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00:15I was playing black, Jack, bro. You think I would have been a dealer?
00:20F*** you, b***h! I'll f***ing spit on you.
00:23Hey. No, I don't care. Hey, hey, what? I'll spit on you. Shut the f*** up, you stupid-ass w***,
00:29kid.
00:30You stupid-ass w***, kid. Shut the f*** up and get away from me.
00:34You're right. You just said that you were going to spit.
00:38No, it's right there. Lift your hand.
00:40All right, set up.
00:44So she tried to steal a chip from the table, and security addressed it, and then she attacked security guards.
00:50She turned around and said, I'm going to spit on you guys. It's so f*** you.
00:541165.
00:55The classic, come on vacation, leave on probation.
00:59No!
01:00No!
01:05There are over 3,000 jails in the U.S., detaining over half a million.
01:10Each one, a world of its own.
01:13Running a jail is tough.
01:16Surviving inside is tougher.
01:18Hit them with the thunder.
01:19Let's go, let's go.
01:21For 120 hours, five days, our cameras are inside.
01:25The problem now.
01:27Capturing the officers, inmates, and moments that define life behind bars.
01:34I'll be home soon, alright?
01:43Washoe County, Nevada.
01:45Home to Reno.
01:47The biggest little city in the world.
01:49Casinos.
01:50Tourism.
01:52Around-the-clock entertainment.
01:54This is a very high traffic area because you can jump off of I-80 and then you're right in
02:01the middle of Reno's downtown.
02:03For decades, organized crime has used Washoe County as a major trafficking route.
02:09In recent years, that activity has intensified.
02:14Seated along the I-80 corridor, a major east-west freeway cutting across the United States.
02:21You kind of see everything.
02:23Drugs.
02:23Money.
02:24Human trafficking.
02:25Sex trafficking.
02:27I mean, if you name it, it's been seen coming through on the corridor.
02:3215 minutes north of downtown Reno, sits the Washoe County Jail, home to one of the largest jails in the
02:39state.
02:39Second only to Las Vegas.
02:42Following in his father's footsteps, Sheriff Darren Balaam begins his day.
02:49My favorite one?
02:50Okay.
02:52That's my wife and I, and then my dad and my father-in-law.
02:55We are second generation law enforcement.
02:58My wife's since retired, but I'm on my 31st year.
03:02She did 20 years.
03:03Her dad did 30 plus.
03:05My dad did 30 plus.
03:06So it's been ingrained in us.
03:20What's happening?
03:21Doing good?
03:22Yeah, doing great.
03:23Good.
03:24You are starting to be so bad right now.
03:29This is the only jail for Washoe County.
03:32So none through the year, and we've booked 13,000 plus.
03:35So we'll probably hit by December, close to 15.
03:39Demo, what are you doing?
03:41How's it going?
03:42Cook, what's up?
03:43How are you today?
03:44You guys are busy.
03:45Yeah.
03:46How many people have we had come in today?
03:48We are at, I think we're at 30.
03:52We just got six going back.
03:54We have a few more that just maybe seem medical.
03:55They'll be going back.
03:56Nice.
03:57So we'll clear that board for the end of the night.
04:00Yeah.
04:01People don't realize how massive our facility is.
04:06There's 16 units, so there's a lot of square footage to cover.
04:10We can house up to almost 1,350 inmates, but when we hit about 1,200 where we're at now,
04:17we say we're at capacity because you have so many wide varieties of gangs in the Washoe County area
04:25that we have to separate them.
04:26Because what happens on the street will roll into our jail.
04:32Fueled by Reno's 24-7 nightlife, the Washoe County Jail processes a high volume of DUIs and misdemeanors.
04:40Ow!
04:41But combating gang activity inside the facility is the jail's number one challenge.
04:47You have MS-13, Sereno gangs, Norteño gangs.
04:51You have the Hells Angels, the Mongols, and the Russia Mafia.
04:55Separating those inmates is a definite challenge all the time.
05:00We have a gentleman that just got booked in for the fifth time this year.
05:05He is a validated Sereno, but that's a good portion of the people that are in our facility.
05:12Unfortunately, that's just the reality.
05:15The Serenos, also known as Southerners, are a Southern California-based gang,
05:20known for their strict hierarchy and violent rivalries.
05:24And wherever they operate, their long-standing feud with the Norteños follows.
05:30Norteños are an immediate gang rival.
