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>> staff have confiscated a homemade weapon or shank. >> you guys are trustees, that means youre supposed to be trustworthy much more so than the regular inmate. but im not going to have one of my officers or staff around here getting stabbed or one of you getting stabbed. >> the kitchen is very dangerous place to work. we have all kind of items that can be utilized as weapons, tools they are used to cook with. this pallet, its dry rotted, and it could easily be pulled off. its that simple. i ha...

>> dean is only two weeks from completing his sentence. but his release will be jeopardized if the jail determines hes responsible for the shank and choose to file new criminal charges. the decision will rest largely with the results of the disciplinary hearing. >> do you want to give your explanation on whats going on? >> can i read my statement? >> go ahead. >> let me start this off by saying that i am a kitchen trustee and my job is to clean up the whole kitchen, front to back, wall to wall, ...

Pennsylvania! (laughter) crunchy wheat frosted sweet! kelloggs frosted mini-wheats. feed your inner kid good dinner tonight, mashed potatoes, gravy. salisbury steak. >> cuyahoga county correction center inmate james dean realizes he shares his name with a hollywood icon who lived fast and died young. even though hes serving time for drugs and assault, he insists he is not a rebel, he is specially when it comes to having a shank in jail. >> tell me im charged with possession of a weapon that i ...

Valentine, whos in segregation pending an investigation into a shank that has been linked to him. >> theres a hole in my wall it goes all the way through to the other side and ive been talking through that hole. >> its kind of hard the things ive been through and seen -- >> youre the only one that can change that, nobody else. >> right. >> come on, ive got a 22-year-old son, he aint never been in trouble a day in his life. for that im grateful. it breaks my heart i see a bunch of kids like yours...

Purpose of holding it it becomes a weapon. this jail is going to be safe, and things like this is not tolerated. this could be sticking in one of my officers neck and im not tolerating that. >> now its up to officer may, one of the jails investigators, to find answers. she will interview both suspects, starting with james dean. >> hey, mr. dean. >> dean is only two weeks away from completing his sentence. but his release will be jeopardized if the jail discovers hes responsible for the shank and...

Purpose of holding it it becomes a weapon. this jail is going to be safe, and things like this is not tolerated. this could be sticking in one of my officers neck and im not tolerating that. >> now its up to officer may, one of the jails investigators, to find answers. she will interview both suspects, starting with james dean. >> hey, mr. dean. >> dean is only two weeks away from completing his sentence. but his release will be jeopardized if the jail discovers hes responsible for the shank and...

New charges as well. >> after getting locked up so many times, you get sick and tired of being sick and tired, tired of going the same way. going to be the same results. so i know what the bad life going to do. i know what the worst -- what the street life is going to get me. [ bleep ], its going to get me dead or in jail. let me see how this good life -- let me see what me trying to do it right going to do, give god a chance to work with me. coming up -- >> lets go. everybody got his face, th...

Their silence, sergeant daniels makes it clear it could cost them. >> well flip this whole place out. everybody go to general population. theres a lot of people in here that want your job. >> eventually several trustees come forward to implicate one of their own. james dean, serving a 90-day sentence for a probation violation on an assault conviction. >> it all started chiming in and everybody pointed to this particular person. hes still innocent until proven guilty. so we have jail investigator...

>> how long have you been a kitchen trustee? >> roughly 70 days. >> have you had any problems down there? >> no, maam, i have not been any problems. i have not been in any lockup. this is my first time to the hole. >> anything else you would like to tell me? >> i wouldnt jeopardize myself to have anything in my possession or in my room or anything because i know what will happen about it. im going home this month, im not trying to jeopardize that, i have three kids and a wife. im not jeopardizin...

To his cell in segregation. later, officer may comes to his cell to deliver their verdict. >> i wanted to let you know you are a do not return to the kitchen and the warden gave you 15 days for the major disruptive conduct. he threw out the -- we all threw out the charge of possession of a weapon. so you can rest easy on that. the ruling means dean will spend spend final days at cuyahoga county in segregation for not being truthful but not entering the stock room unsupervised but he will not fac...