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00:15I was playing blackjack, bro. You think I would've been a dealer?
00:20F*** you, bitch!
00:21I'm like, f***ing spit on you.
00:23Hey.
00:24No, I don't care. Hey, hey, what?
00:26I'll spit on you. Turn the f*** up.
00:28You stupid-ass w***, bitch!
00:30You stupid-ass w***, bitch!
00:31Shut the f*** up and get away from me!
00:34I don't know.
00:34I was just...
00:36No, you're right.
00:36You just said that you were gonna spit, so now...
00:38No! So I started to lift your hand.
00:40Alright, set up.
00:42I'm gonna grab this and grab it.
00:45So she tried to steal a chip from the table,
00:47and security addressed it, and then she attacked security guards.
00:50She turned around and said, I'm like, I spit on you guys.
00:52I'm f*** you!
00:541165.
00:54The classic, come on vacation, leave on probation.
00:59Stop it, bitch!
01:01No!
01:05There are over 3,000 jails in the U.S.
01:08Detaining over half a million.
01:10Each one, a world of its own.
01:14Running a jail is tough.
01:16Surviving inside is tougher.
01:18Hit him with the thunder!
01:20Let's go, let's go!
01:21For 120 hours, five days, our cameras are inside.
01:25Stop it now.
01:27Capturing the officers, inmates, and moments that define life behind bars.
01:34I'll be home soon, all right?
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.
02:10In 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, money, human trafficking, sex 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.
02:37Home to one of the largest jails in the state.
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.
03:23You are starting to go down right now.
03:27Stop.
03:29This is the only jail for Washoe County.
03:32So, none through the year and we've booked 13,000 plus.
03:36So, 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 were busy.
03:46Yeah.
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 that
04:25we have to separate them because 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, you 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 known for their strict hierarchy and violent rivalries.
05:23And 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 a 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.
05:56We're looking at around their face if they have any insignia of gang affiliation so that these individuals are housed
06:03appropriately.
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.
06:26Go ahead. Keep going. You're working.
06:29We run a very tight facility here. We 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. It's not to be mean to the inmates. It's for their safety and our
06:43safety.
06:44And if they want to attack you, their body has to change and turn. So you hopefully will see that
06:49attack coming.
06:50You see these red lines? When they send inmates out, they know and they're always told, stop at the red
06:56lines.
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. That is the
07:05key.
07:06Bye, you guys.
07:07Hey, you too. Have a good weekend.
07:18This fine gentleman peed under the door, telling him that that's disgusting.
07:23Oh, God. Do you have any shoulder problems?
07:25Yes, yes, yes. It hurt.
07:30In intake, more arrests pour in as booking operations continue without pause.
07:35She was spitting while she was interacting with Reno Police Department. So she put a spit hood on.
07:43Please don't do this to me.
07:46Please.
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.
07:58It's my mom.
08:07I think she's just going to be shocked. I don't think she'll be mad at me because I didn't really,
08:11like, do anything wrong to an extent. You know what I mean? But I think she's kind of going to
08:15be like, what? Like, I don't even know. It's crazy.
08:22I'm 19. I've never been, like, arrested for anything or even, like, on a ticket. But I find a little
08:31bit of a fight. And I was arrested for battery.
08:41No calls for me, I guess.
08:49You seem a little nervous.
08:51I'm sorry.
08:51Yeah. I don't know. Like, I feel like I'm a pretty good person. I wouldn't have expected myself to be
08:57in this, like, situation. So, I don't know. It's definitely interesting, like, the jail socks. But...
09:07Have you been able to make the phone call?
09:10Um, yeah, I didn't go through.
09:12Oh, okay. But you were able to make the four digit pin and everything?
09:16Okay, just hang in there. Okay, keep listening for your name.
09:21With our first timers, when you've never been here before, it's a lot to take in.
09:25From 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? Like, 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 kindergartener off to a sixth grade class.
09:46Like, they're not going to know anything. They're not going to know what it's like.
09:49It's scary. Immediately there's people, oh, there's murderers here.
09:53They are, but they're held to the same expectation.
09:56If they don't behave, if they're disrespectful, you don't need to know what that guy sitting over there is here
10:02for.
10:02They're getting through the process just like you.
10:05Want some clues?
