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00:12GB unit. This is where the unit still stands.
00:23We're seeing from inside the Bristol County House of Corrections.
00:27Inmates incited a six-hour long standoff on Friday when correctional officers attempted
00:32to move them to different blocks.
00:36On that day, we were going to move some inmates out of this unit and put them behind a locking
00:41door unit. They didn't want that. So they decided to refuse to move and damage the unit.
00:48Sheriff Paul Haro says that the inmates destroyed the jail, breaking apart different items such
00:53as beds to make weapons.
00:59No operators got hurt. No inmates got hurt. We were very lucky that day.
01:08There are over 3,000 jails in the U.S. detaining over half a million. Each one, a world of
01:16its
01:16own. Running a jail is tough. Surviving inside is tougher.
01:23Let's go. Let's go.
01:24For 120 hours, five days, our cameras are inside.
01:29Lock them down.
01:30Capturing the officers, inmates, and moments that define life behind bars.
01:37I'll be home soon, alright?
01:49Bristol County, Massachusetts was once among the wealthiest places in America, built by fishermen
01:55and factory workers. With those industries now gone, the county faces poverty, opioid addiction,
02:02and local street gangs that prey on both. Here, the Bristol County Sheriff's Office oversees
02:09both the Bristol County House of Correction and the historic Ash Street Jail, the nation's
02:15oldest continuously running jail. Together, they process and house nearly 15,000 individuals
02:21every year.
02:28You guys can just go right around. You guys have already been searched. How you doing, buddy?
02:37Get in there good.
02:42How's it, sir?
02:43Alright, thank you.
02:44You too.
02:47Superintendent Joseph Oliver arrives to conduct a compliance inspection of one of the housing units.
02:53Morning, gents.
02:55As inmates become more violent than in years past, the Bristol County Jail operates under
03:00strict controls to maintain order and safety.
03:04So as you're walking by, you're looking for the light inside the cell?
03:08You're not able to see in the cell? How you doing, buddy?
03:18In general, cell decorum. So when you look in the cell, you want it to look clean. But because
03:23it looks clean doesn't always mean that. That's a good thing. Some of the cleanest cells have
03:27the most contraband in them. The inmates know aetherium or moan beds need to be made. Nothing on the floor.
03:33You can't have anything sticking to the walls, the back windows, the radiators. So the officers
03:39alone right now, but a little later today, the officer will be going around doing cell inspections.
03:43And they'll make sure all the cells are in compliance.
03:46Regular cleaning and bed making requirements make it easier for officers to spot contraband,
03:51weapons, or other prohibited items hidden in cells.
04:01Afternoon. You're going to start making your bed, okay? Appreciate it.
04:05The biggest problem we have at this jail, we have 22 housing units.
04:08Eleven of the housing units don't have locks on doors.
04:11The person who designed this jail had a history and an experience of designing college campuses.
04:16And so for some reason, the designer, the architect said,
04:19let's go ahead and design something with communal bathrooms,
04:22and we'll do it more like a college campus.
04:25And you can't put a lock on a door if an inmate doesn't have a toilet in the cell.
04:29And at the time, there were locks on doors, but then our state Supreme Court said,
04:34well, you don't have toilets in cells, so you have to take the locks off the doors,
04:37or put toilets in the cells, and the decision was to take the locks off the doors.
04:42The jail holds roughly 700 inmates across 22 units.
04:47Originally built for low-level offenses, it now faces pressures from more serious crimes like assault,
04:53drug trafficking, and murder, stretching the facility beyond its design.
04:58When I first started, over 25 years ago, we didn't have the gang issues we had like we do now.
05:03Because we have so many gangs, and you have a lot of in-house fighting within the gangs,
05:09it's becoming harder and harder to house them because of the in-house battling that's going on.
05:13So to do that, you need more units to stretch these guys out so they can be in a safe
05:19location.
05:21But because we don't have the locking doors that we should have,
05:24ultimately there are times that we're going to have to put these people behind unlocking doors,
05:28which is a serious safety issue for everyone.
05:33Along with an increase in gang violence, Bristol County Jail also faced one of the highest inmate suicide rates in
05:40the state.
05:40When officials introduced new safety measures to bring those numbers down,
05:44the tighter restrictions sparked resistance, and ultimately an inmate uprising.
05:59We had to call out for outside assistance from other agencies.
06:03Our own SIT was activated.
06:05I was the assistant superintendent.
06:08I was actually off-duty, and I called in because I had gotten a text message
06:12that something was going on at the gym.
