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South facility is an outside 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 jail doesnt work for us anymore. what we have here is more of a podular design, with the staff in the middle and the inm...

These are newly assigned inmates. first time here at nccf. >> in the inmate processing area, the inmates are searched again for drugs and weapons. >> what they are doing is, we have them squat and cough. if they did secrete anything in their rectal area, by cough, it helps bring it down, it dislodges it. >> when the inmate are searched, they are assigned to a building depending on the security level. if they are high security or also known as k-10 status, they are housed in 900 max. >> everythin...

>> one of this nations founding father said, "if men were angels, no government would be necessary." well, im sure that no one here would suggest that men were angels, and thats why there is government. to write 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. [ sirens ] then on april 24th, 2000, violence erupted. >> everybody down! on the ground! go! >> it was 1:00 in the afternoon when a racially-ba...

Joyriding in a car. and turn a misdemeanor crime into a death penalty case. seven out of ten times, they kill the person they steal the car from. you got to tell me, there is not something wrong with that? somewhere in that confusion, these kids dont know how to act like proper gangsters anymore. when my dad was a small-time mafioso back east, he used to say there are two kinds of gangsters. there are thugs and there are gangsters. thugs come and go. gangsters are about making money and respect....

Misdemeanor crime into a death penalty case because seven out of ten times they carjack, they kill the person they steal the car from. now, youve got to tell me, there is not something wrong with that? and somewhere in that confusion these kids dont know how to act like proper gangsters anymore. when my dad was a small-time mafioso back east, he used to say theres two kinds of gangsters -- there are thugs, and there are gangsters. thugs come and go. gangsters are about making money and respect. ...

South facility is an outside 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 jail doesnt really work for us anymore. and what we have here is more of a podular design with the staff stations in the...

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.

Angels, no government would be necessary." well, im sure that no one here would suggest that men were angels, and thats why there is 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. [ sirens ] then on april 24th, 2000, violence erupted. >> everybody down! on the ground! go! >> it was 1:00 in the afternoon when a racially-based riot broke out between 50 to 60 black and hispanic...

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 ...

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...