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Bring it up and snap, bring it up and snap it. when you get out there and things get real tight and people are throwing things at you, you know, thats the last thing you think about. you think about snapping it, dont. because if it breaks on you, all youve got is a big club. and thats not going to do you guys or your team or anybody else any good. next, "lockup" takes you inside 900 max, nccfs 24-hour lockdown jail. all inmates coming from [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... b...

North facility is a modern-looking maximum security jail. east facility, or old max, is the oldest jail in los angeles. and lastly, the crown jewel of the l.a. county jail system is the north county correctional facility, or nccf, which houses murderers, rapists, and drug offenders. >> we find that the linear style jail really doesnt work for us anymore, and what we have here is we have more of a podular design with the staff stations in the middle and then the inmates around the outside. >> a s...

Ever seen. the fighting finally ended when the sheriffs emergency response teams were brought in. using verbal commands, stingball grenades, and pepper spray, sheriff deputies were able to prevent the inmates from killing each other, except for one inmate whose injuries left him in a coma, most of the men involved in the riots suffered minor injuries. >> jail is completely different than what it was 30 years ago. for one thing, we have much more violence-prone inmates in our system. in the past ...

Well, im sure that no one here would suggest that men were angels. and thats why theres government, to write the laws we live by. and correctional facilities, like this one, for the people who break them. >> for ten years this facility had no major incidents. then, on april 24th, 2000, violence erupted. >> everybody get out! >> it was 1:00 in the afternoon when a racially based riot broke out between 50 to 60 black and hispanic inmates. the surveillance video from this incident is still being wi...

I heard its about two hours every visit. im able to play with my son at the playground. so im looking forward for that. >> we last saw inmate daniel johns seven days ago, when he first entered jail. in that short time hes been housed in three different facilities. now at north facility, inmate johns has come to realize hes tired of coming to jail. >> ive got a record. its embarrassing. i come to jail, they tell me, oh, youve been here 17 times, you know. yeah. ive spent like the past two years o...

These are newly assigned inmates, first time here at nccf. >> in the inmate processing area the prisoners are searched again for any drugs and weapons. >> basically, what theyre doing is -- >> one, two, three. >> we have them squat and cough. and if they did secrete anything in their rectal area by coughing, it helps bring it down to dislodge it. >> once the inmates are searched, they are given new clothes and assigned to a building depending on their security level. if theyre high security or a...

Named after a former sheriff, the pitchess detention center is comprised of four jails set on 2,500 acres. south facility is an outdoor dormitory jail for low-to-medium security inmates. north facility is a modern-looking maximum security jail. east facility, or old max, is the oldest jail in los angeles. and lastly, the crown jewel of the l.a. county jail system is the north county correctional facility, or nccf, which houses murderers, rapists, and drug offenders. >> we find that the linear st...

These are newly assigned inmates, first time here at nccf. >> in the inmate processing area the prisoners are searched again for any drugs and weapons. >> basically, what theyre doing is -- >> one, two, three. >> we have them squat and cough. and if they did secrete anything in their rectal area by coughing, it helps bring it down to dislodge it. >> once the inmates are searched, they are given new clothes and assigned to a building depending on their security level. if theyre high security or a...

Reasons. but the fighting within nccf lasted for approximately 30 to 40 minutes in one of the largest riots that l.a. county jail has ever seen. the fighting finally ended when the sheriffs emergency response teams were brought in. using verbal commands, stingball grenades, and pepper spray, sheriff deputies were able to prevent the inmates from killing each other, except for one inmate whose injuries left him in a coma, most of the men involved in the riots suffered minor injuries. >> jail is c...

Sleep number. comfort individualized. all inmates coming from downtown los angeles to north county correctional facility enter through the inmate processing area, or ipa. >> typically we get anywhere from three to four fish lines per day. each fish line consists of approximately anywhere from 45 to 55 inmates.