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120 Hours Behind Bars (2026) Season 1 Episode 8
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00:15I was going to blackjack, bro. You think I would have been a dealer?
00:20you bitch! I'll spit on you.
00:23Hey. No, I don't care. Hey, hey, boy. Shut the up, you stupid ass boy, bitch. Shut the up and
00:33get away from me.
00:36You just said that you were going to spit. No, so I better look at him.
00:44She 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 don't want to spit on you guys.
00:541165.
00:55The classic, come on vacation, leave on probation.
01:05There are over 3,000 jails in the US, detaining 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.
01:25We're talking now.
01:27Capturing the officers, inmates, and moments that define life behind bars.
01:34I'll be home soon, all right?
01:44Washoe County, Nevada.
01:45Home to Reno.
01:47The biggest little city in the world.
01:50Casinos.
01:51Tourism.
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.
02:26So, I 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.
02:51That's my wife and I and then my dad and my father-in-law.
02:56We 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?
03:21You doing good?
03:22Yeah, I'm doing great.
03:23Good.
03:24You are .
03:25You are so .
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?
03:41Good.
03:41How's it going?
03:42Cook, what's up?
03:43How are you today?
03:44You guys are 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.
04:02People don't realize how massive our facility is.
04:06They're 16 units.
04:07So, there's a lot of square footage to cover.
04:10We can house up to almost 1,350 inmates.
04:15But when we hit about 1,200 where we're at now, we say we're at capacity.
04:19Because you have so many wide varieties of gangs in the Washoe County area that we have to separate them.
04:26Because what happens on the street, we'll 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.
05:01We have a gentleman that just got booked in for the fifth time this year.
05:06He 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.
05:14The Serenios, also known as Southerners, are a Southern California-based gang known 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.
05:34If 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 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.
06:13To maintain control, deputies enforced strict paramilitary rules under the sheriff's authority.
06:25Go ahead. Keep going. You're working.
06:29We run a very tight facility here. We are big on our security.
06:35Sir, 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
06:44safety.
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. When they send inmates out, they know and they're always told, stop at the red
06:56lines.
06:57And so that's just, again, a safety for them, safety for our deputies.
07:00We're big on making sure that we all go to work and we go home safe. That is the key.
07:06How are 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.
07:40So she put a spit hood on.
07:43Please don't do this to me.
07:46Please.
07:48Please.
07:49Don't do anything wrong.
07:52Nineteen-year-old first-time inmate Gianna Myers makes a phone call.
07:57Who are you trying to get a hold of right now?
07:58It's my mom.
08:08I think she's just going to be shocked.
08:09I don't think she'll be mad at me because I don't really, like, do anything wrong to an extent.
08:14You know what I mean? But I think she's kind of going to be like, what?
08:18Like, I don't even know.
08:19It's crazy.
08:22I'm 19. I've never been, like, arrested for anything or even, like, on ticket.
08:29But I had a little bit of a fight.
08:32And I was arrested for battery.
08:41No calls for me, I guess.
08:49You seem a little nervous.
08:52Yeah.
08:53I don't know. Like, 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. It's definitely interesting, like, the jail socks.
09:03It's fun.
09:06I don't know that part of the jail.
09:08You know what I'm going to say?
09:09Have you been able to make a phone call?
09:11Um, yeah, I didn't go through.
09:12Oh, okay.
09:13But you were able to make the four-digit pin and everything?
09:16Yeah.
09:16Okay, just hang in there.
09:18Okay, keep listening for your name.
09:21With our first-timers, when you've never been here before, it's a lot to take in.
09:26From the moment they come into the port where they're getting searched and we're doing an inventory search,
09:30I explain why.
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.
09:43It'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
10:00what that guy sitting over there is here for.
10:03They're getting through the process just like you.
10:08You can see your papers on the white chair.
10:15Is there any of you on this black one, please?
10:17My face is wood.
10:18Oh, yeah, you're okay.
10:19Okay.
10:20I'll take it right now.
10:21Just over your hand like that.
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.
10:44Perfect.
10:44You can go ahead now, please.
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, while the judge is reviewing your charges
11:01in 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, but you'll probably have a cellmate.
11:11Giana prepares to move into a female unit, where she will be housed until her case processes.
11:31Unit 16, the men's pod, houses 144 inmates and a mix of gang affiliations, including Serenios and Bloods, groups that
11:42are known to coexist without conflict inside the jail.