10:13Can you see your paper's on the white chair, whatever you're on this black on your face?
10:17My face is wood.
10:18Oh, yeah, your face is wood.
10:20I'll take your right hand, just over your hand and bring it back.
10:23Tell me about the only other trouble you've ever been in.
10:26This is the only other trouble.
10:28Well, I got like a ticket one time this earlier this summer for not having a life vest on my
10:35paddleboard.
10:38But I kind of forgot about it.
10:40I don't know, because it's so minor.
10:43Yeah, perfect. You can go ahead now. Thank you.
10:50What do you know about this place?
10:53Absolutely nothing. Nothing at all.
10:56Because we can't keep you out here for an extended period of time, while the judge is reviewing your charges
11:01in the report, you'll probably have to end up going to female housing.
11:05We'll go over that and what that looks like, but you'll probably have a cellmate.
11:11Gianna prepares to move into a female unit, where she will be housed until her case processes.
11:33Unit 16, the men's pod, houses 144 inmates and a mix of gang affiliations, including Serenios and Bloods, groups that
11:43are known to coexist without conflict inside the jail.
11:46Another day being locked down, you 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, it's .
11:57But, I mean, mainly it's because we don't follow the rules, but in general the rules are kind of petty,
12:04right?
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.
12:16All 144 inmates are released at the same time.
12:21The three officers on duty are severely outnumbered and must maintain strict control.
12:27So we're just going to pop every door and then have them stand by their door until they're quiet.
12:30And then when they're quiet, we admonish them and then they enjoy their tear.
12:33And then usually in five minutes, they lose 15 minutes.
12:35Because how loud and obnoxious they get, you can hear it all the way down the hallway through these glass
12:39doors and through the gorilla door at the end of the hall if you don't keep them quiet.
12:42You want to turn that TV down?
12:44You're going to hear a verbal articulation before you're going to see a physical one.
12:48So if we can hear two guys yelling across the day room, we'll be able to tell if they're going
12:51to fight before it actually happens.
12:54Ready?
12:55Yeah, that's good.
12:58It's your time right by your door.
13:08All right, gentlemen, you guys know our rules. If you are loud, we will lock you down.
13:12Stay seated in the day room. Enjoy your tear.
13:21Here, I got scored.
13:23Who's all playing?
13:24I played two.
13:25Okay, you.
13:26That was cute.
13:28I'm telling you, you were set, bro.
13:30You're not playing the game.
13:33Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
13:34JL, this is where mastery is.
13:37Yeah, for sure.
13:42So this is a thunder dome. There's 144 tops in here.
13:46So it does get loud.
13:49Yeah.
13:49That's why they call it thunder dome.
13:50They say where the loud is. If the sergeant can hear us way down there, they're like, you guys, you
13:57know?
13:59Due to a heavy Sereno presence and the intermingling of other gangs, jail politics rule daily life inside the unit.
14:07Race and gang affiliations dictate where inmates sit, who they associate with, and can determine who is protected and who
14:14is exposed.
14:15These rules are in effect for a reason to 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.
14:30Let's say a white dude has a problem with Sereno, right?
14:34Whoever the shot callers are will come together and 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 for everybody, cops included?
14:50I'm not going to tell you again. Sit down.
14:53Is it an issue?
14:54Yes, you have a problem sitting down.
14:56I dare it.
14:56I said that.
14:57Okay, wait. Keep staring at me.
14:59Don't get a mad dog.
15:06Holy .
15:07All right.
15:14Now we locked down.
15:17We'll get that tomorrow.
15:35We have security checks that we have to do every 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 that are doing it.
15:54This housing unit that we're in houses all of the females in the jail.
15:58There are 56 cells, and right now I have 125 women.
16:07As the jail's only female general population unit, inmates are housed three to a cell, heightening stress and the potential
16:15for 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, we do okay.
16:26We're dead.
16:26We make it work without killing each other's way.
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 while you're walking around, which is, which makes light
16:40of their situation.
16:42And then us having to relock, and then us having to obviously do 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 than 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.
17:06Are you two in here screaming?
17:08No.
17:10No, they're not.
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, I know I get it.
17:44Like, you can't help that.
17:45You're going through it.
17:46You're pregnant.
17:47Rodriguez, 16.
