thomas schiele used to be one of them, but now he's a porter of a different kind.s one of four inmates selected to be what is known as a dead run porter. they are assigned to help the coroner's office process and remove dead bodies throughout the county. >> this is our dead run porter closet. i got to take this jump suit up with me to go to the laundry. then i go up, i've got blood. i had bloodstains on the front of it. down the legs. and it's from -- you never know what you're getting into. this is from the same run as this jump suit. stuff ran down and dripped on the front of my shoe. and the bottoms is where i tried to miss the blood trail and ended up stepping in it. that's blood and pus and brain matter, chunks in there. a little bit of brain matter. but you know, when you're doing a job, you're going to run into some messy situations. >> despite the grim scenes he encounters, schiele says it's better than being in jail. >> i think you have to roll the windows down and you're on the highway, granted, we're going into a bad situation, but trying to look at the