05:33If a Sereno, an active Sereno, sees the Norteño, they will almost immediately or most likely attack them.
05:42In the Washoe County Jail, 75% of fights are gang-related.
05:47To reduce risk, gang classification and separating rivals before housing is critical to inmate and deputy safety.
05:54We're looking at their hands, we're looking at around their face if they have any insignia of gang affiliation,
06:01so that these individuals are housed appropriately.
06:06Last year, the jail recorded 86 inmate fights and 26 batteries on staff.
06:12To maintain control, deputies enforce strict paramilitary rules under the sheriff's authority.
06:25Go ahead, keep going, you're working.
06:29We run a very tight facility here.
06:32We are big on our security.
06:34Sir, turn and face the wall.
06:36When you walk through the halls, make them turn around.
06:39We set rules for a reason.
06:41It's not to be mean to the inmates.
06:43It's for their safety and our safety.
06:44And if they want to attack you, their body has to change and turn.
06:48So you hopefully will see that attack coming.
06:50You see these red lines?
06:52When they send inmates out, they know and they're always told, stop at the red lines.
06:56And so that's just, again, a safety for them, safety for our deputies.
07:00We're big on making sure that we all go home to work and we go home safe.
07:05That is the key.
07:06Bye, you guys.
07:08Hey, you too. Have a good weekend.
07:18This fine gentleman peed under the door, telling him that that's disgusting.
07:22Yes.
07:23Oh, God.
07:24Do you have any shoulder problems?
07:25Yes.
07:26Yes.
07:27Yes.
07:28It hurt.
07:29In intake, more arrests pour in as booking operations continue without pause.
07:35She was spitting while she was interacting with Reno Police Department.
07:39So she put a spit hood on.
07:42Please don't do this to me.
07:45Please.
07:47Please.
07:49Don't do anything wrong.
07:52Nineteen-year-old first-time inmate, Gianna Myers, makes a phone call.
07:57So we were just trying to get a hold of right now.
07:58My mom.
08:04How do you think your mom's here?
08:07I think she's just going to be shocked.
08:09I don't think she'll be mad at me because I didn't really, like, do anything wrong to an extent.
08:14You know what I mean?
08:14But I think she's kind of going to be like, what?
08:17Like, I don't even know.
08:19It's crazy.
08:21You're 19.
08:22I'm 19.
08:23I've never been, like, arrested for anything or even, like, on a ticket.
08:28But I went into a little bit of a fight and I was arrested for battery.
08:41No fault for me, I guess.
08:49You seem a little nervous.
08:51Yeah.
08:53I don't know.
08:53Like, I feel like I'm a pretty good person.
08:55I wouldn't have expected myself to be in this, like, situation.
09:00So, I don't know.
09:01It's definitely interesting, like, the jail socks.
09:03It's fun.
09:06Oh, that part.
09:08Yeah.
09:08You know what I'm going to say?
09:09Have you been able to make the phone call?
09:10Um, yeah.
09:11I didn't go through.
09:12Oh, okay.
09:13But you were able to make the four-digit PIN and everything?
09:15Yeah.
09:16Okay.
09:17Just hang in there.
09:18Okay.
09:18Keep listening for your name.
09:19Okay.
09:21With our first-timers, when you've never been here before, it's a lot to take in.
09:26From the moment they come into the port where they're getting searched and we're doing an inventory search, I explain
09:31why.
09:31Like, why are you touching me that way?
09:33Like, this is weird.
09:34I do it because that's how I would want to be treated.
09:37If I came into custody and I wasn't in this position, you're going in blind.
09:42It's just like sending a kindergartner off to a sixth-grade class.
09:46Like, they're not going to know anything.
09:47They're not going to know what it's like.
09:49It's scary.
09:51Immediately, there's people, oh, there's murderers here.
09:53They are, but they're held to the same expectation.
09:57If they don't behave, if they're disrespectful, you don't need to know what that guy sitting
10:01over there is here for.
10:03They're getting through the process just like you.
10:06Client.
10:07Go.
10:08Go.
10:11Go.
10:13Go.
10:13See what the papers on that for chair and you're here on this black bum, please.
10:20Take your right hand.
10:21Hello, Arch.
10:23Tell me about the only other trouble you've ever been in.
10:26This is the only other trouble.
10:28I got like a ticket one time earlier this summer for not having a life vest on my paddleboard.
10:38But I kind of forgot about it.
10:40I don't know, because it's so minor.
10:43Yeah, perfect.
