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Listen up. were going to be doing a search. everybodys going to go in the day room just as you are. hurry up in the shower. dont put any shoes on. just how you are. lets go. line it up. >> before the dormitory can be searched all the inmates are removed from the area and stripped down. >> all right, listen up, everybody. strip down, put all your property behind you. >> what i feel is if theyre checking your stuff, it shouldnt -- say, for example, a certain inmate in some problem or riot or somet...

>> 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 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 mor...

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 cigarettes, lighters, things like t...

For the shift, specifically p.m.s. and then i go from floor to floor and check and make sure theyre doing their jobs, the count is clear. >> how come youre all in there? are you having a party in there? >> we have a certain number of inmates that are in the facility, and what we do is we 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 ar...

They set up 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 cell. >> some carve out knives out of metal on the lower parts of the bunks or other metal in the cell. >> before before we leased into the yard, inmates are strip searched several times. how do they smuggle weapons? >> the only place to hide those are in your anal cavity. >> they are able to transfer the weapons f...

In pairs. it was teamwork. they set up 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 cell. >> some carve out knives out of metal on the lower parts of the bunks or other metal in the cell. >> before before we leased into the yard, inmates are strip searched several times. how do they smuggle weapons? >> the only place to hide those are in your anal cavity. >> they are abl...

Check. go. notice how she is searching here. he is calm. the head is moving around but she is not frantic or biting or scratching. when she gets frantic and the head is going crazy, and sits that is an alert that there is something there. >> thats a good girl. good girl. good girl. >> check that bunk. >> she alerted on two bunks. deputies did not find any drugs in the unit but that doesnt mean that her nose failed her. >> its not that shes looking to find the drugs its more catching the odor. th...

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 drugs in the unit, but that doesnt mean that benshas nose failed her. >> its not that shes looking to find drugs, its more catching the odor and that way we know that there was drugs there at one time. >> just because she didnt find ...

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. >> bencha alerted on two bunks. deputies did not find any drugs in the unit, but that doesnt mean that benchas nose failed her. >> its not that shes looking to...

The head is moving around but shes not going frantic, biting, scratching. check. show me. whenever she gets frantic and the head is going crazy and she sits, a lot of times thats a response and alert theres something there. thats a good girl. good girl. good girl. check that bunk. bencha alerted on two bunks. deputies did not find any drugs in the unit. but that doesnt mean that benchas noise failed her. >> it is not that shes not finding drugs, it is more catching the odor. we do know there was...