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>> as our cameras were rolling, we saw firsthand how unruly inmates continually challenge the staff. inmate toby gonzales, convicted 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 tha...

No response. >> when inmates act out and refuse to comply with officers orders, they must be forcibly removed from their cells. for legal reasons, these extractions are always videotaped by prison staff. >> we can have something that can happen two, three times a week, sometimes even two a day, three a day, and then theres other times where well go months without anything going on. >> step back to the door. step back to be handcuffed. >> these cell extractions are dangerous for the officers invo...

>> 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...

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 they called the extraction team...

>> youre not five years old. >> im asking you man to man. are we doing this? >> you have to extract him. gas him, put him back in medical. put him in medical for another 72 hours. >> are you going to give me the razor? im giving you a direct order, give me that razor. >> 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 ...

Put him in medical for another 72 hours. >> are you going to give me the razor? im giving you a direct order, give me that razor. >> 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 li...

>> okay. >> unable to get slagle and others to uncover their windows, captain cruz summons the emergency response team. >> so we are going to get them out. the first one is going to be slagle, because we identified him as one of the leaders. 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. bu...

>> easy on the floor with his feet up against the door. prepare to come out. >> 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. hes placed on a gurney so that the team can move him into a holding cell. following a strip search, a

To human waste, correctional staff suit up in plastic coveralls to protect their clothing but they encounter a few snags. >> they dont make them big enough. >> slide in there, its wet, one of them might throw feces at you. hes ready. hes going to be pitching, im going to be catching. >> while the extraction team suits up, the hospital staff continues to negotiate with the unruly inmates. >> meanwhile, the extraction team readies a five-point restraint table to which they will secure any inmate w...

To human waste, correctional staff suit up in plastic coveralls to protect their clothing but they encounter a few snags. >> they dont make them big enough. >> slide in there, its wet, one of them might throw feces at you. hes ready. hes going to be pitching, im going to be catching. >> while the extraction team suits up, the hospital staff continues to negotiate with the unruly inmates. >> meanwhile, the extraction team readies a five-point restraint table to which they will secure any inmate w...