10:44You can go ahead and have a seat.
10:50What do you know about this place?
10:53Absolutely nothing.
10:55Nothing at all.
10:56Because we can't keep you out here for an extended period of time,
11:00while the judge is reviewing your charges in the report,
11:02you'll probably have to end up going to female housing.
11:05We'll go over that and what that looks like,
11:07but you'll probably have a cellmate.
11:11Gianna prepares to move into a female unit,
11:14where she will be housed until her case processes.
11:30Oh, what am I doing?
11:33Unit 16, the men's pod, houses 144 inmates and a mix of gang affiliations,
11:41including Serenios and Bloods,
11:42groups that are known to coexist without conflict inside the jail.
11:47Another day being locked down,
11:48you kind of get used to the cell living in a way, though.
11:50You get comfortable being in here, and that's just the way it is.
11:53It helps you on your routine.
11:55In here?
11:56It's .
11:57But, I mean, mainly it's because we don't follow the rules,
12:01but in general the rules are kind of petty, right?
12:04We can't have more than two toothbrushes or we get write-ups.
12:11Officers are preparing for a recreation period sometimes known as Thunderdome.
12:17All 144 inmates are released at the same time.
12:22The three officers on duty are severely outnumbered
12:25and must maintain strict control.
12:27So we're just going to pop every door
12:28and then have them stand by their door until they're quiet,
12:30and then when they're quiet we admonish them,
12:31and then they enjoy their tear,
12:33and then usually in five minutes they lose 15 minutes.
12:35Because how loud and obnoxious they get,
12:37you can hear it all the way down the hallway through these glass doors
12:40and through the gorilla door at the end of the hall,
12:41if you don't keep them quiet.
12:42You want to turn that TV down?
12:44You're going to hear a verbal articulation
12:46before you're going to see a physical one.
12:48So if we can hear two guys yelling across the day room,
12:50we'll be able to tell if they're going to fight
12:52before it actually happens.
12:54Ready?
12:55Yeah, that's good.
13:08All right, gentlemen, you guys know our rules.
13:10If you are allowed, we will lock you down.
13:12Stay seated in the day room.
13:13Enjoy your tear.
13:21Here, I got scored.
13:23Who's all playing?
13:24Here, here.
13:24Played you.
13:25Okay, you.
13:26That was cute.
13:27That is bad.
13:28I'm telling you, you are set, bro.
13:30You're not playing Pinocha,
13:31you're not playing the game.
13:33Yeah, that's what we're saying.
13:34JL, this is where mastery is.
13:37Yeah, for sure.
13:42So this is a thunder dome.
13:44There's 144 tops.
13:47So it does get loud.
13:49Yeah.
13:50This hit where the loud is.
13:51If the sergeant can hear us way down there,
13:53yeah, we're in trouble.
13:55Yeah, we're in trouble.
13:55Yeah, we're in trouble.
13:55They're like, you guys.
13:57That's right.
13:57You know?
13:59Due to a heavy Sereno presence
14:01and the intermingling of other gangs,
14:03jail politics rule daily life inside the unit.
14:07Race and gang affiliations dictate where inmates sit,
14:10who they associate with,
14:12and can determine who is protected and who is exposed.
14:15These rules are in effect for a reason,
14:19to kind of keep the peace.
14:21Issues always happen here and there.
14:23Sometimes it pops off.
14:26But it's nothing that we can't settle ourselves.
14:31Let's say a white dude has a problem with Sereno, right?
14:34Whoever the shot callers are will come together
14:38and then talk about, like, hey, there's an issue with this.
14:41Can we resolve it to where it doesn't escalate into a problem
14:45for everybody, cops included?
14:50I'm not going to tell you again.
14:52Sit down.
14:53You're going to get you on?
14:54Yes.
14:54You have a problem sitting down.
14:56I'm daring.
14:56I'll sit down.
14:57Okay, wait.
14:58Keep staring at me.
14:59I'm not going to mad dog.
15:06Holy .
15:07All right.
15:09I think you're playing one, honey.
15:13Holy .
15:14Now we locked down.
15:17We'll get that tomorrow.
15:19We'll get that tomorrow.
15:35We have security checks that we have to do
15:39every 30 minutes in the housing unit.
15:42So in the .
15:44What?
15:48I didn't mess anything up.
15:49You've got to talk to the women in this housing unit
15:51that are doing it.
15:54This housing unit that we're in houses all of the females
15:58in the jail.
