Stephen Tucker, director of the South Central Regional Jail, holds up a blank complaint form. He said his office gets about 200 complaints a day from inmates about overcrowding issues.

A cellblock, or "pod" is on lockdown at South Central Regional Jail. Overcrowding has forced the facility to make inmates sleep in commons areas, such as this one.

A cell, meant for one person, is double bunked because of overcrowding at the South Central Regional Jail. The jail sometimes houses twice the amount of inmates it was built for.

Stephen Tucker, director of the South Central Regional Jail, talks about the system his facility uses to track inmates. This system is used to determine which inmates can be double bunked based on their convictions.

A correctional officer stands at the booking station of the South Central Regional Jail. Officer shortages have led some to work 60-hours a week to compensate.

The gymnasium is the only room in the South Central Regional Jail that has not been used to house inmates, said director Stephen Tucker. The gym does not have air conditioning or heating, but it could be used during an emergency situation to evacuate inmates, he said.

An outdoor area of the South Central Regional. Inmates are guaranteed an hour in the sun a day, said Stephen Tucker, the jail's director.

Inmates with working privileges prepare the lunchtime meal for about 600 inmates at the South Central Regional Jail. Overcrowding makes preparing the meals more difficult, the inmates said.

Correctional officers make a daily count of inmates in one of the cellblocks at the South Central Regional Jail. The jail needs about 80 officers on its staff at all times, but currently it has about 60.

The South Central Regional Jail is the most overcrowded jail in the state, says director Stephen Tucker. The jail should house about 300 inmates, but at times it nears 600.