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But i like mine. >> i make these. i get all the empty ones from everybody because i dont get commissary, and thats how i make my commissary. i get soups and candy bars and stuff like that and give them away. do whatever i possibly can. we got to eat. >> usually, inmates learn their tricks from other inmates. but at the tulsa county jail, pam hamm told us she learned some of her most useful ideas from watching "lockup." >> you lift weights with them so i learned how from "lockup." and i learned h...

Id like to say someone from my company is usually in a prison or jail every day, and thats a good thing. >> look at that sky, good-bye, los angeles! here come the boys. >> every new season of "lockup" begins at the same place -- the airport. >> when were actually traveling, when its to the facility or from the facility, its kind of a big ordeal. >> six, seven, eight equipment bags. >> i would say gearwise we probably check in over 300 pounds of gear. we get to a jail or a prison, we go to the fi...

They answer very personal questions. we ask them a lot. so i dont have any problem allowing inmates to hold the camera. >> i like it. >> focus. >> what do you think? >> youre better-looking than i thought. the camera does wonders for you. >> once the field crew has completed shooting, a team of producers and editors spends weeks turning raw footage into finished episodes. "lockup" lead editor curtis mcconnell sometimes finds inspiration can come from something as simple as someones voice. >> awh...

Because when were finished with a series we have between 350 and 400 tapes. so when youre putting tape 001 into the camera, a lot happens over the course of four months. so to start and meet brand-new people, new staff, it can be daunting but i love it. >> its msnbc "lockup" and were filming "lockup," i dont know if youve seen it. its a documentary series about life inside -- >> tracy is our ambassador. when we enter a unit tracy learns about different peoples situations and stories. ive had peo...

This is a first on "lockup." rarely do you go to a jail thats so big that you have to drive a cart around. >> covering the activities of hundreds of inmates and officers in jails so big, its sometimes necessary to traverse them in golf carts. every member of a "lockup" field team plays multiple roles. director of photography, brian kelly, for example, is both cameraman and icebreaker. >> this is what you deal with every day. its tough on the outside but this is what we have to deal with every si...

Was nasty. >> but they grew on you? >> you get addicted. you can eat like one bag a day. >> somebody will want a bag of shabangs so ill give to it them. this costs two bucks. they give me back four bucks. so two more bags of this and thats how i keep buying phone cards and thats how you do it. you got to find the hustle when youre in here. got to. >> everybody try it. >> the one and only time i tried a shebang potato chip, frankly, i was pretty hungry so anything would have tasted good. it was a...

>> you wanted to play with him. >> oh, man. >> you okay? >> yeah, im good. high-five. youre next, scott. >> no. >> youre older than me. and wiser, obviously. >> doing this work can sometimes take an emotional toll on everyone involved. a lot of times when were filming "lockup" one of the coping mechanisms we use is humor. >> always about the show. its always about the show. >> we like to bring some levity into the situations at times with the staff, with each other, and even with the inmates. >>...

>> nothing changes here. every day is just like yesterday. tomorrows going to be the same as today. >> but he spoke in such a way that it had a certain cadence of like a poem or a spoken word. and it really kind of struck a chord with me. and i decided to take that and just create a little vignette of the prison. and it ended up becoming a webisode, and so this is the result. ♪ >> nothing changes here. every day is just like yesterday and tomorrows going to be the same as today, you know? abou...

♪ alligators and horses ♪ lamborghinis and porsches >> ellis williams, who went by the name e-dub, on the left, daniel robinson, known as true down, were two of the more memorable rappers we ever encountered. ♪ i smell like a bunch of money ♪ ♪ they think its a cologne ♪ we dont get along >> and their rap, alligators and horses, made an impression on one of us. >> it was the most entertaining songs id hear while filming "lockup." it was clever and it really stuck with you to the poin...

Whether that helps the defense in the case or helps the prosecution, we dont know. it can actually harm both of them, but it makes it more difficult, more challenging than an ordinary trial. >> joseph, if el chapo is convicted, what message will that send to other drug lords? >> well, its going to send the same message it always sends, that if you come to the united states and you sell drugs, youre going to get convicted. its not going to deter anybody. weve be weve been lock up drug dealers for...