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Go ahead and open that one. yeah. thats soap. >> what is that? >> whoa. whoa. >> there we go. >> let me see that. >> look at that. >> what do you got there? >> maam, thats a cuff key. thats a homemade cuff key made out of metal. thats a homemade cuff key. this right here can get somebody killed. this is why we do our shakedowns and do them at random. if they knew we were coming we would have never found this. it would have been gone. they would have flushed it. this right here is very serious. >...

You know? having a handcuff key is not really usual but sometimes its necessary, you know, theoretically speaking, you know? >> bowden who is serving a 21-year sense for armed robbery says this isnt the first time hes received a dr during his time 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...

And put him on heightened security. okay? >> roger. >> later, bowden explained he made the key from a battery. >> you take the outside casing. you have to roll it so youll be able to grip it. thats the point of rolling it for. >> how did you get the dimensions right, though? >> yeah. somebody taught me. >> truthfully i used to make them. sell them at one point. >> the cuff key -- >> $25. >> all right. look. this somewhat we need do. go with him and get the balance of his property packed up. were...

>> what is that? >> whoa. whoa. >> there we go. >> let me see that. >> look at that. >> what do you got there? >> maam, thats a cuff key. thats a homemade cuff key made out of metal. thats a homemade cuff key. this right here can get somebody killed. this is why we do our shakedowns and do them at random. if they knew we were coming we would have never found this. it would have been gone. they would have flushed it. this right here is very serious. >> the key has been discovered in the cell of i...

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...

>> 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. >> gentl...

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, just go on a security walk and tell me what hes doing. hopefully if hes asleep were literal...

Let me see your hands. >> -- who they incorrectly suspected of having a homemade 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 lit...

Put their junk, when theyre not. theyre for us. >> sergeant nicholas makes his 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 detentio...

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...