The man in charge of the Bay County Jail describes it as a city within a city....

Except many of the residents living in these walls come with what some would call baggage.

"Even though this is a county jail we have murderers, rapers, robbers, sexual abusers, every walk of life comes through this facility," says Sheriff Frank McKeithen.

In the last two months sheriff frank McKeithen took over the jail from the corrections corporation of America and has made some big changes in that time. But out of the many changes he's most proud of his staff.

"I'm very proud of my staff that I've chosen to run the jail they are each professional."

But how does the staff---made up of doctors, nurses and cooks---adapt to their clients special needs?

The sheriff says very carefully.

"It's a very intense operation and we try to do the best that we can."

The full time doctor on staff tells News Channel 7 it's imperative he pay attention to the inmate's behavior.

"When it comes to control a lot of it has to do with experience....I've learned how to interact with inmates in that perspective," says Bay Co. Jail Physician. But he says at the end of the day his job is rewarding.

"We give them more than just medical care we show them how to be good human beings," says Hollie Smouse the Cafeteria Manager.

And this woman who runs the jail's kitchen agrees.

"They have to have sanitized training all kinds of things to where we figure it's a small part of their rehabilitation training for them."

But she says the most rewarding time comes when they have a change of heart.

Big or small.

"I've actually had guys apologized to me and say I didn't know it meant that much I didn't know what I put my wife through just to put out a meal," says Smouse.

They're not in here for punishment they're here waiting to go to court and have not been convicted yet.

And for whatever it means the sheriff says while the men and women spend time in jail it's kind of a second chance for them to turn their lives around.