17:50I'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.
18:13How are you doing?
18:14I'm all right.
18:15I was 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.
18:36Once a week, inmates receive commissary, available only to those who have funds in their accounts,
18:43allowing them to purchase personal items and food not offered by the jail's kitchen.
18:49For inmate Rodriguez, commissary is essential as she manages her pregnancy inside the jail.
18:57Ready 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 is going to make me regret it instantly.
19:11What are you doing here with the bread?
19:13This is how we get our potatoes.
19:14We rehydrate them.
19:17It's hard to eat being pregnant, especially with the textures of the sandwiches,
19:20because they do puree everything while I'm not pregnant.
19:24And 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 like remind you of home.
19:39Nothing ever is good as home or your mom's cooking.
19:44I definitely feel for Miss Rodriguez because 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, it'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.
20:14I'm going to guess this is yours.
20:16Okay, good.
20:17All right.
20:18Cheers.
20:21That'll tap it.
20:24This is 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.
21:06This 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.
21:51I just saw that 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.
22:00Come on.
22:02Let me get my shoe on.
22:03Let's go.
22:04Let's go.
22:04Don't worry about your shoes.
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?
22:25If someone's strong-arming you to do something, you need to hit your button and say something, okay?
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, so that is one thing with the people that are coming in and out of
23:19intake.
23:20Your cellmates will change very frequently.
23:23And you got along with one person just fine, and 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.
23:49How are you?
23:50I'm good. How about yourself?
23:52How's your stay?
23:54It was all right.
23:55It was all right?
23:56Yeah, I don't know.
23:58The first half was all right.
23:59The second half, I was like, let me out of here.
24:02I don't like it.
24:04You're not supposed to 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 I thought it was like five.
24:12The time goes by very soon.
24:14Yeah.
24:15You just got to 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 to go to
24:33the 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?
24:40All right.
24:41We'll be back soon, okay?
24:42All right.
24:42All right.
24:43All right.
24:53All right.
24:54All right.
24:55In intake, deputies classify an arrestee with gang affiliations and work quickly to assess housing
25:01options to reduce the risk of conflict.
25:04What do you want them?
25:07Seaweed?
25:08Yeah.
25:09Good job.
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.
25:18And so if they're northerners, they're usually separated, at least initially until classification,
25:23you can talk to them and put them in a safe housing unit.
25:26All right.
25:27All right.
25:27I'm going to take this hand off and on top of your head, all right?
25:31He's trying to drop out of his gang.
25:34He 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.
25:43A 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 good.
26:14If I have to be here, I'm picking the officer that's going to be cutting my child's umbilical cord.
26:20So I have two chosen.
26:22So depending on which one actually gets to be there, one doesn't have any kids,
26:26and this will be her form of birth control, she said, because I have all C-sections,
26:30so 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.
26:46Not the dad.
26:46Yeah.
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.
27:02Too old for this.
27:14Yeah.
27:16All right.
27:17All the way.
27:18All right.
27:18Oh.
27:20In Central Command, officers receive a report of inappropriate comments made by inmate workers about 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.
28:07Or all of you.
28:09That is up to you.
28:11Not one?
28:13All right.
28:13This group is an entire group is fired.
28:16Walk out.
28:17Single file line.
28:18Line up by the shower.
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 got a lot of people here that want to mumble.
28:28No one wants a man out in the sand.
28:31Who said he was one half on me?
28:33It was you?
28:34Right.
28:41Looks like we got a lot of people here that want to mumble.
28:44No one wants a man out in the sand.
28:48Following reports of verbal harassment targeting Deputy Smith, Sergeant Franchak works to identify
28:54those responsible.
28:55He was one half on me.
28:57It was you.
28:59Get him from the line.
29:03He's fired.
29:05Thank you, partner.
29:06The rest of you get to keep your jobs.
29:08I appreciate you guys' honesty, but there are consequences for your options.
29:12And I thank you all my female deputies.
29:14I have an apology.
29:16I'm sorry.
29:18Do you have sisters, mom, female babies?
29:22Would you talk to them and do that kind of s*** to them?
29:25Okay, thank you.
29:26I appreciate it.
29:27Figure it out.
29:29We don't tolerate that, especially 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.
29:39We try to set an example and try to get them on a better path for this one.