11:45Another day being locked down, you kind of get used to the cell living in a way, though.
11:48You get comfortable being in here, and that's just the way it is.
11:51It helps you on your routine.
11:53In here, it's .
11:55But, I mean, mainly it's because we don't follow the rules, but in general, the rules are kind of petty,
12:02right?
12:03We can't have more than two toothbrushes or we get write-ups.
12:09Officers are preparing for a recreation period sometimes known as Thunderdome.
12:15All 144 inmates are released at the same time.
12:19The three officers on duty are severely outnumbered and must maintain strict control.
12:26So we're just going to pop every door and then have them stand by their door until they're quiet.
12:29And then when they're quiet, we admonish them and then they enjoy their tear.
12:32And then usually in five minutes, they lose 15 minutes.
12:33Because how loud and obnoxious they get, you can hear it all the way down the hallway through these glass
12:38doors and through the gorilla door at the end of the hall if you don't keep them quiet.
12:41You want to turn that TV down?
12:43You're going to hear a verbal articulation before you're going to see a physical one.
12:46So if we can hear two guys yelling across the day room, we'll be able to tell if they're going
12:50to fight before it actually happens.
12:52Ready?
12:53Yeah, that's good.
12:57Tear time by your door.
13:07All right, gentlemen, you guys know our rules. If you are loud, we will lock you down.
13:10Stay seated in the day room. Enjoy your tear.
13:20Here, I got scored.
13:21Who's all playing?
13:22I played too.
13:23Okay, you.
13:24That was cute.
13:26I'm telling you, you were set, bro.
13:28You're not playing the game.
13:31Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
13:34This is where mastery is.
13:36Yeah, for sure.
13:40So this is a Thunderdome. There's 144 tops in here.
13:44So it does get loud.
13:47Yeah.
13:48That's why they call it Thunderdome.
13:48This is where the loudest.
13:50If the sergeant can hear us way down there.
13:52Yeah, we're in trouble.
13:53Yeah, we're in trouble.
13:54They're like, you guys.
13:55That's how you do this, you know?
13:57Due to a heavy Sereno presence and the intermingling of other gangs, jail politics rule daily life inside the unit.
14:05Race and gang affiliations dictate where inmates sit, who they associate with, and can determine who is protected and who
14:13is exposed.
14:13These rules are in effect for a reason, to kind of keep the peace.
14:19Issues always happen here and there.
14:22Sometimes it pops off.
14:24But it's nothing that we can't settle ourselves.
14:29Let's say a white dude has a problem with Sereno, right?
14:32Whoever the shot callers are will come together and then talk about, like, hey, there's an issue with this.
14:39Can we resolve it to where it doesn't escalate into a problem for everybody, cops included?
14:49I'm not going to tell you again, sit down.
14:51You're going to get your problem?
14:52Yes, you have a problem sitting down.
14:54I dare you.
14:54I'll sit down.
14:55Okay, wait, keep staring at me.
14:57I'm not going to mad dog.
15:04Holy .
15:06All right.
15:07I think we're playing one, honey.
15:09Oh, yeah.
15:11Oh, yeah.
15:11Oh, yeah.
15:12Now we locked down.
15:14Now we locked down.
15:14We'll get that tomorrow.
15:17We'll get that tomorrow.
15:33We have security checks that we have to do every 30 minutes in the housing unit.
15:40So, in the .
15:43What?
15:46I didn't mess anything up.
15:48You've got to talk to the women in this housing unit that are doing it.
15:53This housing unit that we're in houses all of the females in the jail.
15:57There are 56 cells and right now I have 125 women.
16:05As the jail's only female general population unit, inmates are housed three to a cell, heightening
16:12stress and the potential for conflict.
16:14Ladies.
16:16Hi.
16:17How are we doing?
16:18Pretty cramped.
16:19It's hard not to get in each other's way, but, you know, we do okay.
16:24We're dead.
16:25We make it work without killing each other so much.
16:30Some of the girls have been here a long time, so I know them.
16:33You know, sometimes they'll give you a joke or a laugh while you're walking around, which
16:37makes light of their situation and then us having to relock and then us having to obviously
16:45do our detention part of it.
16:49With male housing, there are more gang issues like the Serenio issue.
16:54With female housing, it's more of a bullying type thing than it is politicking.
