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>> almost immediately after this training exercise ended, the cell extraction team was called out an a real emergency. an inmate in unit three assaulted two officers. >> an inmate had a squirt bottle they use on the rec yard, had it filled with a substance and when i was carrying trays back downstairs is when he squeezed the water bottle is when he shot urine in my mouth and eye area. >> lets do it, guys. >> the cell extraction teams uniforms are not only designed for protection but for anonymit...

Probably have to extract them. >> i want everything ready to go in no more than five minutes. i want everything ready to go in five minutes. >> they dont make them big enough. >> in addition to the risk of being injured during a cell extraction, officers must also protect their faces and uniforms from body waste that is frequently thrown at them by inmates. >> you got elbow pads, one of them might throw feces at you. he smells. hes ready. if hes going to be pitching, im going to be catching. >> ...

>> if the inmates fail to comply with staff instructions, well probably have to extract them. >> i want everything ready to go in no more than five minutes. i want everything ready to go in five minutes. >> they dont make them big enough. >> in addition to the risk of being injured during a cell extraction, officers must also protect their faces and uniforms from body waste that is frequently thrown at them by inmates. >> you got elbow pads, one of them might throw feces at you. he smells. hes r...

Avoid a cell extraction, where anyone can be injured. [ inaudible ] >> finally one inmate decides to comply. and officers move in to take him peacefully. with his cell still a flooded mess, and excrement covering part of the wall, the inmate is taken to another cell where he is medicated by a prison nurse. but another inmate in the hospital wing is proving to be less cooperative. >> will you take your medication? >> know, i will not take any medication. youre coming in. >> i will give you one mo...

For 23 hours a day. >> on the day we wanted to interview him, house one inmate, antonio robertson was in an especially foul mood. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> calm down. >> every one of you [ bleep ], [ bleep ], im going to start with, you guyed are [ bleep ]. we need more. what do you want to know? >> robertson, serving a 60-year sentence for murder has spent most of the last two years in house one. >> why are you in here? >> in house one. its a long story. i refuse to let myself be a...

He does flood it wont go all over all the tiers. >> im going to go ahead and move you. do you want out of the cell? >> i aint [ bleep ] leaving. >> okay. cell extraction! >> okay. we will. >> and whether [ bleep ] that filming rats and sex offenders. well be back in a minute. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. this is limon. this is limon! >> coming up -- >> we will not negotiate with terrorists! >> the terror escalates, and they respond in force. the vending machine on elm is almost empty. im on...

Shooting on the administrative segregation unit at colorados limon correctional facility. inmates started a disruption, backing up their toilets and flooding cell house tiers. >> get the [ bleep ] away from our door. >> the big thing is these guys are acting out, one, because you guys are here. its their opportunity. two, its evidently youre pulling sex offenders in and interviewing them. and weve had a lot of problems with the sex offenders and white supremist groups. >> the flooding is led by ...

Riverbends emergency response team regularly trains for crises where a cell extraction is called for. our crew was there to cover one session. >> as you can see when you get that many people in as small a cell as it is, it makes havoc about being able to operate in there. >> straighten him out. there you go. pull him out. straighten him down. >> that is the reason why we do more training. the more training you get to do, the better you get and the less injury you have on the inmate or the staff....

>> with shropter still refusing orders, the extraction team moves in. >> on the bed. face down. dont resist. dont resist. >> i aint resisting. >> turn him over. face down. >> gentlemen, take him out to the rec yard. >> he is taken outside while his cell is cleared. >> watch his head there. dont resist now while we take these off. medical staff is always called in after a cell extraction to check the inmate for injuries. though they do not find any, shropters complaints continue.

His cell prompting a forced cell extraction. >> it makes a point. heres the thing. ill explain real simply. its my actions that day affected how many people? >> us. >> okay. >> their actions only affected who? me, right? it might be petty. it might be stupid. you got to understand we live in a box. i live in a box. thats it. my life is in a box. we have nothing else to do. i had the joy of knowing that i affected them as much as they affected me. and thats what gets you through it. you know what...