15:58There are 56 cells.
16:01And right now I have 125 women.
16:07As the jail's only female general population unit,
16:10inmates are housed three to a cell, heightening stress
16:14and the potential for conflict.
16:16Ladies.
16:17Hi.
16:19How are we doing?
16:19Pretty cramped.
16:21It's hard not to get in each other's way, but you know,
16:25we do okay.
16:26We make it work without killing each other somehow.
16:32Some of the girls have been here a long time, so I know them.
16:35You know, sometimes they'll give you a joke or a laugh
16:37while you're walking around, which makes light of their situation
16:42and then us having to free lock and then us having to obviously
16:46do our detention part of it.
16:51With male housing, there are more gang issues like the Serenio issue.
16:55With female housing, it's more of a bullying type thing
16:58than it is politicking.
17:00There's a lot of this person smells, this person's not clean.
17:04That's their way of doing it.
17:05They're more sneaky about it.
17:07Are you two in here screaming?
17:08No.
17:10Okay.
17:11Okay.
17:13We have women that are detoxing.
17:14We have women that are in here for the first time.
17:17We have women that are convicts that have been to prison.
17:19They come back.
17:20And then we have women that are pregnant.
17:23Can you back up?
17:27Are you both getting commissary today?
17:29Yeah.
17:29Okay.
17:30Man, you still got commissary from last time.
17:33You guys are rationing it.
17:35And I lost two pounds.
17:36You weren't feeling too hot this morning?
17:38Yeah.
17:39I haven't heard you do that since earlier in your pregnancy,
17:42so you...
17:43No, I get it.
17:44Like, you can't help that.
17:45You're going through it.
17:46You're pregnant.
17:47Rodriguez, 16.
17:51I've been incarcerated my whole life.
17:53Maybe 12, 13 times.
17:57I've been here this time for two months.
18:00Allegedly, I am facing some fraud charges.
18:04I'm 40 and pregnant.
18:06I'm 19 weeks.
18:08I'm almost halfway there.
18:10100% will be incarcerated when I have this baby.
18:13Hour 80.
18:14I'm all right.
18:15I'm a sick this morning.
18:16The first time I had a child, I was 21.
18:21I have messed up drastically with my other kids.
18:25I'm given a second chance to be a mom.
18:28To do things right.
18:31Yeah.
18:34Okay.
18:36Once a week, inmates receive commissary,
18:40available only to those who have funds in their accounts,
18:43allowing them to purchase personal items and food
18:46not offered by the jail's kitchen.
18:49For inmate Rodriguez, commissary is essential
18:52as she manages her pregnancy inside the jail.
18:56Ready to cook?
18:59We're going to make potato burritos.
19:02And I'm going to be bad today.
19:03I'm going to eat some spicy food even though I'm not supposed to.
19:06My baby's going to make me regret it instantly.
19:11What are you doing here with the bread?
19:13This is how we get our potatoes.
19:14Okay.
19:14We rehydrate them.
19:17It's hard to eat being pregnant,
19:19especially with the textures of the sandwiches
19:20because they do puree everything.
19:24Well, I'm not pregnant and I can't eat this though.
19:27It's bad.
19:28It's bad.
19:29This commissary has like the bare minimum.
19:32So you make something with what you got
19:34and then you try to recreate things that make you feel
19:37like remind you of home.
19:39Nothing ever is good as home or your mom's cooking.
19:44I definitely feel for Miss Rodriguez
19:47because I'm married.
19:48I do have three kiddos.
19:49I don't know how she gets through the day.
19:52If she's craving something,
19:53it's not like she can go to the store and just grab it.
19:58We're going to steam our burritos.
20:00We don't get microwaves here.
20:02Some places have microwaves.
20:04We're not that fancy.
20:08The water is hot.
20:11I forgot which one was mine.
20:15I'm going to guess this is yours.
20:16Okay, good.
20:17All right.
20:18Cheers.
20:21That'll tap it.
20:24Those are definitely yours.
20:29We don't have cooties.
20:33Meanwhile, on the other side of the unit.
20:36Who was that?
20:41All right, ladies.
20:42What is going on?
20:46I'm not asking you.
20:47I'm asking this right now because you're the one that's been screaming.
20:51I know you said you feel like .
20:52I called the nurse.
20:54You're on everything that they can put you on.
20:56You screaming isn't going to fix anything.
21:01I'm not saying you did anything wrong.
