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And im hoping theres no 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 t...

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 more feminine. but every year that i come to a county jail i am defe...

We met in jail. >> we are threatened with everything. threatened to get in our bunks. threatened to get things out of our hair that may, just make us feel a little bit more feminine. >> repeat offender kimberly had just been sentenced to four years in prison for sales of a controlled substance. with her time at the l.a. county jail nearing an end, she let loose on the staff. >> i feel like the sheriffs department is organized crime itself anyway. they organize a way to disenfranchise us at every...

Life. losing travis has completely destroyed the overall health of our family. travis was our strength, our constant beacon of hope, our motivation and his presence has been ripped from our lives. our mind are currently stained with images of our poor brothers throat slit pr ear to ear. arthel: arias will likely address the jury monday as they decide whether she deserves life in prison or a death sentence. p yesterday the sheriff gave reporters a look at jodis jail cell where she awaits her fate...

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...

>> found another one? >> found another one. >> share the wealth. share the wealth, brother. >> were going to go into the gym. a couple of the inmates had some tattoos indicative of gang membership. were going to go take a look at their bunk areas, lockers, see what they may have left behind in their bunks. >> watch out. i got gloves, so watch for needles. hes on fire. here we go. he come up with another one. thats a tattoo pattern. im going to try to prove myself, and i got the veteran here to m...

>> found another one? >> found another one. >> share the wealth. share the wealth, brother. >> were going to go into the gym. a couple of the inmates had some tattoos indicative of gang membership. were going to go take a look at their bunk areas, lockers, see what they may have left behind in their bunks. >> watch out. i got gloves, so watch for needles. hes on fire. here we go. he come up with another one. thats a tattoo pattern. im going to try to prove myself, and i got the veteran here to m...

There as officers conduct a thorough search for contraband. first a drug detection dog is brought tune sniff out narcotics. >> inmates are very crafty. there are thousand of places where narcotics can be hidden within the units. and they have found drugs in peanut butter, in mattresses, inmates are here, 24 hours a day. they have plenty of time to think where to hide stuff. >> this time, the dog doesnt discover any drugs among the inmates possessions. but she does find a pack of imitation narcot...

>> lohden is moved to a fresh arrest dorm. a special housing unit for women 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? >> come ba...

>> its right by the table where everyone eats, where everyone sits and talks and plays cards and gets on my nerves. >> theyre sitting overtop of me, eating their food. i want to talk to obama about this. >> [ laughs ] >> well, these are the bunks. it looks like the projects back here. somebody didnt flush the toilet, and thats gross. [ toilet flushes ] all right. toilet. this is the shower area, which someone has been in here. and you see this is just where people dont have home training. they j...