06:14So I reported in from the street.
06:16And when I got here, agencies were already here and they were already planning.
06:20So I just jumped into it.
06:22Response was quick, and we were able to take the unit back over.
06:28The GB unit where the uprising occurred still remains unoccupied,
06:33as the jail waits for funding to complete the installation of cell door locks and toilets.
06:38If these cell doors locked, we would have been locked down at the time this all happened,
06:43which would have been a lot better for us.
06:53Unit GC is the first stop for most inmates that arrive at the Bristol County Jail.
06:58Its dorm-style setup provides an introduction to jail life,
07:02where inmates often charged with non-violent offenses like theft,
07:06drug possession, or low-level assault adjust to routines, rules,
07:11and social dynamics in a communal setting.
07:14You see what I use for my pillow?
07:16This is what you use to wash your laundry with.
07:18This is your underwear.
07:19This is a spare towel that you get, your uniform.
07:22So what you do is you take it, you fold it up, you roll it up like this,
07:26and then you just, you just roll it up in a nice little tight ball.
07:32From the holding cell, they bring you here to GC,
07:34and it's like a military camp, kind of, you know, bunk beds,
07:38and it's like a gym, as you can see.
07:40You just, you go to a different unit, and from there you gotta wait trial or whatever.
07:43I would say it's tougher in here than it is in a regular block.
07:47In a normal cell, you go in your cell, they lock the door.
07:50It's not like that here. You can walk around the whole area,
07:54go bunk to bunk to bunk to bunk.
07:56People sitting on each other's bunks and everything.
07:59It's just chaos.
08:00Then you got your bullies that come over there and just,
08:02you could be sleeping in the middle of the night.
08:05Go through your stuff, take what they want.
08:08You know, the next morning you wake up, you're missing half your canteen.
08:11It's just, it's not cool.
08:14Some crazy stuff goes down, you know what I mean?
08:16It's just somebody could be having a bad day, you know what I mean?
08:19You know, people miss their family or whatever, you know what I mean?
08:21It just makes them snap.
08:22No, we've done it.
08:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:25My daughter was just in a bad car accident in a head-on collision.
08:29And it's just like so hard for me to find out what's going on with my daughter and everything.
08:35Considering, like, I'm being held on with no bail.
08:37So I got bailing on something else and my family's trying to take all of them,
08:42everything that they got to put into my daughter.
08:44I'm trying to figure out how I can get out so I can go be at the hospital with my
08:48daughter.
08:49Because she's in critical condition.
08:51She's on an induced coma.
08:53And it's just like, I can't, I don't have no way to find out what's going on.
08:57I'm not there for her and I feel like a horrible father because of what's going on.
09:01It's hard.
09:02It's really hard.
09:13A transport van arrives carrying a new group of inmates who are about to be booked into the facility.
09:22It's the first step in assessing any potential gang affiliation and determining where an inmate will be housed.
09:32Before entering the jail, every arrestee must sit in a body scanning chair.
09:37The device uses low-level imaging to detect hidden contraband concealed in clothing or body cavities.
09:43How you looking, man?
09:44Oh, you remember me?
09:46Yeah, I remember you.
09:47I thought I was locked up that whole time.
09:50You'd be surprised, man.
09:51Sometimes I think they're new and they're like, oh, I'm here, I'm here.
09:54He's going as a G1.
09:58Take a left.
09:59And you're stepping out your little box for me.
10:02What's your first name?
10:03Bravo.
10:05Were you born in Boston?
10:07You're Muslim?
10:08Yes.
10:09How many children do you have?
10:10Two.
10:11Are you addicted to any drugs or alcohol?
10:14Yeah.
10:14To both?
10:15Yeah.
10:15Are you affiliated with any gangs?
10:19No.
10:20For inmate Thabo Matla Lugosi, what started as a simple errand quickly turned into a costly mistake.
10:27What happened here tonight?
10:30I got into a car accident.
10:33We were driving.
10:34We were driving actually to get diapers for my kid.
10:38As we're driving in the car, someone hits us on the side.
10:41I'm in the back seat.
10:42The car hits my side, so I get locked inside the car.
10:46So by the time the cops come, they're like, oh, what happened?
10:49They ask us.
10:50I'm telling them, yo, I'm just trying to get some diapers and go home.
10:53Like, that's it.
10:54Like, I'll walk home.
10:55Like, I'll walk home right now.
10:56And he's like, yeah, well, what's your name?