21:03I'm not here to judge you.
21:04I'm here to run a housing unit and keep everybody safe.
21:06And this that you two are doing is not helping either of you.
21:09I know this is your first time here, but that's no excuse.
21:16Stop.
21:24Stop.
21:25No, we're done.
21:27Pack up all your .
21:29Washoe County, Nevada.
21:31In the female housing unit, Deputy Baker and her partner attempt to manage a dispute between two new cellmates.
21:38This bull that you two are doing is not helping either of you.
21:41I know this is your first time here, but that's no excuse.
21:44I didn't know I was going to be attacked.
21:46I didn't attack her.
21:47That's bull .
21:48Stop.
21:49I know you didn't attack her.
21:50I didn't attack her.
21:50You were yelling at me.
21:52I just saw a bull .
21:53Can you just take her out?
21:55Please don't hurt me.
21:56I'm not hurting you.
21:57Let's go.
21:58Let's go.
21:59Stand up.
22:01Come on.
22:02Let me get my shoe on.
22:03Let's go.
22:04Let's go.
22:04Don't worry about your shoes.
22:06You're doing the wrong person.
22:08I'm moving you because obviously she's detoxing and you two can't get along, okay?
22:13So you're going to be in the cell by yourself.
22:19Did she hit you while you were in there?
22:22No, she's just screaming at me to do her.
22:25If someone's strong-arming you to do something, you need to hit your button and say something,
22:29okay?
22:29Because that's not okay.
22:30As a deputy, you're always thinking security issue, but a lot of it is how you treat them.
22:35They're still people.
22:36Why that doesn't make me lax?
22:38I mean, if you're going to, you know, punch your ticket, you're going to ride the ride.
22:41If you're going to get asked up, then I'll meet you there.
22:44But for the most part, I'm not going to push somebody if they don't need to be.
22:57We are going in to check on Miss Gianna.
23:01Deputy Smith checks in on first-time inmate Gianna Myers after her first night in custody.
23:09She's just laying there, staring at the ceiling.
23:12She has a new cellmate.
23:15So that is one thing with the people that are coming in and out of intake.
23:20Your cellmates will change very frequently.
23:23And you got along with one person just fine.
23:26And then the new person is detoxing off of fentanyl.
23:30Like, absolutely miserable out of her mind, throwing up.
23:34So it's very difficult to be in these cells.
23:36You have to share a very confined space.
23:39Most people don't want to do that with their family members, let alone a complete stranger.
23:44Good morning.
23:46Not yet.
23:48Not yet.
23:49How are you?
23:50I'm good.
23:51How about yourself?
23:52How's your stay?
23:54It was all right.
23:55It was all right?
23:57I don't know.
23:58The first half was all right.
23:59The second half, I was like, let me out of here.
24:03You're not supposed to look like it.
24:06I know.
24:07I took like a nap yesterday and then I woke up and I thought it was a lot later and
24:10then
24:10I thought it was like five.
24:11Mm-hmm.
24:13The time goes by very slow here.
24:14Yeah.
24:15You just gotta keep your mind busy.
24:17You have a book.
24:18I can read.
24:18Okay.
24:18What happened at court?
24:20I didn't go, but they gave me a paper saying I have to come back next week or sometime around
24:26then.
24:26Probably have to check in.
24:27Yeah.
24:28I'm assuming what the judge did is he reviewed your report and it wasn't necessary for you
24:32to go to the Zoom appearance here in the facility.
24:36But as soon as we get word that you're getting released, I'll come and get you, okay?
24:41All right.
24:41We'll be back soon, okay?
24:52You're about to stress yourself, man.
24:54You're about to stress yourself, man.
24:55In intake, deputies classify an arrestee with gang affiliations and work quickly to
25:00assess housing options to reduce the risk of conflict.
25:11When they come in, they get asked questions such as, who do they used to affiliate with?
25:15Because this is mainly a Serenio jail, and so if they're northerners, they're usually
25:20separated at least initially until classification, you can talk to them and put them in a safe
25:24housing unit.
25:31He's trying to drop out of his gang, he isn't trying to be a part of it anymore.
25:36So with that, he can't be around any active gang members, just for his safety.
25:42A little more important.
25:56In the women's unit, five-months-pregnant Amanda Rodriguez navigates daily life behind bars
26:03while awaiting her case.
26:05Pregnancy sucks, because it does, especially in here.
26:09She's going to put on birth control, thanks to me.
