BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — It can be difficult to add a little spice to your life when you're in jail. But inmates at the Hillsborough County jail are trying.
The inmates had been growing hot peppers as part of a horticulture program at the jail for about a year when one of them suggested making them into a commercial sauce.
Allen Boatman, the horticulture program's director, agreed, and residents of the Falkenburg Road Jail in Brandon are now the proud makers of Jailhouse Fire hot sauce.
"The food here is kind of institutionalized, so it helps," Boatman said.
Boatman and his students spent two years perfecting the recipe. A 5-ounce bottle sells for $3.25. The revenue goes back to the inmate canteen fund and to culinary and horticulture programs for inmates.