10:59And I wouldn't tell him my name, because I knew I had a warrant.
11:02And I knew I was just, if he found out my name, I'm getting arrested.
11:07So then he sees there's a bag.
11:09He goes inside the bag.
11:11He opens it.
11:13And my, like, I have, like, medication that I take.
11:17And my full name was on the medication.
11:20And he arrested me right there.
11:22It was terrible.
11:25And I haven't talked to my girl ever since it happened.
11:28Like, she doesn't know if I'm okay or not.
11:30She doesn't know where I'm at.
11:32And I feel completely about it.
11:36And I haven't talked to nobody in the past two days.
11:41And when I can't talk to my family, it just makes me sad.
11:44It makes me upset.
11:45I don't know.
11:47Like, I have a suspended sentence of two years.
11:52So if I don't get reprobated and the judge decides to not reprobate me,
11:59he's going to give me two years.
12:00And I'm going to be two years away from my kids.
12:10I have a suspended sentence of two years.
12:13So if I don't get reprobated, I'm going to be two years away from my kids.
12:19Inmate Matla Lugosi remains in booking as he waits to be classified and assigned to a housing unit.
12:26I just want to talk to my kids, talk to my mom, tell them I'm sorry.
12:31And my fiancee, she called me an Uber.
12:35But my friend came and pulled up, and he was like, I'll just give you a ride.
12:42I should have just took the Uber, left, and came back.
12:46But, I don't know, I haven't seen my friend in a while, so I just wanted to go smoke some
12:52weed with him and chill.
12:55And I'm just trying my best, really, to just change my life.
12:59Like, I started selling weed at 13 years old, and obviously it progressed.
13:06I started selling pharmaceuticals, like pills, at 16.
13:1218, started selling crack, and I've been selling every drug you could possibly think of.
13:22I'm just trying to switch my life around.
13:34In terms of classification, we have a points-best system
13:38where we'll come up with a medium, maximum, minimum custody level, which will aid us in housing.
13:45However, we have a high gang population here, and a lot of gangs that don't get along together.
13:49So, we have to always be careful with who we're housing with each other,
13:54because at any moment, we could have an issue where we incite a gang war.
14:00I've been here 28 years.
14:02When I first started in this prison, the primary populations in this area were the fishermen and prostitutes.
14:07And a lot of heroin addicts.
14:09But now, the crime has changed completely.
14:11Now it's much more violent, more gang-driven stuff.
14:14You still have people that steal.
14:16And these inmates are much more violent towards staff, towards each other.
14:20So, Tavo, he is a medium-custody level inmate, based upon his charges and criminal history.
14:27He will probably just go to one of our regular general population units.
14:31If he doesn't have any keep-separates, that will obviously expand the units that he can go to.
14:38And if he did have keep-separates, well, hopefully he can go to our H, A, F, A, or our
14:44Ash Street facility and imagine.
14:46Ready?
14:47Ready!
14:47Ready!
14:52Ready!
14:53Ready!
14:54Also under the sheriff's purview is the Ash Street facility, the country's oldest continuously-running jail, which once housed Lizzie
15:03Borden in 1892.
15:05There's two buildings for Ash Street.
15:07The first building was built in the 1830s.
15:09And that's actually the building that Lizzie Borden had her cell in.
15:13And in the main building right now, which is built in the 1880s.
15:19So, we have 100 inmates.
15:21We have about 225 or so cells.
15:24Yeah, this is my toilet.
15:25This is my sec.
15:28This is where we keep our cosmetics.
15:30So, there's really not much to it, but it's kind of a kennel.
15:33This is how we see.
15:34That's why.
15:36You can see when COs are coming.
15:37You can see who's in the hallway.
15:38You know what I'm saying?
15:39Every inmate that's in Ash Street has to be behind a locked cell because of gang issues or enemy issues.
15:45But I would like to close it and bring all those inmates back here.
15:48But I can't do that until I put locks on doors and let some cells in this jail.
15:53And that's the only thing holding us back.
15:55It's smaller, but it's a little more low-key over here.
15:58At my age, I like it better over here.
16:01Why is that?
16:02It's just a little more laid back.
16:04You know, simple.
16:05Over the course of growing up.
16:07Yeah, I got some years here.
16:09My ID number is 109.
16:11That's from the 90s.
16:13Let's see if you can call it.
16:16Let's go!
16:26All right, guys.
16:27Good morning.
16:28Captain Ferrer.
