AND A VERSION OF CINDERELLA
.
PIZZA DELIVERY AT THE COOK
COUNTY YALE IS A NEW TREAT FOR
INMATES.
THOSE WHO MAKE THE PIZZA
ARE THE BIGGEST WINNERS.
Reporter: CHOPPING THE
TOPPINGS, ROLLING THE DOUGH,
STIRRING THE SAUCE, ALL THE
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS YOU FIND AT A
TYPICAL PIZZA PARLOR.
THIS TAKES PLACE BEHIND BARS.
THE CHEFS ARE COOK COUNTY
INMATES.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE THE
SAME SO IT COOKS THE SAME.
Reporter: THE OWNER OF TACOS
PIZZA IS A MAN BEHIND THE NEW
PROGRAM THAT BRINGS PIZZA TO
INMATES.
THE GOAL IS TO GIVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK.
Reporter: THE MISSION IS
BIGGER.
WE WANT TO MAKE OUR STREETS
BETTER WE HAVE TO START FROM
HERE.
Reporter: HE TEACHES A
COURSE LEADING TO CERTIFICATES
IN CULINARY ART.
CHEF JONATHAN IS CONFIDENT
HE WILL GET A JOB WHEN HE HE
GETS OUT.
YOU KNOW HOW TO KEEP FOOD
FROM GETTING CONTAMINATED.
Reporter: THE PROGRAM GETS
HIGH MARKS FROM THE SHERIFF.
I HAVE MET WITH THE
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.
THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE.
THEY SAID THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SKILLS.
THEY SAID THEY DON'T CARE IF
THEY HAVE CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS,
THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
Reporter: OUT OF THE 200 WHO
HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM
HE SAID ONLY ONE HAS RETURNED
TO JAIL.
MOST GET THE MESSAGE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.
SPEND YOUR LIFE HERE AND DIE IN
PRISON OR STAY OUTSIDE AND HAVE
FREEDOM.
Reporter:
HE HOPES TO GET A FOOD
TRUCK AND SELL PIZZA OUTSIDE
THE JAIL TO THE PUBLIC.
THE SHERIFF WANTS THE PUBLIC TO
KNOW IT'S MOSTLY FUNDED BY
PRIVATE DONORS.
REPORTING LIVE FROM THE
NEWSROOM.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TRACK
RECORD AND GIVING THEM
ALTERNATIVES.
THEY DO.
