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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...

>> do it like we trained you. 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, thats the last thing you think about and you think about snapping it, dont. because if it breaks on you, all you got is a big club, and thats not going to do anybody any good. >> next, "lockup" takes you inside 900 max. nccfs 24-hour lockdown jail.

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 inmates around the outside. >> a...

>> 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 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 raciall...

A gun in someones face to go joyriding in a car. and turn a misdemeanor crime into a death penalty case. because seven out of ten times they carjack, 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...

The playground. im looking forward to that. >> we last saw 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. >> i got a record. its embarrassing. i come to jail and they say, oh, youve been here 17 times. im like, yeah. i spent like the past two years of my life in county jail. im just tired. >> having just heard his 30-day sentence has bee...

The jails opening. >> one of this nations founding fathers 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 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 base...

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. and if youre going to be a gangster in this life, theres two things youve got to know -- you dont kill cops and you dont kill innocent women and children. >> 900 max is also the home to nccfs discipline module, otherwise known as the ...

Wife can come over. 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 ...

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 style jail really doesnt work for us anymore, and what we have here is we have more of a podular...