Charles Flores

So we get up, you know, I'll get up about 8 o'clock. And because it's a big day, we'll make a feast and we make stuff out of the items that we can buy at the commissary. And so it might be nachos or it might be tacos or special like Super Bowl or something. We'll do enchiladas.

Yes. Okay. Yes, because this has to be planned. We go to commissary two times a month.

Yes. Okay. Yes, because this has to be planned. We go to commissary two times a month.

So you got to buy the stuff a month before to make sure you have everything that you're going to need on that day. If it's enchiladas, are you cooking those in your cell? Everything that's made is pre-cooked. So you buy items. Beef tips and gravy. Uh-huh. Summer sausages are also used. Chicken chili. And all these things are pre-cooked, so they come in little, like, plastic pouches.

So you got to buy the stuff a month before to make sure you have everything that you're going to need on that day. If it's enchiladas, are you cooking those in your cell? Everything that's made is pre-cooked. So you buy items. Beef tips and gravy. Uh-huh. Summer sausages are also used. Chicken chili. And all these things are pre-cooked, so they come in little, like, plastic pouches.

And it's an intricate process. We have to put all these things in cleaned-out plastic chip bags, and we heat them up. What we cook in is a hot pot, which essentially looks like a... an electric water kettle which heats up the water, right? So everything is heated up in water in a plastic bag. And the trick is knowing how to mix everything and warm it up together to make the enchiladas good.

And it's an intricate process. We have to put all these things in cleaned-out plastic chip bags, and we heat them up. What we cook in is a hot pot, which essentially looks like a... an electric water kettle which heats up the water, right? So everything is heated up in water in a plastic bag. And the trick is knowing how to mix everything and warm it up together to make the enchiladas good.

So I've been here for a while and yeah, I can cook pretty good. That's why I'm fat.

So I've been here for a while and yeah, I can cook pretty good. That's why I'm fat.

Mostly it was week to week. So depending on the matchups, you would make a new lineup. You understand? Okay. You know, Tom Brady's playing whoever, so you're starting Tom Brady. And if it's a two-quarterback league, you know, whoever else it might be. You know, and Rodgers, right? Right. And then—and so— Zekiel Elliott has a good matchup, so you're going to start him.

Mostly it was week to week. So depending on the matchups, you would make a new lineup. You understand? Okay. You know, Tom Brady's playing whoever, so you're starting Tom Brady. And if it's a two-quarterback league, you know, whoever else it might be. You know, and Rodgers, right? Right. And then—and so— Zekiel Elliott has a good matchup, so you're going to start him.

And then, you know, you're mixing and matching. You're mixing and matching. Okay. And so there wasn't no need to get together and have a draft. But what you would have to do is turn in your team because there's a commissioner that's running it, right? And he's the one that's going to get each team, and then he's going to create what we call master sheets. So there's a deadline.

And then, you know, you're mixing and matching. You're mixing and matching. Okay. And so there wasn't no need to get together and have a draft. But what you would have to do is turn in your team because there's a commissioner that's running it, right? And he's the one that's going to get each team, and then he's going to create what we call master sheets. So there's a deadline.

You gotta turn them in by, you know, Friday at noon.

You gotta turn them in by, you know, Friday at noon.

slide the stuff out from the cells to the day rooms, and then those guys would get the stuff and give it to another day room, and then that guy would tell the commissioner, hey, man, I've got these teams out here, and then he would make his way out there with what we call a fishing line, and it's essentially like a long string that he'll slide to the day room, and he'd pull them back in.

slide the stuff out from the cells to the day rooms, and then those guys would get the stuff and give it to another day room, and then that guy would tell the commissioner, hey, man, I've got these teams out here, and then he would make his way out there with what we call a fishing line, and it's essentially like a long string that he'll slide to the day room, and he'd pull them back in.

And then the same way, he would pass out the master sheet. You know? And it's the same thing.

And then the same way, he would pass out the master sheet. You know? And it's the same thing.

I've been here literally 25 years. Before there was no TV. So it was all sports talk radio and it was mostly AM. And when you'd get the station, you would hope it stays in. And so that's where we would get our sports update. Because when you play fantasy football, If you don't know what's going on, you're just donating. You're just donating. You know what I'm saying?