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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...

He had to get eight stitches. and she had blood clots in her arm. >> 21-year-old lewis ramone is one of the most violent inmates inside unit four. he is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. its his actions inside riverbend that keep him in maximum security. hes only allowed to do this interview behind glass while in full restraints. >> i got a cup of urine i was going to throw at an officer when he come by. so they got a shield, electric shield and i still wouldnt move my hands. so t...

>> the more you rub the more its going to burn. >> oh, really? now you tell me. >> as far as cell extractions go, smiths was fairly routine. it was a different story at the spring creek correctional center in alaska. >> [ bleep ]. >> prisoner demonstrated aggressive agitated behavior by using abusive language and continually banging on his cell walls causing injury to his hands and wrists. >> when spring creeks extraction team was called to remove steven blevins from his cell, he was in a state ...

>> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> hes on the floor. >> slagle fights off the extraction team for a full minute before they take him to the floor and attempt to cuff him. >> [ bleep ]. >> it takes another four minutes of struggling before slagle is finally subdued.

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. >> during the course of our shoot at riverbend, the extraction team would assemble once again, but this time, it would be for real. the incident was triggered when officers conducted a routine cell search...

>> are you refusing? >> yes. >> do you understand that ill send a team in to bring you out of your cell? >> yes. >> okay. >> unable to get slagle and other inmates to uncover their windows, captain cruz summons the emergency response team. >> so we are going to get them out. the first one, because we identified him in numerous cell extractions. he will fight us. he will try to get out of his cell. >> determined to make a stand, slagle mounts a defense with the few meager items he has in his cell...

>> okay, no. >> it takes a toll on everybody. were down here dealing with this guy every day when we could be doing our job doing other things. we have opportunities to relinquish the razor. if he doesnt do it and then we will set up an extraction team and go in there. >> luckily for everyone involved, blanco gives up the razor. >> hear me out though. >> listen. im listening. >> [ bleep ] its over [ bleep ] i am getting [ bleep ] >> i understand that, kevin. he claims its all over and done with....

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. >> during the course of our shoot at riverbend, the extraction team would assemble once again, but this time, it would be for real. the incident was triggered when officers conducted a routine cell search for weapons in the prisons ma...

>> theyre not going to come out, so were going to get them one at a time. the first one is going because we identified him in numerous cell extractions. he will fight us. he will try to get out of his cell. >> determined to make a stand, slagle mounts a defense with the few meager items he has in his cell. he has jammed his door with a hardened papier-mache-like mixture with wet newspapers and toothpaste. but with the extraction team on its way, the conflict is about to come to a head. >> [ blee...

Of second-degree murder and armed robbery, refuses to remove his hand from the food port. >> do you want to us do 22 or 23? >> this morning when he got his first meal, he refused it, stuck his hand out the food port and hes had his hand out ever since. >> we have an extraction team being set up so that we could get him out, so we could search his cell to ensure that the safety of the staff that are working this unit is maintained. >> the corrections emergency response team, or c.e.r.t., prepares...