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>> 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. 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...

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...

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...

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 things i want to caution yall. i want everybody to remain professional during the searc...

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 things i want to caution yall. i want everybody to remain professional during the search today. i wa...

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 visit, so -- >> so its pretty cool. it makes time go by a lot easier. a lot easier...

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 cigarettes, lighters, things like that. >> they take the razors out...

Have to actually count the heads to make sure that every body is where its supposed to be. if its not, then we have to find out where the body is. >> 44? >> more than half of the women inside l.a. county jail are in for drug-related charges. >> 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...

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...

Appreciate you guys coming. i want to recognize that we have over 50 people dedicated for 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...