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Antonios bexar county jail do as much as they can to make their cells as sanitary as possible. >> can you imagine the opposite, it is not. >> diaz, whos awaiting trial and pled not guilty to burglary, theft and cocaine possession says cleanliness can lead to conflict. >> thats a big part of being locked up. you know, theres people who get dropped, beat up, because they dont keep things clean. >> diazs cell mate, marcelo cardenas who is convicted of aggravated assault and is awaiting to be transf...

Possessions of his cell mate, joseph johnson, where they find paperwork thats more puzzling than sinister. >> oh, lets see, how often have you fallen in love? do you believe in love at first sight? physically what do you look for in a man or a woman? how old were you when you first had sex? were going to keep it. well dissect it. all right, thats good stuff. we got some information there. >> as the inspection continues, johnson makes it clear how he feels about the officers and their search. >> ...

Years for armed robbery, is not shy when it comes to expressing disdain for staff at floridas santa rosa correctional institution. >> thats what we call a class a jackass. >> during a recent cell inspection aimed primarily at finding documents to link his cell mate to a gang, officers also found some interesting documents among johnsons possessions. >> how often have you fallen in love? do you believe in love at first sight? how old were you when you first had sex? >> we write letters to our gir...

Inmate worker, of his housing unit. >> everythings going pretty good. got, you know, back in s-4. im happy. everythings -- things on track. >> the only compensation for a house man is more time out of his cell and extra food trays. >> trays up. >> battaglias new cell mate works as a food server. theyve created a business of sort, trading their extra meals for commissary goods, and then they trade those eye e tems for more favors or even more commissary. >> normally on the tray, i just take the m...

>> but you are a blood. >> what are you trying to figure out? >> we are trying to figure out what set you are. >> doesnt really matter what set i am. if im a blood, im a blood. >> i will put you in the right set. this is for classification to know where you are, who you are, so they wont put you with somebody else that will take you out, put you with a bad roommate. >> i guess you can put byrd gang down. >> byrd gang. is that what you are? why didnt you tell us in the first place? >> little bit ...

>> but you dont know for sure that he -- >> no, i dont -- i cant be 100%. if i would have known that it was coming in my name beforehand, i would have said something. >> step outside in the hallway. ill call you back in in a few minutes. >> theres really no way i can get around it. it had my name on it. the only thing i have working for me is my background. and hopefully that works out for me. >> while battaglias hopeful, theres a lot about the extent of the investigation that he doesnt know. >>...

Change, i know, because like youre in here and you dont have any control over anything. and i -- basically the only control i have is my hairstyle. and so i wanted the haircut. >> coming up -- >> im feeding you and youre providing a service for me. you help me. you clean my room, heat up my water in the morning, wash my dishes after i eat. >> nick battaglia and his new cell mate set up shop in general population. and william bernard acquires new ink and a busted lip.

Hes now the house man, or lead inmate worker, of his housing unit. >> everythings going pretty good. got, you know, back in s-4. im happy. everythings -- things on track. >> the only compensation for a house man is more time out of his cell and extra food trays. >> trays up. >> battaglias new cell mate works as a food server. theyve created a business of sort, trading their extra meals for commissary and then they trade those items for favors or even more commissary. >> normally on the tray, i j...

Change, i know, because like youre in here and you dont have any control over anything. and i -- basically the only control i have is my hairstyle. and so i wanted the haircut. >> coming up -- >> im feeding you and youre providing a service for me. you help me. you clean my room, heat up my water in the morning, wash my dishes after i eat. >> nick battaglia and his new cell mate set up shop in general population. and william bernard acquires new ink and a busted lip. ose... suddenly youre a mo...

>> there may be criminal charges filed against inmate battaglia. more than likely not because of the small amount that was coming in. and being that the -- the return address was phoney, theres no way to determine who actually sent it in. >> battaglia does not know that yet. >> if they find me guilty, im going to be upset because i cant risk another charge. >> instead of criminal charges, battaglia and his cell mate, who requested to be anonymous, will each be investigated and receive disciplina...