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Dramatically. take the chances, when people win they win big, have coattails and the world benefits d. it on his own, worth $20 billion. hes not going in and saving banks like buffett does when e he knows the bunks will ultimately get bailed out. risks his own money and he wins. hes a guy that came from nothing. made that on his own. someone people shop admire. carl and i have done a couple rounds here and there. were friends now. i will say this, though, when you look at him in his totality, do...

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 trained detect the scents of both drugs and cell phones. >> weve got six different search teams. some ...

Tension that will be involved as to this matter. >> for almost two hours deputies armed with latex gloves search the inmates bunks and belongings for razor blades, drugs, and other contraband. >> i have noticed recently the welds on the bottom of the legs, those bust off sometimes when they lift them up and do things with them. so theyll stick things in there, drugs and cigarettes, lighters, things like that. >> they take the razors out of the razors we give to them and they wrap one end to prot...

>> i got four years state prison even though and in spite of the newly adapted proposition 36, where were supposed to be able to go to drug programs if we have a drug problem, and i do have one. >> 50-year-old habitual drug offender kimberly jean maybe has a difficult time being treated like an inmate. >> were threatened for everything. were threatened. to sit for count. were threatened to get in our bunks. were threatened to get things out of our hair that may just make us feel a little bit mor...

>> no. >> i think a single cells meant to break you down mentally. 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...

Newly booked into the jail. she will remain until a judge decides whether to return her to home incarceration or make her serve the rest of her sentence in jail. but lohden seems determined to make an impression. >> thats my bunk. >> yeah, its mine now. you snooze, you lose. there aint no bunk assignments in [ bleep ] jail. get that [ bleep ] right. >> hey, come back out here. >> do they own bunks around here? >> youve got to calm down before you come in here. >> come back outside. >> im good. >...

Even the best families face problems. a few miles from downtown is the kent county jail. >> people ask me all the time out there in the world, who you got in jail. i always tell them, we have your family members, we have your neighbors, your co-workers. >> any given day, 1,000 men and women are incarcerated here. >> i want you on your bunks. time for head count. i need your id. >> some are convicted, most are only accused of crimes and awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> we have...

Hands behind your back. bunks 41 to 48. get up and go out to the brickyard. single file. >> we search for contraband, drugs, weapons, anything that has 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 search team will hold them there as officers conduct a thorough search for contraband. first a drug detection dog is brought in to sniff out narcotics. >> inmates are very cr...

>> canines are look small kids. they need positive reinforcement. i will plant a synthetic narcotic, 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 from food wrappers is considered contraband. >> they get very creativ...

With the capacity of nearly 5,000 inmates, 950 sworn deputies and 410 civilian employees, the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida is like a city unto itself. >> everybody head back to your bunks. we will be serving lunch shortly. >> while safely securing inmates is the top priority, the jail is supported by a vast infrastructure that must complete a large number of tasks for a large number of inmates. the laundry facility alone is manned ten hours a day, seven days a week. >> we do approxima...