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But she does find a pack of imitation narcotics put there by her handler. >> canines are like small kids. they need positive reinforcement. so ill plant a synthetic narcotic. that way she gets her reward. >> with the canine search complete, officers begin their search of the bunks, meticulously inspecting 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 consid...

>> with a ratio of approximately one deputy to 27 inmates, and thousands of incarcerated gang affiliates, shear numbers make it impossible to shut down all gang activity. so the jail employs other tactics to stay one step ahead. this afternoon, sergeant hernandez and the team prepare for action. >> i have assigned montoya, mk-9 with a taser. ready? >> its cell search day. every week without warning, deputies remove inmates from their cells, then search their bunks. theyre on the lookout for any ...

Orders all inmates to their bunks. >> on your stomachs facing the back wall, hands behind your back. there is no talking. bunks 41 to 48, get up and go out to the rec yard. single file. >> we search for contraband. drugs. weapons. anything thats been altered from its original form. anything that theyre not supposed to have in their possession. >> the inmates are directed to sit down in the dorms enclosed rec yard. the cert team will hold them there while officers conduct a thorough search for co...

>> with a ratio of approximately one deputy to 27 inmates and thousands of incarcerated gang affiliates, sheer numbers make it impossible to shut down all gang activity. so the jail employs other tactics to stay one step ahead. this afternoon, sargent hernandez and her team prepare for action. >> ive assigned montoya to mk-9. ready? >> its cell search day. every week without warning, deputies remove inmates from their cells then search their bunks. theyre on the lookout for any contraband from d...

You dont got nobody to talk to. you dont got nobody to vent to. you dont got nobody to do nothing with. its just you and four walls and the sunlight. so the only time you do -- youve only got time to think, think, think, think, think. >> how are you doing, man? welcome to the dorm. some other guys in there. youll get along fine. we play cards, watch tv, watch movies. its all right in here. youll like it. the doctors work with you. >> due to overcrowding there are no available bunks in the dorm. ...

This mission today. its good to see everybody coming together, working toward a common goal, several institutions, okaloosa, walton, century, the igs canine. what were doing this morning, mass search. our goal is to identify, locate and remove items of contraband, making santa rosa a safer place for the inmates and the staff. >> todays search will cover two housing units and involve officers from santa rosa, three other state prisons, and the states inspector generals canine unit. the dogs are t...

Inside the two facilities that make up the sacramento county jail system, 4,000 men and women sleep on steel bunks with thin mattresses. for many of them, thats an improvement compared to the living conditions on the outside. they were, at one time or the other, among the approximately 2,500 sacramento area homeless. >> i pretty much surrender myself here. i wasnt really arrested. i was saved. i was homeless when i got arrested. >> i started living in an abandoned building. i had a couple of bla...

Reserved for inmates considered to be gang leaders. among them are cellmates and cousins quentin carthen and isaiah thomas. >> [ bleep ] 21-4, blood. >> [ bleep ]. >> 21-4, blood. >> [ bleep ] lying. >> they cope with the close confines of their maximum security cell by keeping it clean and following daily rituals. >> we in a outhouse with bunks in it. some bunk beds in a bathroom. if we dont clean up the dust is going to pile up, dirt going to go everywhere. its grimy up in here. we try to keep...

>> jimmy always around. jimmy. >> jimmy, jimmy. >> you know, me and jimmy have some interactions the last few weeks. some of it has been good. some of it has been bad. but they put me on a new med. i told them if i feel and jimmy feels that its making me slow in any shape or form, im going to get off the medication because i dont like to be down. i like to be up. >> coreys decision to go off his medication not only affects him but his new cell mate, jonathan elliott, who must cope with both core...

>> some inmates carve out knives out of metal from the lower parts of the bunks or other metal in the cell. >> before being released into the yard, inmates are strip-searched multiple times. so how do they smuggle out weapons? >> the only effective place to hide those are in ones anal cavity. thats a dangerous thing to do with a sharp instrument. >> once out in the yard, theyre able to transfer the weapons from their hiding place and conceal them under their bulky prison-issue raincoats. >> some...