relationship with his daughter and her children. so now when am i going to get some pictures of the kids? approximately 10:00 inmate gomes urinated out of his cell door. and deputies take steps to contend with an inmate. they re going to transfer me out of here or take me out in a body bag. one way or the other. inmate gomes, are you going to comply? there s a certain anonymity among most people in big cities, but boston is a city of traditionally tight-knit neighborhoods where it really does seem like everyone knows your name. even behind the walls of the city s primary detention facility, the suffolk county
threats and [ bleep ] act up and violate the rules of the department. lieutenant medeiros has a problem with me. you tell him. he s a [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. with gomes safely restrained, deputies conduct a search of his cell, checking for weapons or other contraband. it isn t long before they find cause for concern. we discovered inmate gomes tied multiple shoelaces around his shower head. inmate gomes has done this in the past to not only use the shoe laces to pull and activate sprinkler heads but he s also attempted on several occasions to harm himself by tying the shoe laces around his neck. deputies cut down the shoe laces and confiscate them. in the past, gomes and other inmates have caused floods by damaging shower or sprinkler heads. he ll tie the shoelace to the sprinkler head and yank the mechanism on the sprinkler head that allows the sprinkler to activate. it causes a lot of damage within the facility and the housing units.
into a restraint chair. at approximately 12:00 again, he urinated out of his cell door once again. we re going to put him in the restraint chair due to behavior. inmate gomes, if you don t comply with me you re going to be sprayed with chemical agent and placed in a restraint chair. for what? i m going to give your final order to place your hands through the trap. if you don t comply, you ll be extracted from your cell. turn around and put your hands through the trap. why are you doing this to me? turn around and place your hands through the trap. every week you ask me to do this i m not going to answer anything because i m giving you an order to put your hands through the trap. it s your last chance. turn around and put your hands through. turn around, put your hands behind your back. and put your hands through the trap or you re going to be extracted from your cell. open 2. the problem inmate is 50-year-old ricardo gomes, currently serving two consecutive two-and-a-ha
it should be our house. we sleep here, 24/7. back in the old days, the inmates ran the jails. these new jails, it s their house. i disrespected their house. just by urinating on the floor and spitting on the glass window. i gave you my word, lieutenant. let s go in there. inmate gomes, no moving your leg irons, no moving your legs around, no kicking your feet your understand? yes, or no, sir? yes, sir. okay. removed from the restraint chair cooperatively, medically evaluated, no treatment was provided, and now he is secure inside cell 2, cameras will be turned off at this time. gomes s stay at the suffolk county jail began five months earlier after a nighttime altercation resulted in a conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon. the type of weapon which earned gomes his nickname, bricks. i don t carry guns or knives.
sentences for assault with a dangerous weapon. he is a major behavioral issue, if he doesn t get his way or things don t happen fast enough, he tends to get riled up very quickly and everything is a problem for him. it s tough to get him to come down. and everything is a problem for him. nothing he doesn t do anything wrong, we do everything wrong. and there s some major injustice. i m going to advise you to remain silent. no such thing as freedom of speech in jail? what happened to my miranda rights, my amendment rights? when inmates continually act out the jail can secure them in a restraint chair for up to four hours. as deputies place gomes in the chair they fasten a mask around his face to prevent him from spitting. [ bleep ] he is then secured at the waist, torso and ankles. you want to videotape the urination of inmate gomes out of his cell door, the saliva on his cell window. wait, when the [ bleep ] comes out of there. as you just documented on camera, he s