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>> i seen him that he was bloody. and being thats my home bay, like i been knowing him for a long time and me and him been through a lot and i wasnt just going to let it just ride, you know what im saying? i let my anger kind of get the best of me, too, and popped my door and ran out there with the shank. >> inmate gonzalez apparently was able to defeat the locking device, open the cell door and he ran out of the cell and was holding a seven-inch piece of metal. >> it was made out of the top bla...

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 for doing stuff like that. >> the inmate is well known to staff, jeremy gonzalez. besides facing charges of murder and aggravated assault...

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 efforts to avoid thinking about family, a reminder has just arrived by way of todays mail. >> i go...

>> with gonzalez already outnumbered four to one, members of the sert team escorting hidalgo and guerrero are called back to assist. >> go, go, go. >> im not stupid, you know, they laid it down real quick, threw the shank away from me. i just chilled out real quick. >> he threw the knife on the ground, not at the officer. it was very clearly, you know, gently thrown to the ground and then he laid down on the floor and we secured him. >> luckily nobody was hurt in the process. what does scare us ...

Like i been knowing him for a long time and me and him been through a lot and i wasnt just going to let it just ride, you know what im saying? i let my anger kind of get the best of me, too, and popped my door and ran out there with the shank. >> inmate gonzalez apparently was able to defeat the locking device, open the cell door and he ran out of the cell and was holding a seven-inch piece of metal. >> it was made out of the top blade of a squeegee. >> unfortunately for gonzalez, by the time he...

>> quit being a baby! man up! >> dean is only two weeks from completing his sentence. but his release will be jeopardized if the jail denser 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 k...

Segregation cell, silk does have someone he can confide in. >> whats up, dude? this is crazy. >> his neighbor is gary 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 a...

And in their case, if he took the rap, then none of the other trustees would get fired. >> officer may will next speak to the other suspect, gary valentine. >> what is your knowledge about the shank? >> the only thing i was doing straightening up the shelf and the officer was standing next to me when it was found. >> officer merrick was with you when you found it? >> absolutely. >> do you know mr. james dean? >> no, just i met him when i got on the pod. >> do you have any issues with him? >> abs...

Wood that fell off a pallet that was modified from its original state. once they change it by wrapping shrink wrap around it for the 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...

Im not dumb, i have 17 days and i go home to my children and wife, back to my job and thats freedom. why would i do anything to jeopardize my freedom like that? i said absolutely not. what it is, they are trying to get me jammed up. coming up -- >> what is your knowledge about the shank? >> valentine and dean undergo interrogation. then -- >> we have enough right now to lock you down so tight in here youll forget how to write letters and talk on the phone. im giving you an opportunity right no...