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countries these days. the turnout so far has been pretty good according to the electoral commission. we expect to hear more when the polls close. theyre expected to close in about two hours. possible extensions to that. so far we are told more voters than expected have turned out. >> whos on the ballot today? >> well, that is one of the key issues here, gary, is people are overwhelmed by the choice. thousands of candidates are running in this election for the national congress. most of...

>> okay. >> im serious. you dont have to marry him. >> yeah, i mean, it seem that way. youre placing this inmate in the cell with me. i mean were not -- were not outside the cell all day. were inside that cell all day. >> yeah, but that should have been a consideration before you went to prison. >> the committee is baffled, not only by hamiltons stubbornness but by its sudden appearance after nine years behind bars at other state prisons. >> you have been taking a cellie up until the time you go...

>> okay. >> you dont want to do it, but youre going to do it, okay? >> okay. >> im serious. you dont have to marry him. >> yeah, i mean, it seem that way. youre placing this inmate in the cell with me. i mean were not -- were not outside the cell all day. were inside that cell all day. >> yeah, but that should have been a consideration before you went to prison. >> the committee is baffled, not only by hamiltons stubbornness but by its sudden appearance after nine years behind bars at other stat...

>> make sure youve got everything out of your pockets. >> weve got 47 going out on chains and they have all got to be bagged and ready to go by 9:30. so usually the chain warnings are rush, rush. >> every day a number of brushy mountain inmates are transported either to court or to other state prisons. correctional officers call this transportation process going out on chain. >> what we do is we call the blocks one at a time, bring them in. they bring all their property and then we pack all thei...

Mass search. our goal is to identify, locate and remove items of contraband, making santa rosa a safer place for the inmates and the staff. >> todays search will cover two housing units and involve officers from santa rosa, three other state prisons, and the states inspector generals canine unit. the dogs are trained detect the scents of both drugs and cell phones. >> weve got six different search teams. some things i want to caution yall. i want everybody to remain professional during the searc...

Our goal is to identify, locate and remove items of contraband, making santa rosa a safer place for the inmates and the staff. >> todays search will cover two housing units and involve officers from santa rosa, three other state prisons, and the states inspector generals canine unit. the dogs are trained detect the scents of both drugs and cell phones. >> weve got six different search teams. some things i want to caution yall. i want everybody to remain professional during the search today. i wa...

>> left. >> two. >> all right, yall, hold it down. hey, if you stop talking and get up here, well go to chow. we structure everything like the military. and we like to have everybody do the same thing all together and they stay in compliance when they do that. if youve got your hands in your pockets, youre wrong. if youve got your hands in your jacket, youre wrong. >> we make them walk on the line so we do have consistency. and if everybodys walking in a straight line, it makes our job a whole l...

Only the inmates who march in formation. >> one! two! three! >> every two months, the rapid response teams from santa rosa and three other state prisons come together for training. >> one, two, three, four! one, two, three, four! >> your left! >> its a team comprised of officers to respond to any event that may happen at our correctional facilities for riot control, disturbances or incidents of that nature. >> forward, halt! >> if we had a large-scale incident, we would want to make sure that we...

>> two. >> all right, yall, hold it down. hey, if you stop talking and get up here, well go to chow. we structure everything like the military. and we like to have everybody do the same thing all together and they stay in compliance when they do that. if youve got your hands in your pockets, youre wrong. if youve got your hands in your jacket, youre wrong. >> we make them walk on the line so we do have consistency. and if everybodys walking in a straight line, it makes our job a whole lot easier...

>> what are you in for? >> disturbing the peace. >> have you been in jail before? >> no, sir. >> look here at the camera for me. >> the orange county jail is comprised of five, separate jail facilities. the largest of these is the theo lacey jail, with an average daily population of 2,800 male inmates. theo lacey alone dwarfs many state prisons. >> i have an assistant sheriff at theo lacey. he always likes to say we dont have andy of mayberry. we dont have otis coming into the jail tank. that is...