Chapter 1077 1076. Entering the Warehouse (5/5)

Chapter 1077 1076. Entering the Warehouse (55)

The chefs and kitchen workers are not prisoners, but employees of GEO Company. They are ordinary people with good personalities. Because Li Du came to teach them how to make soup, they treat Li Du and the others very friendly.

GEO is a well-known private prison company in the United States. It undertakes many prison businesses, and even manages some prisons entirely.

Private prisons can be regarded as a characteristic of the United States, because prison expenses have become a huge financial burden for the government, and the government has gradually outsourced prisons.

The United States spends a lot of money every year in order to manage prisoners. According to the report of the Bureau of Prisons, in 2010, the United States spent 48.5 billion US dollars on the prison labor education system.

48.5 billion US dollars is a lot, but there are more prisoners in the United States, and the number is increasing rapidly, so the money is not enough.

As far as Li Du knows, the total number of prisoners in the United States exceeds 2.2 million, and one out of every 110 adults is serving a sentence in prison.

The reason why he knows this number is because he once read a report, a very interesting report about the chaos in American prisons:

The cost of guarding prisoners in California is relatively high, and each prisoner costs 50,000 US dollars per year. Therefore, in order to save money, California either exports prisoners to other states for detention, or releases prisoners early due to prisons being too crowded, and even death row prisoners Too many having to wait in line for the death penalty...

He recalled these things, the process of waking up noodles was over, and the next process was familiar to chefs: pressing noodles, making noodles with a noodle machine, steaming noodles, and finally frying them in a frying pan.

When frying noodles, low temperature is required, so the stove needs to be turned on and off over and over again. Li Du played tricks on this link, making the chefs think that the oil temperature is strictly controlled.

After sifting out the oil and drying in the sun, the simple version of instant noodles comes out.

After the chefs tasted it, they all gave Li Du a thumbs up: "Oriental cooking is amazing!"

Li Duxian showed off: "It can also be made into various flavors. Want to eat spicy? Add spicy sauce to the noodles. Want to eat tomato flavor? Add tomato sauce, or if you want to eat sweet, you can add sugar .”

The chefs nodded, and the white head chef with blue eyes and big nose patted him on the shoulder and said, "I will definitely speak well of you in front of Priest Warden. You have solved a big problem in the prison."

Li Du laughed: "What kind of problem is this?"

The chef shook his head and said: "You don't understand, young man, you will know later, the food you have in prison is very poor."

This is the reason why the kitchen work is loved by the prisoners.

Because the funds allocated are too small, the Miami prison has to reduce the food standards of the prisoners.

In the past, the prison provided three hot meals a day, but now it has become two hot meals and one cold meal a day on weekdays, and prisoners can only eat two meals a day on weekends.

This is not Miami prisons stealing food from inmates. This is done all over the United States. It is called "punitive economy". The purpose is not to save money, but to punish the crimes committed by prisoners in society.

As a result, for many prisoners who have to do a lot of labor and physical exercise every day, they can't get enough energy from such a quantity and quality of food.

So the prisoners like to work in the kitchen. Although they are a little tired, they can take the opportunity to eat something they want. Some prisoners with big stomachs will even save several meals together in order to eat.

Li Du was dumbfounded by what the chefs told him. The United States always advertises that its country has human rights. In the propaganda, it introduces prisoners, saying that prisoners can exercise freely, study and study in prison.

Obviously, the reality is not so good.

He told the chefs the words of the propaganda, and the chefs laughed loudly: "You think too well, young man, if you want to enjoy human rights, you can't commit crimes, and if you commit crimes, just wait for bad luck."

A chef showed him the frozen meat pulled out of the freezer. These meats were stored in cardboard boxes. The chef pointed to the top of the box. Li Du saw that there were words "not suitable for human consumption" on it!

The four of Li and Du had a good time in the kitchen that day. The cooks and prison guards opened the small stove, and the four of Li and Du followed suit, but they were rejected by the kitchen the next day.

The reason given by the chef was that they had already learned how to make soup, but Li Du knew that was not the reason, it was because Godzilla was too edible.

They ate at Xiaozao yesterday, Godzilla made a terrible meal, and made all the sausages in the chefs' inventory. This is the sausage they ate!

However, Li Du instructed the chefs to make soup, which was approved by the prison guards.

The prisoners were overjoyed when soup was served at noon that day.

They don't like to eat slippery noodles. Fried instant noodles are delicious, high in calories, and they will have a better feeling of fullness after eating and drinking some water. These are the advantages that other foods do not have.

It is for these reasons that the value of instant noodles has become popular in prisons, replacing cigarettes as the new currency.

There is also trade in prisons, where instant noodles, known as junk food in China, are the currency of exchange in Miami jails.

After one day in the prison, Li Du saw the power of instant noodles. Prisoners exchanged instant noodles for food, clothing, sanitary products, and even laundry or bed cleaning services.

In addition, when playing card games or participating in football guessing, prisoners will also use instant noodles as bargaining chips...

It's a pity that Li Duzhi is not here, otherwise he thinks that if he goes outside to set up an instant noodle company, he can make a lot of money by supplying low-cost instant noodles to prisons.

The prison guards were recognized by Li Du because when they worked the next day, they gave Li Du a list, and he could choose the working environment by himself.

The work in the prison is nothing more than that, cleaning, helping the kitchen, cleaning the garbage dump, cleaning the toilet, tidying up the warehouse, disinfesting and sterilizing, organizing files and so on.

The kitchen office was removed, and Li Du's eyes lit up when he saw the work of cleaning the warehouse. This was his old job, so he took Hans and the three of them to choose this job.

The prison guards saw that they were very interested, so they said: "The most important thing for you to enter the warehouse is to clean your hands and feet. Don't think about stealing. Believe me, you will not be sentenced for stealing here, but the end is more terrible than the sentence!"

Li Du nodded to express his understanding, he is waiting to go out now.

He believed that as long as the white prison guard called, those who answered the phone would find a way to get him out.

However, there is no news about this. He didn't meet any white prison guards today, so he has to find a way to live well in the prison. The most important thing now is to improve the hygiene of the warehouse.

The Miami Prison Warehouse was behind four apartment buildings, and it was a vast, low-slung complex, like some factory building.

After opening the warehouse door, Li Du was a little surprised, there were too many things inside!