29:46I know.
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.
30:03Chilling, you know.
30:04I've been in here, you know.
30:05I have 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, it's, uh, topped ramen, beans.
30:25Got some rice in it, jalapenos, and 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.
30:43Back from Hollywood, I'm a Rams fan.
30:45Yeah.
30:45So, yeah.
30:46How'd you end up out here?
30:48My family is a gang member.
30:50When I started hanging out with the wrong crowd, and 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'd you end up out here?
31:05I'm from Chile.
31:06I came to San Francisco first, and then after 15 years, I moved to Reno because of family.
31:12Seven months ago, I was involved in an accident.
31:15Yeah, I'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.
31:22That's the hard line.
31:23Low-awaiting citizen.
31:25And sometimes you make one mistake, and your life can change 360 degrees.
31:32It's tricky navigating all the politics and stuff here as a first-timer.
31:37Totally.
31:38100%.
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 in the United States.
31:46And you want to talk to them, and be part of that sector, you 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.
32:10So 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, he's not racist.
32:21Okay, so he sits wherever he wants, does whatever he wants.
32:23Policing, it's not good, man.
32:26You know what I mean?
32:27Like, you're pretty much going to get in trouble a lot,
32:30and you're going to, you know, prolong your time from getting back home with your family.
32:36How many of these are you going to make?
32:38How many?
32:38Twelve.
32:39Twelve?
32:40Yeah.
32:40We'll let you make some more.
32:42All right, well, nice to meet 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.
33:06First time inmate Gianna Myers is being released after the processing of her case.
33:13Y'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.
33:24All right.
33:25Not you.
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?
33:40Now 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, okay?
33:48Yes.
33:50Gianna.
33:51She'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.
34:05And 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 feeling right now?
34:27Still kind of shocked, but I'm very happy to play.
34:29I'm so happy to be out.
34:31This 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 and there's no 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, you 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 want it after this, so.
35:14All right, Piana.
35:15Let's get you out of here.
35:19All right, so, far exit door.
35:23What are you going to do now 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,
35:31please don't fire me.
35:33Take care.
35:34Stay safe.
35:35I appreciate it.
35:35Absolutely.
35:52In the women's unit, Officer Baker checks in on pregnant inmate Amanda Rodriguez following a 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 anything.
36:09I still haven't felt the baby.
36:10Oh.
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 the air.
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.
36:47Hey, 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 its legs.
37:05Anyways, I just wanted to call and tell you, I love you.
37:07And yeah, thanks for the money, Dad.
37:15Because of the way my parents, my mom and my dad prayed for me, I have faith one day I'm
37:21going to be okay.
37:22I'm going to make it.
37:25Yeah.
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
37:45like what you've accomplished,
37:46you get no rewards being here.
37:49But 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, how are you?
38:04All 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, I 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.
39:01Okay.
39:02Three things that affect inmates in here.
39:05To your time.
39:07Absolutely.
39:08Food.
39:09And the ability to communicate outside.
39:11Right?
39:12Correct.
39:12Anything else?
39:13Medical care.
39:15Medical 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 salad and worrying about that.
39:25Well, I appreciate it.
39:26All right.
39:26Well, thank you.
39:37Come on, Javier.
39:39Come on, Javier.
39:40Come on, Javier.
39:40Ready?
39:41Ready?
39:42Woo!
39:44See you later.
39:45Everybody ready?
39:46Yes.
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 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 ending up back in here and 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.
40:35Go.
40:36We got to find everybody now.
40:39You can see how they like it.
40:42Come on!
40:42Come on, Javier.
40:44How are you going to tell me?
40:45Who are you going to tell me about?
40:46Where is all this things going on?
40:47Where are you going to put all this things going on?
40:49This table?
40:50You want one.
40:51Fine, brother.
40:53Okay, who was it?
40:55He put $9 into this little bag.
40:58Yeah.
40:59So we decided to get together just because we've been here a while.
41:05Thank you. I appreciate you.
41:07Get together, make new friendships, arms and everything like that.
41:16There we go.
41:18Amen. God bless.
41:19God bless.
41:20Amen.
41:22See you on the team for sure.
41:23You did.
41:24Amen.
41:30You cut for bears?
41:31You cut for bears?
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