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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...

>> 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. good girl. check that bunk. >> bensha alerted on two bunks. deputies did not find any...

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 said the inmates spent months by preparing by making weapons in their cells. >> some carve out knives out of metal on the low...

>> 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.

>> 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...

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...

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...

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 they cant catch no real crimin...

Its not good. its bad. its terrible. my record is about this thick. its all with misdemeanors. i have over 35 misdemeanors. i want them to say, boom, were 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. >> if they pay $1,000 for each inmate every day, where is it? >> but they cant catch no ...

>> everybody head on back to your bunks, well be serving lunch shortly. >> while safely securing inmates is the top priority, the jail is support 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 approximately 12,000 pounds of laundry a day. >> james turner, supervises the operation. >> all of the loads are weighed before they go in the wash. were putting in 165 poun...