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Get down! >> hey, i need that dude up there strip searched. >> the special response teams at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, have a broad range of responsibilities. they respond to crisis situations. >> go, go, go! >> conduct cell inspections for weapons and drugs. >> once theyre strip searched theyre going into the rec yard. >> and escort high-profile inmates to court, to name a few. but sometimes these elite law enforcement officers find themselves taking on very different duties...

Way through the darkened water well to cell six in order to check on the inmate suspected of having the homemade cuff key. >> this is cell six right here but hes got his window blocked so i dont know what hes doing inside. >> with his first surveillance attempt foiled, nicholas turns to more conventional means to confirm the inmate is asleep. >> whens your next security walk? >> nicholas asks one of the jails detention officers to walk by the inmates cell. >> dont do anything out of the ordinary...

Get down! >> hey, i need that dude up there strip searched. >> the special response teams at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, have a broad range of responsibilities. they respond to crisis situations. >> go, go, go! >> conduct cell inspections for weapons and drugs. >> once theyre strip searched theyre going into the rec yard. >> and escort high-profile inmates to court, to name a few. but sometimes these elite law enforcement officers find themselves taking on very different duties...

And i dont answer right away, give me a couple minutes to get back here. >> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. >> lets go to the water well. what the water well is, its basically a plumbers access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sinks mounted against the wall. we dont necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. t...

Get down! >> hey, i need that dude up there strip searched. >> the special response teams at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, have a broad range of responsibilities. they respond to crisis situations. >> go, go, go! >> conduct cell inspections for weapons and drugs. >> once theyre strip searched theyre going into the rec yard. >> and escort high-profile inmates to court, to name a few. but sometimes these elite law enforcement officers find themselves taking on very different duties...

Give me a couple minutes to get back here. >> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. >> lets go to the water well. what the water well is, its basically a plumbers access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sinks mounted against the wall. we dont necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. the back walkway, its full of p...

Whoa, whoa! let me see that. thats a cuff key, a homemade cuff key. thats a homemade cuff key. this can get somebody killed. this is why we do a shakedown and do them at random. if they knew we were coming this would have been gone, they would have flushed it. >> the key found -- >> this can get an officer killed. >> but it was in the deodorant container. >> we dont know what he was going to do. >> he has been serving 21 years for armed robbery.

Theoretically speaking, you know? >> bowden who is serving a 21-year sentence for armed robbery says this isnt the first time hes received this during his tile in prison. a disciplinary report. >> ive had possession of a weapon dr, possession of a handcuff key. you know several disrespects. a couple fighting drs. during my seven years since i been incarcerated i felt about four of them confined. >> bowden was already in the prisons close management system when he was caught with the cuff key. >>...

Cuff key, theyre now in search of another key. a missing key. -- it is we hope either an officer inadvertently took them home and hasnt realized it yet, but apparently all the phone calls have been made and everyone claims they dont have the keys. so what were going to do is tear this level apart. i want you two, youre going to check the clinic. you two, start tearing this core apart, give her a hand. were going to literally tear this whole level apart, cell by cell. >> the missing key is to the...

And i dont answer right away, give me a couple minutes to get back here. >> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. >> lets go to the water well. what the water well is, its basically a plumbers access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sinks mounted against the wall. we dont necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. t...