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Imaginary companion, jimmy takes the form of a pitbull head. >> 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 ...

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...

Once we go in, everybody goes to the rec yard. make sure you let the dog do his thing. >> everybody to the rec yard. everybody to the rec yard. everybody to the rec yard. >> go. check. go. notice how shes searching here and shes just calm. the heads moving around but shes not going frantic. shes not biting, scratching. check. whenever she gets frantic and the heads going crazy then she sits, a lot of times thats a response, thats an alert that theres something there. thats a good girl. good girl...

>> especially if -- >> shed been in trouble herself a long time ago. >> yes. >> so anyway, then we sort of fell in love and got married and here we are. >> i got married here december 9th of last year. in fact, we honeymooned in this very cottage here. this is only our third time were going to have a conjugal visit, so -- >> so its pretty cool. it makes time go by a lot easier. a lot easier. >> doing time in folsom affects the prisoners in two ways. physically they all make the adjustment to the...

Overwhelming, 200 inmates, 100 officers. >> it was well choreographed. it was extremely well executed. the hispanics outnumbered the blacks two to one. they knew exactly what time they were going to do this, and they had their targets already picked out. >> you could see inmates working in pairs. it was teamwork. they set up little defensive perimeters. they set up assault teams. >> the senior deputy district attorney assigned to pelican bay says the inmates spent months preparing by making weap...

Mostly were sleeping and they were killed in their bunks or their barracks. and 9/11, they were working. and the fact of the matter is, on both occasions, though, we saw this same reaction. and that is, the bravery and tenacity of those who were able to survive to be able to help others and in the case of pearl harbor to actually fight back from deck guns, fight back from barracks and get in the air and fight back. so the bravery and tenacity of the american people and its troops is something th...

"forbes" magazine calls it the best city to raise a family. 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 ...

Disturbance going on. and they were locking down the floor. >> that was a backup call you just heard. officers are responding to the fifth floor emergency. >> put them on their bunks. everybody on their bunks. >> fortunately it turned out it wasnt a riot and we were able to keep shooting. thats what makes jails very interesting. theres a strong sense that anything can happen at any time. >> and nowhere is that more true than behind the walls of the sprawling jail complex that serves americas lar...

Monotony will be broken. the special emergency response team, floods in the door and orders all inmates to their bunks. >> on your stomach facing the back washlgs hands on your back. theres no talking. get up. go out to the red yard, single file. we search for contraband, drugs, weapons, anything thats been altered from the original form. anything they are 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...

>> shed been in trouble herself a long time ago. >> yes. >> so anyway, then we sort of fell in love and got married and here we are. >> i got married here december 9th of last year. in fact, we honeymooned in this very cottage here. this is only our third time were going to have a conjugal visit, so -- >> so its pretty cool. it makes time go by a lot easier. a lot easier. >> doing time in folsom affects the prisoners in two ways. physically they all make the adjustment to the rigors of prison li...