Inmates work on a variety of public projects, receiving no pay but time off from their sentences.
The inmates' work costs the Food Bank nothing. These agencies provide food for a little more than 10,000 people daily, and the need is growing. We have to get the food in here, get it processed and get it out on the streets as soon as possible. More than ever, Nueces County jail inmates are pitching in to help feed the hungry, clean litter from area streets and parks and do other community work, sheriff's department officials said. All rights reserved.