26:12Yeah, I'm gay.
26:14If I have to be here, I'm picking the officer that's going to be cutting my child's umbilical
26:18cord.
26:20So I have two chosen, so depending on which one actually gets to be there, one doesn't
26:25have any kids, and this will be her form of birth control, she said, because I have
26:30all C-sections, so she will be experiencing all my intestines outside of my stomach.
26:40And I promised I was going to get none of them for child support.
26:44The officers, not the dad.
26:48I'm kidding.
26:50I just want to make sure the baby's healthy.
26:52This is why you don't come to jail.
26:56I don't know why it's something that keeps coming back to you, but I'm too old for this.
27:12I'm holding the room in this way.
27:14Yeah.
27:16All right, all the way.
27:20In Central Command, officers receive a report of inappropriate comments made by inmate workers
27:26about Deputy Smith.
27:28Sergeant Franchak interrogates the inmate workers to determine whether disciplinary action is warranted.
27:34Which one of you must disrespect my female deputies?
27:38I am not going to tolerate my deputies being disrespected the way you just had.
27:43This is one and one only chance that I'm going to give you.
27:45I'm going to fire every single one of you.
27:47Do you understand me?
27:49Yes, sir.
27:51Being part of the kitchen workforce in Washoe County is a privileged position.
27:55Workers are housed separately and receive benefits that many inside the jail do not.
28:01If you get to disrespect my deputies, be a man and stand up.
28:04Which one?
28:05Only one will get fired.
28:08Or all of you.
28:09That is up to you.
28:11Not one?
28:13All right, this entire group is fired.
28:16Walk out.
28:17Single file line.
28:18Line up by the showers.
28:19Make sure we get every single name.
28:21Send an email to classification so that way they can hire more workers.
28:26Looks like we've got a lot of people here that are going to mumble.
28:28No one wants to man out in the sand.
28:31I guess I need someone back on you.
28:33It would you?
28:34Right.
28:41Looks like we've got a lot of people here that are going to mumble.
28:43No one wants to man out in the sand.
28:48Following reports of verbal harassment targeting Deputy Smith, Sergeant Franchak works to identify
28:54those responsible.
29:11And I think you owe my female deputies an apology.
29:15I'm sorry.
29:18Do you have sisters, mum, female babies?
29:22Would you talk to them and do that kind of s*** to them?
29:24That's why I apologize.
29:25Okay, thank you.
29:26I appreciate it.
29:27Figure it out.
29:28Sorry.
29:29We don't tolerate that.
29:31We don't tolerate that.
29:31Especially when it comes to female deputies.
29:33There is no room for it in this facility.
29:35They all have mothers, sisters and you know.
29:38So, yeah.
29:40We try to set an example and try to get them on a better path for this one.
29:47I appreciate you.
29:48Of course.
29:58How are you guys doing today?
30:00Good, man.
30:00How are you?
30:01Doing pretty good.
30:02Just, you know, chilling, you know.
30:04I've been in here, you know.
30:06And then two more.
30:08Me too.
30:09In the men's pod, inmates are preparing a large meal for tonight.
30:15Oh.
30:17What are you taking?
30:18Yum, yum.
30:18I call them yum, yum.
30:20Oh, yeah?
30:20Yeah.
30:21It's, uh, topped ramen, beans, got some rice in it, jalapenos.
30:27And you got the sauces to top it off.
30:29It's amazing.
30:30Master sauce and Thai sauce.
30:32It's probably like a $50, $60 meal.
30:36So, we all go in on it and we're doing it for Monday night, football tonight.
30:40Monday night, San Francisco, guys.
30:43I'm from Hollywood.
30:44I'm a Rams fan.
30:45Yeah.
30:46How did you end up out here?
30:48My family is a gang member.
30:50I started hanging out with the wrong crowd.
30:53And now here I am, I'm all the way to prison.
30:57But it's never too late.
30:58I'm working on myself, bettering myself, and hopefully one day I'll get it.
31:02You know?
31:04How did you end up out here?
31:06I'm from Chile.
31:06I came to San Francisco first.
31:08And then after 15 years I moved to Reno because of family.
31:12Seven months ago I was involved in an accident.
31:15Yeah.
31:16I'm trying, I'm fighting right now.
31:17I'm a 53 year old.
31:18First time being in jail and we hope for the best.
31:22I had a life, no alien citizen.
31:25And sometimes you make one mistake and your life can change.
31:28360 degrees.