16:58There's a lot of this person smells, this person's not clean.
17:02That's their way of doing it.
17:04They're more sneaky about it.
17:05Are you two in here screaming?
17:06No.
17:08Okay.
17:09Okay.
17:11We have women that are detoxing.
17:13We have women that are in here for the first time.
17:15We have women that are convicts that have been to prison.
17:17They come back.
17:18And then we have women that are pregnant.
17:21Can you back up?
17:25Are you both getting commissary today?
17:27Yeah.
17:27Okay.
17:28Man, you still got commissary from last time.
17:31You guys are rationing it.
17:33And I lost two pounds.
17:35You weren't feeling too hot this morning?
17:36Yeah.
17:37I haven't heard you do that since earlier in your pregnancy.
17:40So you, I've said, no, I get it.
17:42Like, you can't help that.
17:44You're going through it.
17:45You're pregnant.
17:46Rodriguez, 16.
17:49I've been incarcerated my whole life.
17:52Maybe 12, 13 times.
17:55I've been here this time for two months.
17:58Allegedly, I am facing some fraud charges.
18:02I'm 40 and pregnant.
18:04I'm 19 weeks.
18:06I'm almost halfway there.
18:08100% will be incarcerated when I have this baby.
18:11All right, you do.
18:12I'm all right.
18:13I'm a sick this morning.
18:14The first time I had a child, I was 21.
18:19I have messed up drastically with my other kids.
18:24I'm given a second chance to be a mom, to do things right.
18:30Yeah.
18:32Okay.
18:34Once a week, inmates receive commissary, available only to those who have funds in their accounts,
18:41allowing them to purchase personal items and food not offered by the jail's kitchen.
18:47For inmate Rodriguez, commissary is essential as she manages her pregnancy inside the jail.
18:55Ready to cook?
18:57We're going to make potato burritos.
19:00And I'm going to be bad today.
19:01I'm going to eat some spicy food, even though I'm not supposed to.
19:04My baby's going to make me regret it instantly.
19:09What are you doing here with the bag?
19:11This is how we get our potatoes.
19:13We rehydrate them.
19:15It's hard to eat being pregnant, especially with the textures of the sandwiches,
19:18because they do puree everything while I'm not pregnant.
19:23And I can't eat this though.
19:25It's bad.
19:26It's bad.
19:27This commissary has like the bare minimum.
19:31So you make something with what you got.
19:32And then you try to recreate things that make you feel, like remind you of home.
19:37Nothing ever is good as home where your mom's cooking.
19:43I definitely feel for Miss Rodriguez because I'm married.
19:46I do have three kiddos.
19:47I don't know how she gets through the day.
19:50If she's craving something, it's not like she can go to the store and just grab it.
19:57We're going to steam our burritos.
19:59We don't get microwaves here.
20:01Some places have microwaves.
20:02We're not that fancy.
20:07The water's hot.
20:09I forgot which one was mine.
20:13I'm going to guess this is yours.
20:15Okay, good.
20:15All right.
20:16Cheers.
20:19That'll tap it.
20:22Those are definitely yours.
20:27We don't have cooties.
20:31Meanwhile, on the other side of the unit.
20:34Who was that?
20:40All right, ladies.
20:40What is going on?
20:44I'm not asking you.
20:46I'm asking Miss right now because you're the one that's been screaming.
20:49I know you said you feel like .
20:51I called the nurse.
20:52You're on everything that they can put you on.
20:55You screaming isn't going to fix anything.
20:59I'm not saying you did anything wrong.
21:01I'm not here to judge you.
21:02I'm here to run a housing unit and keep everybody safe.
21:04This bull that you two are doing is not helping either of you.
21:08I know this is your first time here, but that's no excuse.
21:14Stop.
21:21Stop.
21:22No.
21:23We're done.
21:23Pack up all your .
21:26Washoe County, Nevada.
21:28In the female housing unit, Deputy Baker and her partner attempt to manage a dispute between
21:33two new cellmates.
21:35This bull that you two are doing is not helping either of you.
21:37I know this is your first time here, but that's no excuse.
21:41I didn't know I was going to be attacked.
21:42I didn't attack her.
21:44That bull .
21:44Stop.
21:45I know you didn't attack her.
21:47I didn't attack her.
21:47You were yelling at me when you saw her.
21:49That bull .
