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And dont like you for some reason. they just target in on you, and a lot of them have been in there for 10 months, 12 months. so theyre already basically, you know, all settled in. and im basically new. >> bernard is charged with threatening to kill and unlawful use of a firearm. for allegedly holding a bb gun pistol to his fathers head. during the course of his arrest, he picked up additional charges of resisting and assault on police officers. hes pled not guilty to all and is awaiting trial. ...

You can find examples just outside downtown, at the bergen county jail. >> hes cleared. >> while some of the men and women incarcerated here have been convicted, most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> this is like country club compared to my county. >> william bernard might disagree with the country club description. except for a brief stay for driving with a suspended license, this is his first extended stay in jail. bernard says his four ...

>> my barber, he stabbed somebody 27 times. they wound up taking him out of the unit. then he bailed out of there and got in a fire fight with police officers and got shot seven times. my bunky before kidnapped somebody at gunpoint. was doing all types of drugs. he was doing robberies. so you just -- you dont know who youre sleeping with. >> one of the times bernard does leave his cell is to perform his duties as a unit maintenance worker. but he says even that led to trouble when another inmate...

They going to get it. he go to his room, we say go into your room. he go into a room, hes finished. >> bernard denies being a snitch. he says frequent visits to the medical unit because of his anxiety and panic attacks have caused some inmates to suspect hes been reporting illicit activities to staff. >> i dont want to have that label follow me all the way through because a lot of these gangs and stuff, theyre interconnected, so word travels. coming up -- >> theres been rumors going around abo...

I respect that. the inmate that was mentioned is a smooth mover. hes a jailer. he did a significant amount of time in new york state prison system before he came here. so, you know, somebody to keep a watchful eye on. >> think you can get me back into s-4? >> i dont see a problem with that. >> appreciate that. >> his one request was to go back to a certain unit. i can grant that request. he helps me, i help him. that inmates now in my pocket. i do him a favor, he wants to return the favor and te...

They get high on it? youre not in trouble, man. i know you know. >> it didnt get me high. just helped me from [ bleep ] and throwing up, you know what i mean? >> yeah. what were you doing on the streets that caused you to be on suboxone in here? >> pills. >> what? >> i was 16. i was doing like three. >> youre a good guy. i can see it. >> sure. >> you are, man. spread the word out there for me? >> spread like wildfire. >> good? >> im good. >> investigators later cleared nunez from having anything...

Favorite pictures, too. >> william bernard, also known as whitey, says battaglia is one of his few friends on the unit. >> me and whitey, were friendly. hes good people. hes white, so i like him. i mean, im not racist, but just have my set ways. >> bernard says hes growing more confident these days. along with his new mohawk, hes learned new ways to get by. like trading commissary items. >> everythings for sale. everything. everything has a price. even these little packets of sugar. get ten of t...

>> somebody dipping into my case? i think we done here. put me in my room. somebody dipping in my case. im done. >> two weeks later, melton agreed to speak with us again. >> the last time we talked to you, you kind of got a little angry. >> yeah. >> what was that about? >> it was about, like, i felt that they went to other co-defendants to get questions to ask me, like as if i had did the rape, basically accusing me. you know? i got accused. so, yes. i got upset. >> several weeks earlier, melton...

Whatever time i got left to do, right, im going to start doing this hard time here. >> thats your choice. >> i mean it. >> you could go that route. thats not going to help you get back. >> theyre going to get something to hold me here. so now im going to be like this. now i know why im here. now they hold me for this. right? thats true. for something. but youre not going to hold me here for nothing. >> though padillas request was denied, daniela guzmans request was granted. she has been transfer...

The maximum security general population unit. he says hes done trying to bring drugs into jail. >> suboxone was just -- it was fun while it lasted. i mean, all good things come to an end. >> battaglia says now hell fall back on another technique hes used in the past to make life more comfortable. >> i just look for easy prey. little white boys. its an easy target. its easy. easy money. >> i need to find a man. >> man? you got one? >> tell them, look, youre going to get robbed. black boys are goi...