Okay, so I work in our county jail as a correctional officer. I have worked here for around 8 months now. Our jail is a smaller jail- holds around 30 inmates total. We give them orange juice for breakfast and also fruit every day- when we do cell searches we have to empty out any beverages they are attempting to save. We do this to prevent bugs and the smell, but also the inmates are attmepting to ferment this into alcohol. My question is how possible is this on such a small amount AND how long does it actually take at room temperature to turn juice and/or fruit into alcohol? How potent is the alcohol? Can a person become intoxicated on one 8 ounce glass?
haha. I just want to understand how it actually turns into alcohol without any help other than sitting in a cup? To me I would think it would just rot and eventually get mold if not removed. I really just want to know if it can turn into alcohol and if so the potency? Like, if an inmate managed to keep a cup of their orange juice for a long time, it get to the way they think it should be, they drink it- is that even enough to get them drunk??? It just seems like someone made it up to me.