21:50Can you just take her out?
21:52Please don't hurt me.
21:53I'm not hurting you.
21:54Let's go.
21:55Let's go.
21:56Stand up.
21:57Stand up.
21:58Come on.
21:58Let me get my shoe on.
21:59Let's go.
22:00Let's go.
22:01Don't worry about your shoes.
22:03You're doing the wrong person.
22:04I'm moving you because obviously she's detoxing and you two can't get along, okay?
22:10So you're going to be in the cell by yourself.
22:13They were going to hurt me.
22:16Did she hit you while you were in there?
22:18No, she's just screaming at me to do her.
22:21If someone's strong-arming you to do something, you need to hit your button and say something,
22:25okay?
22:26Because that's not okay.
22:27As a deputy, you're always thinking security issue, but a lot of it is how you treat them.
22:32They're still people.
22:32Why that doesn't make me lax.
22:34I mean, if you're going to, you know, punch your ticket, you're going to ride the ride.
22:38If you're going to get asked up, then I'll meet you there.
22:40But for the most part, I'm not going to push somebody if they don't need to be.
22:53We are going in to check on Miss Gianna.
22:58Deputy Smith checks in on first-time inmate Gianna Myers after her first night in custody.
23:05She's just laying there, staring at the ceiling.
23:09She has a new cellmate.
23:11So that is one thing with the people that are coming in and out of intake.
23:16Your cellmates will change very frequently.
23:19And you got along with one person just fine.
23:22And then the new person is detoxing off of fentanyl.
23:26Like, absolutely miserable out of her mind, throwing up.
23:30So it's very difficult to be in these cells.
23:33You have to share a very confined space.
23:35Most people don't want to do that with their family members, let alone a complete stranger.
23:40So...
23:40Good morning.
23:42Good morning.
23:43Good morning.
23:43Not yet.
23:45Not yet.
23:45Not yet.
23:46How are you?
23:47I'm good.
23:47How about yourself?
23:48How's your stay?
23:50It was all right.
23:52It was all right?
23:53Yeah.
23:54I don't know.
23:55The first half was all right.
23:56The second half, I was like, let me out of here.
23:58You don't like it.
24:00You're not supposed to like it.
24:02I know.
24:03I took like a nap yesterday.
24:05And then I woke up and I thought it was a lot later.
24:07And then I thought it was like five.
24:08Mm-hmm.
24:09The time goes by very soon.
24:11Yeah.
24:11So...
24:12You just gotta keep your mind busy.
24:13You have a book.
24:14I can read.
24:15Okay.
24:15What happened at court?
24:17I didn't go.
24:18But they gave me a paper saying I have to come back next week or sometime around then.
24:23Probably have to check in.
24:24Yeah.
24:24I'm assuming what the judge did is he reviewed your report.
24:27And it wasn't necessary for you to go to the Zoom appearance here in the facility.
24:32But as soon as we get word that you're getting released, I'll come and get you.
24:36Okay?
24:37All right.
24:37We'll be back soon.
24:38Okay?
24:45Okay.
24:51In intake, deputies classify an arrestee with gang affiliations and work quickly to assess
24:57housing options to reduce the risk of conflict when they come in they get asked questions such
25:10as who do they used to affiliate with because this is mainly a serenio jail and so if they're
25:15northerners they're usually separated at least initially until classification can talk to them
25:20put it with a safe housing unit he's trying to drop out of his game he isn't trying to be
25:32a part
25:32of it anymore so with that he can't be around any active gang members just for his safety
25:53in the women's unit five months pregnant amanda rodriguez navigates daily life behind bars while
26:00awaiting her case pregnancy sucks because it does especially in the air she's going to put on birth
26:07control thanks to me yeah if i have to be here i'm picking the officer that's going to be cutting
26:14my
26:14child's umbilical cord so i have two chosen so depending which one actually gets to be there
26:20one doesn't have any kids and this will be her form of birth control she said because i have all
26:26c
26:27sections so she will be experiencing all my intestines so outside of my stomach
26:36and i promised i was going to get none of them for child support
26:40the officers not the dad i'm kidding i just want to make sure the baby's healthy
26:49this is why you don't come to jail but i don't know why it's something that keeps keep coming back
26:56to
26:59too old for this
27:16in central command officers receive a report of inappropriate comments made by inmate workers
27:22about deputy smith sergeant franchek interrogates the inmate workers to determine whether disciplinary
27:29action is warranted which one of you must disrespect my female deputies i am not going to tolerate my
27:36deputies being disrespected the way you just have this is one and one only chance that i'm going to
27:41give you i'm going to fire every single one of you do you understand me yes sir being part of
27:48the kitchen
