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No, im not, nor did i use it ever. i would never jeopardize your trustee job or my release date to go home over a piece of wood that looks like a shank. >> but the officer disputes deans claims that he is only in the stockroom under staff supervision. >> there was several times back there during a meal you tried to pop back there for some reason, i dont know. you saw me sometimes you stopped in your tracks and would turn around and go away or make an excuse as to why youre going back there. i ne...

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 choose to file new criminal charges. >> wh...

At the cuyahoga county correction center in cleveland, some inmates are eligible for jailhouse jobs. these inmate workers are called trustees. >> i have about 75 kitchen trustees. probably about 15, 16 safety and sanitation and eight barbers and out of 2300 inmates, it is a privilege to be a trustee. >> trustees are not paid for their labor but are rewarded with time out of their cells, extra food, and possibly time off their sentences. >> it is all to the discretion of the judge. if he wants to...

>> thank you. youll hear something later today. have a good day. >> as silk is escorted back to his cell, officer henderson attempts to reason with him. >> you want to get help for that stuff. you know what im saying? dont want to keep getting in altercations and all of that stuff. you know what im saying? you know as well as i know that this medication is going to help you. going to go through this door over here. >> meanwhile, the disciplinary board comes to a quick decision. >> the board has ...

>> maybe pick up odor. >> pull the boxes down, check up high. bring them down, maybe have them hit it again. >> after hours of searching, the sergeant and isu team find their first piece of contraband in the form of an inmate manufactured shank. >> this appears to be an oven rack out of the kitchen, sharpened to a point. a crude handle on it now. >> one of these racks, its really concealed. close to the window.

>> i know. >> keep it together. >> if she cant get here today, hell go back into his unit. and just go back to being one of the juvenile offenders until his family gets here. try to get ahold of his parent. find out what shes going to do, what her plans are. and then communicate that back to either me or the superintendent so we can make a plan. all right? >> okay. >> how do you feel about that? >> im cool with it. >> shell be here, dont you think, today? >> yeah. >> all right. >> good. lets mak...

If i didnt kill this guy, or if i didnt have this guy killed, then i myself would be killed. thats how the prison gang system works. so me and two friends of mine, fellow gang members, went into his cell to play cards with him. the plan was for his partner in pinochle lose on purpose and to get him down to do push-ups. and when he got down to do push-ups, i got down on his back and applied a little pressure. that was my excuse to get up next to him. at which time, i put my arm around his throat,...

>> maybe pick up odor. >> pull the boxes down, check up high. bring them down, maybe have them hit it again. >> after hours of searching, the sergeant and isu team find their first piece of contraband in the form of an inmate manufactured shank. >> this appears to be an oven rack out of the kitchen, sharpened to a point. a crude handle on it now. >> one of these racks, its really concealed. close to the window. in this area here, its hand-in hand transactions of dope. weapons, whatever. you had ...

And then another inmate passed me a shank about that long, with a handle on it. and i just started stabbing him. stabbed him over 100 times, in the back, sides, neck, he was crying, telling me to stop, begging for me to stop. and he was still alive through all of it. that was one of my favorite ones right there, because he was a rapist, and i despise rapists, i cannot stand them. child molesters, rapists, the worst. >> in spite of his love of violence, robert eventually grew tired of the gang po...

And then communicate that back to either me or the superintendent so we can make a plan. all right? >> okay. >> how do you feel about that? >> im cool with it. >> shell be here, dont you think, today? >> yeah. >> all right. >> good. lets make this thing happen then. >> okay. i will get your clothes. ill have you change. >> sometimes it can be a couple days before they can get a ride. >> just stay right here. >> okay. coming up -- more frustration for charles taylor and the pendleton staff. >> ...