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>> to give you an example of how different the mexican mafia units are from the orejones, there was one incident where we were filming a cell inspection. >> we came on shift today and it was reported by first detail that a couple of razors were missing from pencil sharpeners. >> get down low. >> when the officers go in and do a check on their property and find out a razor blades missing, everything stops. >> no property of the jails can go missing because you can turn anything into a shank. >> d...

>> look at that. >> what do you got there? >> maam, thats a cuff key. thats a homemade cuff key made out of metal. thats a homemade cuff key. this right here can get somebody killed. this is why we do our shakedowns and do them at random. if they knew we were coming we would have never found this. it would have been gone. they would have flushed it. this right here is very serious. >> the key has been discovered in the cell of inmates lionel bowden and fostoe duran, but it was in bowdens deodora...

Always a good place. youll see a shank. it could be buried just right underneath the grass. thats the place where theyll drop it and hide it and kick it with their foot right into the grass. they want to dispose of it before we pat them down and go back into the house. this is what i dont like to see. this right here. those are razor blades. thats not something you want to step on. really not something i like picking up. i dont care if you think thats a harmless piece of plastic, but they can li...

Received an additional four-year sentence for possession of a dangerous device, a seven-inch-long shank. >> thats a baby. thats a baby. before that, i always tried to make mine at least 10 inches long. that way i had plenty of handle room and plenty of blade. >> siverlys history has resulted in him being housed in the the highly restrictive secured confinement unit. while he doesnt like it, he does understand it. >> from their standpoint, how can you have somebody who keeps repeatedly getting ca...

Wabash inmates ever experience is their time on the outdoor recreation yards. >> for the record, we won that game. >> while rec is a time to enjoy some fresh air and exercise, it is also one of the times inmates are most likely to exchange contraband, including shanks. >> tell us whats going on out here. >> well, right now theyre patting down the convicts that are going back in from recreation, to check and make sure they dont have any weapons. i guess theres been a tip that there was going to b...

He accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced to 20 years. while at wabash, however, he received an additional four-years sentence for possession of a dangerous device, a seven-inch-long shank. >> thats a baby. thats a baby. before that, i always tried to make mine at least 10 inches long. that way i had plenty of handle room and plenty of blade. >> siverlys history has resulted him in being housed in the highly restrictive secured confinement unit. while he doesnt like it, he does understand it....

Wabash inmates ever experience is their time on the outdoor recreation yards. >> for the record, we won that game. >> while rec is a time to enjoy some fresh air and exercise, it is also one of the times inmates are most likely to exchange contraband, including shanks. >> tell us whats going on out here. >> well, right now theyre patting down the convicts that are going back in from recreation, to check and make sure they dont have any weapons. i guess theres been a tip that there was going to b...

Device, a seven-inch-long shank. >> thats a baby. thats a baby. before that, i always tried to make mine at least 10 inches long. that way i had plenty of handle room and plenty of blade. >> siverlys history has resulted him in being housed in the highly restrictive secured confinement unit. while he doesnt like it, he does understand it. >> from their standpoint, how can you have somebody who keeps repeatedly getting caught making mass quantities of knifes in population and keep population safe...

Right now i got to see what happens. i mean, thats pretty much it. >> hidalgos friend jeremy gonzalez is in the intensive supervision unit after he burst out of his cell with a seven-inch shank and then flooded his housing unit. his murder trial has been postponed, and in the meantime, hes limited his contact with family because its just too hard to deal with. >> i tried to use the phone. it breaks my hid. pushed me into water. i aint going to be there for a while, you know? >> despite his effor...

They have nothing better to do, so thats the way they make their noise. you know, everybody thinks that this job that we have is such a gravy job and such an easy job. i challenge anybody to come in here and work this job for a week and see if were overpaid. >> going to start flooding! start. >> later in the day, the disturbance escalates when one of the inmates starts flooding the unit. >> the guy in 12 cell started flooding his cell. i asked him why. he said just for no reason. hes notorious f...