E IT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> PRISON
TIME IS NOT
MEANT TO
BE FUN OR EASY BUT
PUNISHMENT
BUT A
GROWING
NUMBER OF
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ARE
SEEING
MORE
CONSTRUCTION.
COOK COUNTY JAIL FOR ONE HAS
LOST SOME
TRAINING AND
EDUCATION
PROGRAMS THAT OFFER
INMATES A
CHANCE TO GAIN SKILLS FOR WHEN
THEY ARE RELEASED.
EDDIE ARRUZA HAS THE STORY
OF
ONE OF THOSE
PROGRAMS.
>> IT LOOKS
LIKE A
TYPICAL
CULINARY
COURSE.
THE STUDENTS WEAR WHITE
UNIFORMS, THE INSTRUCTOR IS
A
RENOWNED CHEF AND
DEMANDING.
>> IT WAS YELLOW
AND NOW
IT'S
WHITE.
WHAT, YOU PUT IN TOO
MUCH FLOUR.
>> THERE'S
PLENTY OF
HANDS-ON
EXPERIENCE THAT INVOLVE
MISTAKES.
>> WE CALL THIS A
MAL-TIYADI,
AND THAT MEANS
THE WRONG PUT.
>> A
VISITER
KNOWS WELL
IN
ADVANCE
THERE'S
SOMETHING
UN-CONSEQUENTIAL.
IT'S
UNCONVENTIONAL.
IT'S HELD IN THE FACILITY OF
THE
COOK COUNTY JAIL AND ALL
STUDENTS ARE DOING TIME
FOR
NONVIOLENT CRIMES.
THERE'S
20-YEAR-OLD KENDALL
ARCHIE AND
37BARRON, A
REPEAT
OFFENDER.
>> HIS LATEST CHARGE?
>> A POSSESSION CHARGE.
>> POSSESSION?
>> YES, DRUG CHARGE.
>> BUT IN THE
FACILITY'S
KITCHEN, THE
INMATES BECOME
APPRENTICES TO A MASTER
CHEF AND
WHAT THEY PREFER TO TALK ABOUT
IS WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.
>> I LEARN HOW TO
COOK.
I LEARNED A BIT OF
ITALIAN.
I'M STILL BASICALLY
FAMILIARIZING WHAT EVERYTHING
MEANS.
I HAVE A WORD LIST.
>> THE CHEF AT THE HEAD O
F THE
CLASS IS
BRUNO, IN T
HE NORTH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE POPULAR ITALIAN
EATERY
DRAWS
A CROWD WORLDS APART FROM
THE
KITCHEN BUT HE IS NO STRANGER TO
WORKING WITH PRISONERS.
SEVERAL YEARS A
GO HE LEAD A
GLASS
AT
THE JUVENILE
DETENTION
FACILITY
IN
SAINT CHARLES AND AT
THE BOOT CAMP.
>> TONIGHT, I TEACH
THEM
MANNERS.
THE LOVE
OF
LIFE.
HOW
CAN
WE LOVE
WHERE WE'RE
AT?
THERE IS ANOTHER WORLD YOU CAN
GO.
>> OUT OF MORE
THAN 70
INMATES
THAT APPLIEDED ONLY 20 WERE
ACCEPTED WHICH GOT UNDERWAY IN
LATE MARCH.
THEY ALL
HAD TO GO THROUGH A
SCREENING PROCESS THAT HAD
LITTLE TO DO WITH THEIR CRIMINAL
BACKGROUNDS
AND
RESEMBLED
AN
ENTRANCE EXAM WITH AN INTERVIEW
WITH A CHEF AND THEY HAD TO
EXPLAIN WHY THEY WANTED
TO TAKE
PART.
THE FINALISTS KNOW THEY ARE
PART
OF SOMETHING SPECIAL.
>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
A
LITTLE INTERESTING IF I DID
GET
INVOLVED
AND I
DID WANT TO
START
MY OWN
BUSINESS.
>> HE WAS GOING
A
BATEY
SAYS HE DREW
INSPIRATION FROM THE
PRISON
OUTSIDE OF ITALY, WHERE
INMATES
MAKE A SWEET BREAD
RENOWNED
THROUGHOUT ITTY BUT PERHAPS
UNLIKE THE
ITALIAN COUNTERPARTS
THE COOK COUNTY
INMATES KNEW
VIRTUALLY NOTHING ABOUT THE
FINER POINTS OF
ITALIAN
COOKING
BEFORE THEY MET
HIM.
>> THEY ARE ELEMENTARY THINGS
THEY DON'T
KNOW,
BESIDES FRIED
CHICKEN AND THOSE
FOUR
HOT
DOGS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY KNOW.
>> CHEF
BRUNO
IS
PAYING FOR
MOST
OF THE CLASS HIMSELF FROM THE
UNIFORMS
TO TO
THE
MAKE-SHIFT
INGREDIENTS.
>> WE NEED MORE
TOOLS.
WE DON'T HAVE TOOL, SO
PLEASE,
SOMEBODY THERE, CAN WE GET SOME
TOOLS, THANK
YOU.
>> THE COURSE WILL
LAST
THREE
MONTHS BUT HIS AIM ISN'T
TO
CREATE THE NEXT TOP CHEF
BUT OFF
A LITTLE TRAINING AND A LOT
OF
HOPE.
>> THEY NEED TO
GET THE BRAIN
WORKING
EVERYDAY.
AND
WHEN YOU
HEAR, YOU
BRING
STOCK.
YOU LIKE
S
TOCK.
>> THIS CULINARY
COURSE ONE OF
AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PROGRAMS
THAT COOK COUNTY IS OFFERING
INMATES.
SOME OF THE
OTHERS INCLUDE
CARPENTRY, GUITAR CLASSES.
THERE'S
NOW A CHESS CLUB, ALL
ISSUE
INTENDED TO
BE
REHABILITATED.
>> LOOK-TIME CORRECTIONS
OFFICIALS SAY THE PROGRAMS OFFER
A MEASURE OF
SELFWORTH THAT A
PRISON CELL DOES NOT.
>> WE
WANT HIM
TO SEE THEY
HAVE
OTHER OPTIONS ONCE
THEY LEAVE
HERE AND THEY'VE MADE A
MISTAKE,
THAT THIS IS NOT THE
END, THAT
THEY CAN DO OTHER
THINGS, BETTER
THINGS.
>> THE CHEF SAYS HIS DREAM IS TO
TURN
THE
ENORMOUS KITCHEN SPACE
INTO A
CULINARY SCHOOL FOR A
LARGE NUMBER OF INMATES BUT IN
THE MEANTIME HE'S DEDICATING
THE
ENERGY TO HIS SMALL
COULD HORT
COHORT OF
BUDDING CHEFS AND
HE EVEN
ENCOURAGES THEM TO LEARN
ITALIAN.
>> FOR THESE MEN,
IT COULD BE
THE START OF A MORE
HARMONIOUS
LIFE HEN THEY'RE
TREE.
>> THE COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS OFFERS
A NUMBER OF
COURSES AND YOU CAN