16:29Recruits.
16:30If you don't know me, nice meeting you.
16:31Welcome to the shakedown.
16:34Officers and recruits are preparing for a shakedown following a tip about possible contraband in the Dartmouth facility.
16:41Today's target is going to be HA unit.
16:42We're going to take one guy out in the handcuffs.
16:45He stays outside the cell.
16:46We're going to strip search his cellmate.
16:48When they're done with the strip search, they're going to walk themselves out the yard when they're fully dressed.
16:51And then the cellmates are going to go back into the cell.
16:53Strip search, dress, out to the yard.
16:56We're looking for drugs, paraphernalia, weapons, everything.
17:00But we have some intel from our SIU department.
17:03Second page here is your target cell and what we're looking for specifically in that cell.
17:08So we're going to that cell.
17:09Please pay attention to what you're searching.
17:13SIU.
17:14We've got some information in.
17:15Put these machines in the radios.
17:17Be careful.
17:19Anybody have any questions?
17:21All right, guys.
17:22Walking columns.
17:23Let's side by side.
17:24Go in organized, all right?
17:25Yes, sir.
17:27SIU is a department that investigates any type of inmate activity.
17:31And we get information in various ways.
17:34Sometimes the correctional officers have a rapport with a certain inmate.
17:37We also have family members sometimes will be concerned.
17:39They'll call and give us information.
17:41And we have inmates contact the confidential tip line, a phone number where inmates can call directly to our office.
17:47In this particular situation, we got a call from an informant that had given us information in the past
17:52and made us aware that there could be some weapons in the unit.
17:55You guys good?
17:57We're heading in.
17:59There's some tension in the unit between some rival gangs.
18:03And typically when that happens, people start to arm themselves.
18:06And that's always a concern to us.
18:08So when we get that information, we try to act on it as quick as possible.
18:11You guys make your way right to GU1.
18:21On your left side, GU1.
18:23Stop there.
18:23Make your way.
18:26You guys coming out.
18:28So we're going to stop down here, work our way around, and then up the stairs.
18:30They work on the empty out into the yard.
18:32In the yard, they'll be supervised while they're out there.
18:35We'll have a complete and empty unit to search.
18:37Open up 19.
18:39M-19.
18:41With all inmates removed from their cells and into the yard,
18:45officers can safely begin the search of the entire unit.
18:56Canines are specifically trained in detecting narcotics,
18:59and are able to scan areas too small or concealed for officers to search on their own.
19:06Make sure you guys check the bands, because they can take the bands prior to a shank.
19:10They'd be mad at anything.
19:15We might have a shank.
19:17That's a piece.
19:20I found it.
19:21I found it.
19:22You hear?
19:24Some of these cells, the way they're set up, they've got units like this.
19:28Sometimes they wrap around, they fit the cell.
19:30This one, he found it right in this plate.
19:35It's pretty stationary, but he's got his fingers in there.
19:38He's able to feel it.
19:39Pull this out.
19:41This could be in someone's neck.
19:42This is sharp enough where they can reinforce it, fold it in halves,
19:46make a pretty good handle.
19:48Good find.
19:49Good find.
19:54Homebrew upstairs.
19:56Homebrew?
19:57Yeah.
20:01So in this toilet is homebrew for the fermentation.
20:05They use cut up apples and bread, and then they'll order sugar and canteen.
20:09All the ingredients will sit there and marinate.
20:11They'll stir it once in a while, and then they'll taste test it.
20:13As they think it's fermented, they'll either distribute it amongst friends or sell it and get drunk.
20:18How long does it take for this to become alcohol?
20:21It could go from three to a week.
20:23The longer, the stronger.
20:25Matt!
20:26Matt!
20:28Do you have a shot?
20:38It's a shank.
20:47It's a shank.
20:48It's a shank.
20:51This is pretty much what they call a shank.
20:54You used to like punch someone.
20:56It was located under the heater.
20:59After we knocked it a few times and fell out.
21:01It's hard metal.
21:03Not sure what it's made out of, but definitely can do some damage.
21:08The more we can find stuff like this, saves lives, even his lives, our lives.
21:13So doing stuff like this on a daily basis really, really helps.
21:16It goes to SIU, and then they just start their process in there.
21:21Are we done yet?
21:22Good.
21:22Result.
21:24It's a 24-hour operation when it comes to contraband.
21:26It's very, very difficult to control.
21:28We try to minimize it as best as possible.
21:30But remember, they have 365 days a year to manipulate these items.