31:33It's tricky navigating all the politics and stuff in here as a first timer.
31:38Totally, 100%.
31:39It's difficult.
31:40Because I wasn't born here, they told me I'm a paisa.
31:42Paisa is someone who is Latino, no more, the United States.
31:46And you want to talk to them and be part of that sector.
31:51You know?
31:52It's all segregated by race, you know?
31:54And you sit at the wrong table and they start getting upset.
31:58You know what I mean?
31:58So, 53 years old, wild blind citizen, never, not even a speeding ticket.
32:03He was scared at first, you know?
32:06And I'm showing him the ropes as they say.
32:10They say you got, you got whites, you got blacks, you got natives, you got others.
32:15Which others would be the guy next door.
32:17But we become really good friends.
32:19He doesn't run anything.
32:20He's not racist.
32:21Okay?
32:21So he sits wherever he wants, does whatever he wants.
32:23Politing, it's not good, man.
32:26You know what I mean?
32:27Like, you pretty much going to get in trouble a lot and you're going to prolong your time
32:33from getting back home with your family.
32:36How many of these are you going to make?
32:38How many?
32:3812.
32:3912?
32:40Yeah.
32:40We'll let you make some more.
32:42Alright, well, thank you.
32:49May HP?
32:50Yeah.
32:54You ready?
32:56Are you sure?
32:57I don't think you are.
32:58I am so sure.
33:02Grab all of your stuff, pack it all up, put it in your bin.
33:07First time inmate Gianna Myers is being released after the processing of her case.
33:12Yeah.
33:14Y'all come back to this place, please.
33:17Hi, boss.
33:18I don't want to see you.
33:20I don't either.
33:22Maybe somewhere else, like at Walmart or somewhere, but not yet.
33:26Perfect.
33:27Yep.
33:29So, we're going to get you changed out into your clothing.
33:32Okay.
33:32Go over your court viewer.
33:34Make sure that you get all of your property back that you came with.
33:37And we'll get you out of here, okay?
33:39Good.
33:40Now, you can put your bin down.
33:42You're going to put the Washoe County issued clothing in the bin.
33:45Here's your clothing.
33:46Let me know when you're done because you're locked in.
33:48Okay?
33:50Gianna, she's very respectful.
33:52And we appreciate that because this isn't easy to get people through the process when
33:58they've been here for the first time.
34:01All done?
34:02Yes.
34:02Perfect.
34:03It's a lot to take in.
34:04And you see so many different waves of emotions when you come into the facility.
34:08You see people immediately start bawling.
34:11You see people get frustrated, angry.
34:14So, the fact that she was super respectful through her process makes our job a lot easier.
34:20And then we're going to go down to this counter right over here and go over paperwork, okay?
34:25So, how are you going right now?
34:27Still kind of shocked, but I'm very happy to play.
34:29I'm so happy to be out.
34:30This is acknowledging that you're getting all of your property back.
34:34I just had, like, really bad anxiety just because I, like, wanted to go home.
34:39And I feel like it's not really, like, my place either.
34:42I'm not liking the people in there.
34:44No shade to them at all.
34:46But, I don't know.
34:48So, just make sure you check in or you'll get rearrested.
34:52I don't want that.
34:54You didn't enjoy staying here?
34:56No, not really.
34:57Okay.
34:58Autograph right there.
35:00All right.
35:01You ready?
35:01So, I'm going to have you stand at this corner and wait for further instruction, okay?
35:06Central Van Rong, 10-6 with one release.
35:10I'm not supposed to do anything bad, but I definitely went after this, so.
35:14All right, Piana.
35:15Let's get you out of here.
35:19All right.
35:19So, bar exit door.
35:23How are you going to do that with your dad?
35:25I'm going to go have my friend pick me up and then tell my boss that I got arrested and
35:31say, please don't fire me.
35:33Take care.
35:34Stay safe.
35:35I appreciate it.
35:36Absolutely.
35:51Absolutely.
35:53In the women's unit, Officer Baker checks in on pregnant inmate Amanda Rodriguez, following
35:59a medical evaluation.
36:03I came over here to check on you, yeah?
36:05A couple days ago, you said you were a little bit nervous because you hadn't been feeling
36:08anything.
36:09I still haven't felt the baby.
36:11Oh.
36:11Yeah.
36:11Yeah.
36:12When is a doctor seeing you again?
36:14In the morning.
36:15Okay.
36:15Perfect.
