way to the unit
facility s 2,100 inmates and the 750 correctional staff members who work here. over the course of a year, some 2.5 million meals are prepared by inmates in this kitchen, serving staple foods and sides like cornbread and chocolate chip cookies can be expensive but elayn hunt manages to keep costs down. in part because they grow much of their own food on site. i m proud to say that we have one of the lowest food costs per day in the state. food costs $1.31 a day, not just one meal but three hot meals a day. while general population prisoners eat in the mess halls, inmates locked up for rule infractions have their meals brought to their cells. all right, let s go if you re on chow carts. you got an apron on, you need to take your apron off.
the castle sits on 90 acres and has seven cell houses for its 900 inmates. nearly 40 inmates are secluded on death row. fewer than a dozen of them live in a minimum-custody facility. more than 200, those considered the most dangerous, are locked in solitary confinement in the segregation unit. basically, there are very few inmates that come directly to the kentucky state penitentiary. for the most part, inmates come to the penitentiary via other facilities that those inmates have either committed serious rule infractions, have long-term segregation sentences and/or have failed to adjust at other facilities and that s basically how they wind up here. we have some searches to do. glenn haverlan became warden of ksp in 2002, after 30 years with the kentucky department of corrections. y all have a good shift.
there is no such thing as an unemployed prisoner. most of the inmates have brought into warden cain s program, but for those who refuse, there s camp j., where the men spend their days in solitary confinement. they ll alter their behavior and once they get out into population, they won t commit another rule infraction. the ones that come here come here for serious rule infractions. it may be an aggravated fight, which is a fight with a weapon. it may be for an assault on staff. it may be for attempting to traffic drugs inside the prison. inmates on level one only get out one hour, two days a week. if you make it to level three, you get out three days a week. i got busted on a charge on