21:34And we have to keep in contact with figuring out how we're gonna find these items.
21:37So it's not easy to do.
21:39Given the jail's significant gang population,
21:42it's critical for the Special Investigations Unit to quickly review every piece of seized contraband
21:48to determine whether unit assignments need to be adjusted.
21:53So we got four chinks that we found during the shakedown this morning in HA Unit.
21:59If they have an issue with another inmate, they use it to intimidate them, or sometimes they can actually stab
22:04you with it, you know?
22:06This looks like a piece of a tablet.
22:08And they sharpen it.
22:10They sharpen it to a point where, you know, this looks like a piece of a fan motor that they
22:18sell in the canteen.
22:20They take the fan apart, and they grab the piece of metal in there, and they sharpen it to a
22:25point.
22:26They're trapped with a piece of bedsheet, and they use it, like, as a handle, you know, to actually puncture
22:32a wound into you.
22:34Same thing with this one.
22:36This looks like a piece of fence.
22:38This is the one that can do the most damage.
22:41I mean, nice handle here, a nice six-inch piece of steel sharp into a point.
22:46Definitely can kill somebody very, very easily.
22:50These three we found in a cell, so we can discipline the inmates that were assigned to that cell.
22:55A formal disciplinary report is written to the individual that was in that particular cell,
23:00and then the disciplinary board officer will have an interview with them,
23:04and then a lot of these guys, they'll plead guilty, and they get sanctioned.
23:09Freedom that you have in the unit, we're going to take that away from you and lock you in a
23:13cell for 10 days.
23:14Does it work?
23:16You want my honest opinion?
23:21I would say 50-50.
23:22It works for some guys, and for some guys, you just don't care.
23:25They're going to go back out to the population, and they're going to do the same thing.
23:41I see that blood on my shirt!
23:43I see that blood!
23:44That's blood!
23:47So this is IEE, our IMU unit.
23:50These guys are all single bunk, meaning they're living alone.
23:53These are high-risk, highest-level assaultive inmates.
23:57If an inmate is a danger to themselves, others, property, or the operation of the correctional facility,
24:04they are put in disciplinary detention in the special management unit.
24:0940 days!
24:1040 days!
24:12Down here for 45!
24:15Ah, what's up?
24:16Come on, girl!
24:17Hell yeah, why are you down here?
24:19I did for a shame in fighting.
24:23They threw me .
24:25Are you okay with being on drugs?
24:27Yeah, I'm okay.
24:27So we're going to put you in restraints, and we're going to go in, all right?
24:29Inmate DeLeon is no stranger to disciplinary detention, having been sent there numerous times for a range of jail infractions.
24:50So tell me about this place.
24:52It's difficult.
24:53We're in here 22 hours of the day for the most part.
24:56You lose a lot of privileges that you get on being on the block.
25:00If I was alcohol, I'd be able to be on my tablet, call people.
25:03We get a bunch of apps, we get music and , like, we get to walk around the unit freely,
25:09and you can just be around people.
25:11You know what I mean?
25:11I'm in here by myself.
25:13Like, depending on how strong you are mentally, it could possibly drive you crazy.
25:19You've been here before?
25:20Yeah, yeah, multiple times.
25:21Like, a bunch of contraband fighting, refusing orders from CEOs.
25:28Just, I mean, anything, honestly, can get us loved.
25:32Is it not easier to kind of conform?
25:34Yeah, I mean, technically, yeah, it would be easier to just listen and follow the rules,
25:37but it gets tiring doing the same thing every day.
25:40Like, they're programming.
25:41At the end of the day, I'm just going to come here, do some time, and go back and do
25:44some more time.
25:44It's not like I'm going home.
25:46It's like, what are they going to do, put me in jail? I'm already here.
25:50I'm not here.
25:52I'm not here.
25:54I'm not here.
25:54I'm not here.
25:58I'm not here.
26:01That's usually where we watch the movies right here.
26:04We usually have sports on that TV right there.
26:07Inmate Malta Lugosi has been transferred to the GC unit after spending his first night in jail.
26:13Oh, this is my big bro right here.
26:16Okay.
26:17This is my big brother.
26:19This is my other big brother.
26:22Okay.
26:23Yeah.
26:24I'm going to tell the truth.
26:25I am a gang member, and I love being a gang member.
26:29I love my gang.
26:30It's simple.
26:31It's a brotherhood, and it happens to be what it is.
26:35We locked down.
26:37This block is holding down.