36:17Pregnancy sucks, especially in here.
36:21This is why you don't come to jail.
36:24Too old for this.
36:28I just want to make sure the baby's healthy.
36:48Hey, Dad.
36:49I had an ultrasound today.
36:51I seen the baby and it was alive and moving.
36:58Yeah, but I wasn't able to find out what it is because the baby wouldn't open his legs.
37:05Anyways, I just wanted to call and tell you I love you.
37:07And yeah, thanks for the money, Dad.
37:14Because of the way my parents, my mom, and my dad prayed for me, I have faith one day
37:21I'm going to be okay.
37:22I'm going to make it.
37:26Yeah.
37:27It's not a place you want to spend your life.
37:31Why did it take me 40 years to learn this is a question that I don't know.
37:36But this time I've learned this is not it.
37:40If it's the end of your life, you get older and you think about what happened, where you've been, and
37:45what you've accomplished, you get no rewards being here.
37:50But I will take being here as a lesson.
37:52And if I can benefit from that alone, I will be okay with it, as long as my kids never
37:56end up in the system.
38:03Hi, Cruz.
38:04How are you?
38:05All right.
38:06Just all right?
38:08Hang in there, lady.
38:10I can't save anybody.
38:12At the end of the day, most of the people in here are adults.
38:15Like, you have to make this decision.
38:17Like, I can have those conversations with people.
38:20But out of the 20 conversations, if two of them take it to heart, because we talked about it and
38:27they're like, yeah, I'm going to change my life.
38:29And it was just that conversation that got them to that point, then I've done my job.
38:35So that's what I'm here for.
38:41For me, I just love this profession.
38:43It's probably one of the greatest professions ever, because there's two sides of it.
38:49There's going out and catching bad people, but there's also the other side, which is the service side.
38:54And that's making a difference.
38:55And that's just as important as going out and making sure that everybody's safe.
39:00So I got to ask, three things that affect inmates in here.
39:05Tear time.
39:07Absolutely.
39:08Food.
39:09And the ability to communicate outside.
39:11Right?
39:12Correct.
39:12Anything else?
39:13Medical care.
39:14Medical care.
39:15I'm a high-risk pregnancy.
39:17Okay.
39:18And I've been waiting to see my high-risk doctor.
39:20Uh-huh.
39:21Just worried.
39:22Just going back to your cell and worrying about that.
39:25Well, I appreciate that.
39:26All right.
39:29All right.
39:37Come on, Javier.
39:39Come on, Javier.
39:40Come on, Javier.
39:40Ready.
39:41Ready.
39:42Woo!
39:44See, look.
39:45Everybody ready.
39:47In the men's pod, Hispanic inmates Oswaldo and Rodrigo finish preparing a meal for a diverse group of men in
39:55hopes of breaking down unwritten rules that often separate inmates by race and gang affiliation.
40:02I'm not on the racist bullshit that a lot of people are in here.
40:05And I care more about having friends and making good friends with good people in the long run versus doing
40:11this racist stuff and then just end up back in here if it's stupid.
40:15All right, guys.
40:16We got 30 minutes.
40:18Here's a couple rules.
40:19Stay seated.
40:21Stay quiet.
40:22The TVs are going to stay under 35.
40:25Any questions?
40:27All right.
40:28Enjoy your extra care time.
40:35Here we go.
40:36We got to find everybody now.
40:38You can see how they like it.
40:40I'm going to show you.
40:42I'm going to show you.
40:43I'm going to show you.
40:44I'm going to show you.
40:45I'm going to show you.
40:46I'm going to show you.
40:46Where is all this mall?
40:47Where are you?
40:48This table?
40:50You want one.
40:53Okay, who was it?
40:54Put $9 into this little bag.
40:57Yeah.
40:59So we decided to get together just because we've been here a while.
41:06I appreciate you.
41:07Eat together, make new friendships, arms, everything like that.
41:16There we go.
41:17Amen.
41:19God bless.
41:19God bless.
41:21Amen.
41:22It's young and Eve of her.
41:23You didn't.
41:24Wait.
41:26Dude.
41:26You've got to take this to a new place.
41:28How much more?
41:29It's sweet.
41:30You've been got prepared.
41:31You've been a cup of beer?
41:32He's gone.
41:33Yeah, he's gone.
41:34Yeah.
41:35I'm not going to give up.
41:36Yeah.
41:38The third thing is, you know, I can't be afraid.
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