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>> all inmates facing the back wall. hand behind your back. bunks 41 to 40. 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 tune sniff ou...

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 defeminized more. >> 46-year-old inmate and mother of three children denise branagh committed ...

>> sometimes that brings tension when there is no tension there. that brings tension to the inmates. 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 ci...

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 corey and jimmy. >> did you brush your teeth today? >> no. >> thats crazy [ bleep ]. >> toothbrush so little. hes all right. hard to live with. its...

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 corey and jimmy. >> did you brush your teeth today? >> no. >> thats crazy [ bleep ]. >> toothbrush so little. hes ...

Him. you know, we just wrote back and forth. >> then we finally put in for an application for visiting. >> it took me eight months to get cleared. >> its a long process to get cleared. >> 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 visi...

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 life. regular meal schedule, regular work program, constantly being counted. daily searches of their bodies and their bunks. but emotionally, they all talk about sepa...

Im not saying this is good because its not good to say hey, i come to rikers island every week. its bad. its terrible. my record is about this thick. its all with misdemeanors. i have over 35 misdemeanors. i want them to say, we are going to give you a years program and thats it. dont give me 30 days or 10 days, because its not helping me. >> this young lady back here, shes telling yall she needs help. theyre throwing her in and out of here like nothings going to help her and its not. >> but the...

>> i was doing my search here and inside the dirt here i found these two kites and underneath these two kites was this piece here. i believe it to be a weapon. >> is it a razor? >> i believe it to be a razor. tomahawk. so well take it with us. >> cool. >> another weapon. >> 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 a...

These two kites was this piece here. i believe it to be a weapon. >> is it a razor? >> i believe it to be a razor. tomahawk. so well take it with us. >> cool. >> another weapon. >> 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. ...