26:38You don't want to tell the cops that because they have, like, certain units for these gang members.
26:44You'd rather be on, like, a free block.
26:48Inmate Malta Lugosi's gang affiliation presents a housing concern, as the presence of rival gang members in the unit could
26:56elevate the risk of violence and place all other inmates at risk.
27:01A Muslim try?
27:03No, you're not in the list.
27:04You told me it's shipping.
27:05Not yet.
27:06Not yet?
27:07I can't eat this because I'm Muslim.
27:09This is bologna.
27:10The pasta's old.
27:11I can't eat it because it's not a bless.
27:16You want it?
27:17No, I'm good, brother.
27:18You eat that, man.
27:26As the night shift begins, officers are alerted to an incident inside the special management unit, where inmates charged with
27:33violent crimes such as assault, armed robbery, and murder are housed.
27:38Sorry, do you have the fire suppression device in the cell of the SMU?
27:44Yes, I'm good.
27:49When an inmate breaks a fire sprinkler, the cell is filled with high-pressure water, flooding the unit and creating
27:56a dangerous situation for both the inmates and officers.
28:10It may have been destroyed his sprinkler and flooded out his cell, flooded out other cells.
28:19With the cells flooded with water, officers must also be wary of any broken metal pieces that could be turned
28:25into weapons.
28:26We have to place the restraints, go in the cell, to remove from the metal sprinkler parts, so they don't
28:32have access to metal in their cells.
28:34And sometimes guys comply, other times they don't.
28:40Let it go!
28:42Let it go!
28:42Let it go!
28:43Let it go!
28:51Let it go!
29:10The inmate is shackled to minimize the risk of resistance, assault, or flight during his
29:17transfer.
29:53Officers in the MAX unit work to detain an inmate suspected of breaking the fire sprinkler
29:58inside his cell.
30:08They do it to act up.
30:09Sometimes they do it because they're bored.
30:11Other times they do it because they didn't get their way or they want something.
30:21Unfortunately, we have to respond to the situations, and in that case, his lack of compliance let
30:26him be replaced in the restraint chair.
30:31He'll be in the restraint chair until he complies, and if he complies, he'll come out of the chair,
30:37and he'll be in seg now after that.
30:39We'll put him in a cell that has no sprinkler because there's already cells in there with
30:42broken sprinklers.
30:43We'll go in one of those, so we'll get the chance to print one of those.
30:45I don't know.
30:47I'm going to pass out.
30:49I can't breathe.
30:50I can't breathe.
30:51Careful of circulation in my heart.
30:5610.
31:0520.
31:06I got 20.
31:06Negative 20 in the hole.
31:09In Unit GC, inmates try to make the most of their time inside
31:14using routine and activity to help them get through each day.
31:18Remember I told you about my fiance.
31:20When I made that phone call, she told me,
31:23I've been sleeping with your cousin for the past two days,
31:27and it's over.
31:30I can't be with you anymore.
31:31And I guess now they're living together.
31:34That broke my heart yesterday.
31:36Like, it killed me.
31:38Wait, overnight all this time?
31:39Yeah, I was like...
31:41But at the same time, I met some girl when I was in lockup.
31:46I met some girl named Destiny.
31:49She was in the female unit.
31:51Right when I seen her, I was like,
31:52you're too beautiful to be locked up.
31:54Like, why are you in jail?
31:55And she's like, oh, it's just a driving violation.
31:58So I said, okay, all right, cool.
32:00Well, let me get your number then.
32:02She was like, all right.
32:03And she bailed out actually for $1,000.
32:05And now me and Destiny are talking.
32:07And we're actually together now.
32:10Like, we're a little couple.
32:12I don't know.
32:14I like her a lot.
32:16I'm doing perfectly fine now.
32:17I'm good.
32:18Like, God blessed me with this really weird situation.
32:22But I ended up meeting probably the love of my life.
32:28Bingo.
32:29Ah, man.
32:30Come on, bro.
32:31Again?
32:32Damn.
32:33So it's been a few days.
32:35Yeah.
32:35Still going through stuff with my daughter.
32:38Found out she's out of ICU.
32:42They had, like, hours and hours of surgery on her when she had that.
32:47Thanks, man.
32:48I appreciate you.
32:49I appreciate you.
32:50You did my prayers.
32:51You ain't nobody.
32:52You did my prayers.
32:53Thanks, guys.
32:55But she's lost her leg from the accident and everything.
32:59All because of jump drivers, man.