27:48workforce in washoe county is a privileged position workers are housed separately and receive benefits that
27:55many inside the jail do not if you get to disrespect my deputies be a man and stand up which
28:01one
28:02only one will get tired or all of you that is up to you not one all right this group
28:10is an entire group
28:11is fired thank you walk out single file line line up by the shower make sure we get every single
28:17name
28:17send an email to classification so that way they can hire more workers it's like we got a lot of
28:23people
28:23here that want to mumble you know what's a man out of the sand
28:27he was going back on the move it was you
28:36it's like we got a lot of people here that want to mumble you know what's a man out of
28:40the sand
28:42following reports of verbal harassment targeting deputy smith sergeant franchak works to identify
28:49those responsible
28:56so he's fired thank you partner the rest of you get to keep your jobs i appreciate you guys
29:04you guys namaste but there are consequences for your actions and i thank you all my female
29:08deputies i like an apology i'm sorry do you have sisters mom female
29:15would you talk to them and do that to them okay thank you i appreciate it figure it out
29:24we don't tolerate that especially when it comes to female deputies there is no room for it in this
29:29family they all have mothers sisters and you know so yeah we tried to set an example and try to
29:37get them on a better path for this one thank you i appreciate you of course
29:53how you guys doing today hey man how are you doing pretty good just you know chilling you know
29:59i've been in here you know and then two months
30:04in the men's pod inmates are preparing a large meal for tonight
30:30so we all go in on it and we're doing it for monday night football tonight monday night san francisco
30:36guys
30:37i'm from hollywood i'm a rams fan so yeah how'd you end up out here my family is a gang
30:44member
30:44when i started hanging out with the wrong crowd and now here i am i'm all the way to prison
30:51but it's never too late i'm working on myself bettering myself and hopefully one day i'll get it
30:56you know how do you end up out here i'm from chile i came to san francisco first and then
31:03after
31:0315 years i moved to reno because of family seven months ago i was involved in an accident yeah i'm
31:10trying i'm fighting right now i'm a 53 year old first time being in jail and we hope for the
31:16best
31:16that i had a lot of low-adventing citizen and sometimes you make one mistake and your life can
31:22change 360 degrees
31:27it's tricky navigating all the politics and stuff here it's a first timer
31:32totally hundred percent it's difficult because i wasn't born here they told me i'm a paisa
31:37paisa is someone who is latino no more the united states and you want to talk to them and be
31:44part of
31:45that sector you know it's all segregated by race you know and you sit at the wrong table and they
31:51start getting upset you know what i mean so 53 years old law-adventing citizen never not even a
31:58speeding ticket he was scared at first you know and uh i'm showing him the ropes as they say
32:04just so you got you're white you got blacks you got natives you got others which others would be
32:11the guy next door but we become really good friends and he doesn't run anything he's not racist
32:15okay so he sits wherever he wants does whatever he wants politicking it's not good man yeah you
32:21know what i mean like you you're pretty much going to get in trouble a lot and you're going to
32:26you know prolong your time from getting back home with your family how many of these are you going
32:32to make i'm making 12 12 12 yeah we'll let you make some more all right thank you thank you
32:43mage p you ready are you sure i don't think you are i am so sure
32:57grab all your stuff pack it all up put it in your bin
33:01first time inmate gianna meyers is being released after the processing of her case
33:08y'all come back to this place please hi mom i don't want to see you i don't either
33:16maybe somewhere else like at walmart or somewhere but all right not yet perfect yep
33:24so we're going to get you changed out into your clothing okay go over your court keep your
33:29make sure that you get all of your property back that you can do it and we'll get you out
33:33of here okay
33:33okay now you can put your bin down you're going to put the washoe county issue clothing in the bin
33:40here's your clothing let me know when you're done because you're locked in okay
33:45gianna she's very respectful and we appreciate that because this isn't easy to get people through
33:52the process when they've been here for the first time all done yeah perfect it's a lot to take in
33:59and you see so many different waves of emotions when you come into the facility you see people
34:04immediately start bawling you see people get frustrated angry so the fact that she was super
34:11respectful through her process makes our job a lot easier and then we're going to go down to this
