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>> whats your name? >> laney. >> nice to meet you. >> you too. >> its fun. just stay close this way. >> i will. ill stay very close. >> you cant really -- >> how do you even just get up on top? >> just get over that way. do an acrobat-like thing. just jump up there and then bounce -- >> just like that. >> step one, youre on your bunk. >> want to go see our facilities? hop on down. let me see how you get down. >> honestly, id probably grab on to yours and just hop. >> like that? >> okay. come on....

Markert has just been assigned to a general population housing unit. she was arrested a few hours earlier and charged with drug possession. >> take any one thats open. >> thank you. >> youre welcome. >> her bunk is right next to a more seasoned inmate, taryn stout-barstow, who quickly points out the housing units social divide. >> its not that bad in here. >> i hope not. >> we call this right here piedmont. this is the good side of the pod. over there is east oakland. you dont want to kick it th...

The budding friendship and still does. >> she had to feel stupid, though. she had to feel stupid. you talking about, oh, yeah, best friend applications are being accepted. i know that girl so glad she got bailed up out of this [ bleep ]. >> whats going on with you guys? >> well, what? >> whats going on with you? >> with who? >> we are not going to have a fight. >> you two. >> we have no issues. im just in here living with her at the moment. yeah, there was a discrepancy, because i guess she felt...

Sometimes when you first start shooting. you go into these jails or prisons and theres thousands of inmates. and you have to try to select the ones who will be on the show. at first its kind of overwhelming. but you start talking to people and you start really finding the people that will probably be good for the show. >> during our shoot in one of the female units at the jail in san antonio, desiree stalbird stood out from the rest of the women. >> i was scanning the unit and noticed desiree. s...

But you start talking to people and you start really finding the people that will probably be good for the show. >> during our shoot in one of the female units at the jail in san antonio, desiree stalbird stood out from the rest of the women. >> i was scanning the unit and noticed desiree. she was holding a sign say "free me." >> free me, of course. me and my signs. >> finding the inmate thats the comedian is oftentimes good for the show. theyre very outgoing. they draw a lot of the inmates arou...

Year. the majority will be released within 24 hours. but about 2,200 occupied beds here for an indefinite period, most are only accused of crimes and are awaiting trial for resolution of their cases. and like cleveland itself, the jail can be said to have tough neighborhoods of its own, especially the tenth floor. >> this is our maximum security floor. for the most part, that is where we hows our problematic inmates, inmates in some type of disciplinary lockup and we have our individuals that ar...

>> today 95% of paraguayans are of mixed blood. >> and we usually speak two languages. >> right. >> the central market? >> the biggest one. the most popular one. ♪ >> im hungry. >> whats good here? >> we opted for the little fish. its a catfish. and, okay. the saying is that it makes man very powerful. >> ah. >> whats he got over there. that looks good. >> stew. there was a good italian

At the cuyahoga correction center in cleveland, some inmates are eligible for jailhouse jobs. these inmate workers are called trustees. >> i have about 75 kitchen trustees. probably about 15, 16 sanitation and eight barbers and out of 12 laundry trustees out of 2,300 inmates. so it is a trif to be a trustee. >> trustees are not paid for their labor but are rewarded with time out of their cells, extra food, and possibly time off their sentences. >> it is all to the discretion of the judge. good t...

Imitation narcotics put there by her handler. >> kay nine . >> canines are like small kids. they need positive reinforcement. i will plant a synthetic narcotic. that way she gets her reward. >> officers begin their search of the bunks, every item they find. illegal substances or weapons can result in inmates getting time in segregation or even new criminal charges. but anything altered from its original purpose is also considered contraband. and will be disposed of. even this inmate art created ...

You come home drunk and try to take it and she doesnt want it, thats still a criminal offense. >> hymer shares a cell with another convicted child molester, ray rowe, who is serving a 230-year sentence. even though he is in protective custody, rowe rarely leaves his cell out of fear for safety. >> i dont know whether someone is going to take me out before the days over with. every time i go to chow. any time any sex offender goes to chow or goes out of their cell. and sometimes even in your cell...