33:01I don't know.
33:02It's just, it's, it messes with me.
33:04But I got some good news today.
33:06I went to court.
33:08And I got bail on my violation.
33:10And hopefully tomorrow, my girl bails me out tomorrow so I get to go home and go see my daughter
33:16at the hospital and everything.
33:18I can't wait to go see my little baby girl.
33:21Hold her hand and just let her know Daddy's home.
33:23Daddy's there with her.
33:25Has it changed you this last experience?
33:27Oh, yeah.
33:28Oh, yeah.
33:28Yes, yes.
33:29Because when I first came in here, I was drinking a lot every day.
33:33I was, I was crazy, like, oh, all over the place.
33:37But since I've been in here, man, like, my mind's opened up to so much stuff because I've seen so
33:41much.
33:42I'm not coming back.
33:44Yo, run me on the board, kid.
33:46Oh, I didn't even see that.
33:48Deuces.
33:59Vernet, you ready?
34:01We're going to take you out to conduct a hearing.
34:03Lieutenant Bradham is a member of the jail's disciplinary board, which examines evidence tied to inmate rule violations.
34:11Is this for the thing that happened last night?
34:13Yes.
34:14Today, she's reviewing the case against inmate Vernet, accused of damaging a fire sprinkler inside his cell.
34:20When an inmate breaks the rule and regulation of the facility, they get written up by the officer.
34:26And in the morning, the disciplinary team will set up hearings and will come and see these individuals down here.
34:32If inmate Vernet is found guilty, he'll be sanctioned, which could mean extra days in disciplinary detention and even more
34:39privileges stripped away.
34:43All right.
34:44Jean-Marie is going to conduct a hearing on you, and I will be back to speak to you about
34:48the sanction.
34:48Okay?
34:51I'm going to conduct an hearing this morning.
34:53Why don't you sign, sign, quit.
34:56I'm dead.
34:56Lie.
34:57For a copy.
34:58Lied all on this.
34:59He lied all on this.
35:00You heard.
35:01Y'all seen last night.
35:04Just mix that up.
35:05Bite.
35:06How do I bite if my head was the other way?
35:08So what exactly?
35:09What happened?
35:10He lied.
35:11I'm just standing up.
35:12They're mad because everybody's turning up, so they took their anger on me, slammed me on the floor, trying to
35:18say I'm resistant.
35:19Good look at my wrist.
35:20They've been bending my wrist in the handcuffs, peeing my foot.
35:23My leg right here all bleeding from them squeezing.
35:26The nurse came, checked my hand, tried to say it's good when it was bleeding.
35:30No, she was lying.
35:31And I'm not pleading guilty to this ticket.
35:33I'm pleading not guilty because this did not happen.
35:36I did not pop the sprinkler.
35:37Y'all can't say I pop the sprinkler if I have a cellie.
35:40My cellie's going to admit to popping the sprinkler.
35:42You feel me?
35:43So I'm not pleading guilty to this.
35:45I'm pleading not guilty.
35:51So what exactly?
35:52What happened?
35:53You lied.
35:54They're mad because everybody's turning up, so they took their anger on me.
35:57I did not pop the sprinkler.
35:59Y'all can't say I pop the sprinkler if I have a cellie.
36:02So I'm not pleading guilty to this.
36:04I'm pleading not guilty.
36:06Inmate Vernet meets before the disciplinary board to answer allegations that he damaged the sprinkler inside his cell and was
36:13non-compliant to officer orders.
36:16How could y'all say I broke it if there's no cameras in the cell?
36:19How y'all trying to put it on some knee?
36:21Okay.
36:22She can't come up there.
36:25Hey, Vernet.
36:26How you doing?
36:27I watched the video footage.
36:28Yeah, I did not do none of that.
36:30So you broke the fire suppression device in your cell.
36:32When being removed from the cell, you began to be resistant.
36:35That's what we watched on video.
36:37You were jumping around.
36:38You were being resistant.
36:38So you got brought down to the ground.
36:40You were placing the restraints here.
36:41I was not.
36:42I'm peeling all of that.
36:43So you want to peel the whole deer up off?
36:45I tried to bite him.
36:46I was trying to bite the staff because his hands is on my head.
36:49They only about to play me like I'm dumb.
36:51Last night, he was supposed to be next for a shower, and the officer told him, just wait five minutes
36:55until the other individual is done, and he didn't want to wait.
36:58So he broke his fire suppression within his cell, and the officer witnessed him do it.