34:16counter right over here and go over paperwork okay so how are you doing right now i'm still kind of
34:22shocked but i'm very happy to play i'm so happy to be out this is acknowledging that you're getting
34:27all of your property back and i just had like really bad anxiety just because i was like i wanted
34:32to
34:32go home and i feel like it's not really like my place either i'm not liking the people and there
34:39no shade to them at all but i don't know so just make sure you check in or you'll get
34:45rearrested
34:54all right you're ready so i'm going to have you stand at this corner and wait for further
34:59instruction okay central van rong 10-6 with one release i'm not supposed to do anything bad but
35:06i definitely want it after this so all right now let's get you out of here all right so far
35:16exit door
35:19i'm gonna go have my friend pick me up and then tell my boss that i got arrested
35:25and say please don't fire me take care stay safe thank you i appreciate it absolutely
35:36i'm gonna go have my friend pick me up and i'm gonna go have my friend pick me up and
35:48pick me up
35:48in the women's unit officer baker checks in on pregnant inmate amanda rodriguez following a
35:54medical evaluation
35:58i came over here to check on you yeah a couple days ago you said you were a little bit
36:02nervous because you
36:02hadn't been feeling anything i still haven't felt the baby oh yeah when is a doctor seeing you again
36:08in the morning okay perfect pregnancy sucks especially in here this is why you don't come to jail
36:19too old for this
36:23i just want to make sure the baby's helping
36:40hey dad i had an ultrasound today i seen the baby and it was alive and moving
36:51yeah but i wasn't able to find out what it is because the baby wouldn't open its legs
36:58anyways i just wanted to call and tell you i love you and yeah thanks for the money dad
37:07because of the way my parents my mom and my dad prayed for me i have faith one day i'm
37:14gonna be okay
37:15i'm gonna make it
37:20yeah it's not a place you want to spend your life
37:23why did it take me 40 years to learn this is a question that i don't know but this time
37:30i've
37:30learned this is not it at the end of your life you get older and you think about what happened
37:37where
37:37you've been and like what you accomplished you get no rewards being here but i will take being here as
37:44a lesson
37:45and if i can benefit from that alone i will be okay with it as long as my kids never
37:49end up in the system
37:56hi cruz how are you all right just all right hang in there lady
38:03i can't save anybody at the end of the day most of the people in here are adults like you
38:08have to make this decision
38:10like i can have those conversations with people but out of the 20 conversations if two of them take
38:17it to heart because we talked about it and they're like yeah i'm going to change my life and it
38:22was just
38:23that conversation that got them to that point then i've i've done my job so that's what i'm here for
38:34for me i just i love this profession it's probably one of the greatest professions ever because there's
38:40two sides of it there's going out and catching bad people but there's also the other side which
38:46is the service side and that's making a difference and that's just as important as going out and making
38:51sure that everybody's safe so i i gotta ask three things that affect inmates in here to your time
39:00absolutely food and ability to communicate outside right correct anything else medical care medical
39:08i'm a high-risk pregnancy um okay and i've been waiting to see my high-risk doctor uh-huh just
39:14worried
39:14it's just going back to your salad and worrying about that well i appreciate it all right thank you
39:33ready ready
39:39in the men's pod hispanic inmates as waldo and rodrigo
39:44finish preparing a meal for a diverse group of men in hopes of breaking down unwritten rules that
39:50often separate inmates by race and gang affiliation i'm not on the racist that a lot of people aren't
39:57here and i care more about having friends and making good good friends with good people in the long run
40:03versus doing this racist stuff and then just end up back in here it's stupid all right guys we got
40:1030
40:10minutes here's a couple rules stay seated stay quiet the tvs are going to stay under 35
40:29so we got to find everybody now let's see how they like it
40:42okay uh who was it put nine dollars into this little bag yeah
40:52so we decided to get together just because we've been here a while
40:58thank you i appreciate you guys
41:00eat together and make new friendships arms and everything like that
41:09there we go
41:10there in the middle hey man god bless god bless
41:15see how the two
41:15for sure
41:16you did
41:17hey
41:19dude
41:19i think this is
41:20how much
41:21i need to meet
41:22oh you say you can sing it
41:23you can't prepare
41:24you can't prepare
41:25you
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