37:02So it's going to be $175.91 in a 10-day lockup, okay?
37:07How am I getting charged if he's taking the rat for it?
37:10None of you guys want to take responsibility for those.
37:12So you already seen it, and then you did take it.
37:14I can't discuss other events.
37:15That's a lie.
37:16That's a lie.
37:16I haven't talked to you.
37:17That's a lie.
37:18Okay.
37:19You can appeal my decision.
37:21You have seven days to put your appeal in, and Colonel Torres will run the decision.
37:27All right.
37:29All right.
37:30This individual appeals every disciplinary report he gets.
37:33He's young, and he feels like it's a cool thing to pop a fire suppression device, refuse orders from staff.
37:39Close to M5, set.
37:42So he's pretty much putting on a show, as they call it, give the inmates rec, pretty much entertainment.
37:54Okay, just look straight ahead at the camera.
38:02Okay, you're all set.
38:03We're going to change your own.
38:05So basically, we take a picture when they come in, and then we take a picture, an updated picture when
38:09they leave.
38:09So, like, the local PDs and the resting law enforcement agencies have an updated picture on file.
38:17As one inmate is processed for release, for others, the waiting game continues as their cases make their way through
38:24the court system.
38:25I talk to my mom every day.
38:27She's my hero.
38:28She's my biggest motivation.
38:30My mom raised me by herself.
38:32I went to Catholic school.
38:33I always got good grades.
38:35I was a straight-A student.
38:36I just ended up getting into the streets because of the money.
38:39Money was so fast and easy to get.
38:42When you work 30 hours a week at FedEx, and you're busting your ass, carrying all these packages, and I
38:48look at my check, and it says $600, and I could have made $600 in an hour, it's kind of
38:54like, what the hell am I doing?
38:56It makes me want to go back to the street.
39:00I'm going to be making some jailhouse chaffee.
39:01Jailhouse chaffee.
39:02It's very good.
39:03Blueberry, lemon berry lemonade, and juicy fruit red.
39:07You make this stuff at home as well?
39:09I do with my kids.
39:10He does.
39:12I apologize for the appearance.
39:13I haven't slept in, like, two days, so I look like a zombie right now, but it's okay.
39:17Why haven't you slept?
39:18Just the fact that I can't see my family is, like, destroying me.
39:22You know what I mean?
39:23It sucks.
39:27That's why when I get out of here, I'm all set with drinking, bro.
39:30Alcoholic and kick rocks, man.
39:32For real.
39:33I've been doing this for a little bit, and, you know, you have individuals that just keep coming back.
39:41Unfortunately, this is just a revolving door.
39:44You try to counsel them in a way, like, you know, there's more to life than continue to go down
39:48this road.
39:49And some of them, they're stuck in that gang life, and they don't know anything other than that.
39:53So he gets one for free, bro.
39:55Oh, good luck, buddy.
39:55Yep, you got that.
39:57Some of that jabby, man?
39:59Yeah, brother, I got you.
39:59What kind you want, bro?
40:01One of the blue ones.
40:02Right here?
40:03Yeah.
40:03That work?
40:04Yeah.
40:04Do you got a pursuit?
40:05Yeah, I got you, bro.
40:06Good looking out, man.
40:08I can't wait to go back to school, start back up.
40:12My mom said she's going to help me become a paralegal in her law firm, and I'm pretty excited about
40:19that.
40:19Are you done with the streets?
40:21Of course I'm done with the streets.
40:23I got too much to live for.
40:24I got too much to achieve.
40:26You hope that when they leave here, they have a goal to set when they walk out the door.
40:32I had an alcohol problem.
40:33I was bad into drinking.
40:36Every couple of years, I'd come back here for something stupid, you know what I mean?
40:39Sometimes we take things for granted, you know?
40:42When we're home, like, we just, I don't know, when we come here, we realize our wrongdoings.
40:49And hopefully this is the last time, by the grace of God, when I get out of here, bro, I
40:54want nothing to do with drinking, bro.
40:56I don't want to be around people that drink.
40:58I don't want to, you know what I mean?
41:01And that's what Corrections is, you know?
41:04We're trying to give them the best opportunity not to fail in society.
41:07I should have listened to everything that you told me, Mom.
41:09I love you, my mom.
41:11I obviously want to achieve my own dreams and my own goals.
41:14I still have a chance to change things around.
41:16I think we're all bound for greatness.
41:18We're all great.
41:20And we all can all be beautiful.
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