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So we dont have the movement. and you also have direct supervision where everybody is moved with a deputy or custody assistant officer. >> 16-year veteran nancy medina is the line sergeant for tower two. >> how you doing, ladies? >> shes responsible for all the deputies and custody assistants on the evening shift. >> i start out with check-in. we check in all our employees for the shift, specifically p.m.s. and then i go from floor to floor and check and make sure theyre doing their jobs, the co...

Next -- "lockup" takes you inside tower number one, where the biggest challenge is protecting inmates from themselves.

>> its another day in paradise. >> just to let you know, the next couple of days, were talking about extreme heat. we need to ensure ice is passed out so you guys can keep your fluids nice and cold and for drinking. its really important to check each other out, make sure you guys are okay. were looking at 105 heat index plus for the next four to five days. >> the towers. curry. >> sir. >> tower one. >> its 6:45 a.m. at stateville correctional center. >> tower two, voight. >> officers on the 7:00...

>> at the same time in new york stanley remained trapped on the 81st floor of tower two. >> i saw somebody waving a flashlight all around and around their head. >> all of a sudden coming out of a hole if you like in a wall, wide-eyed and very animated, waving his hand was a stranger. >> a collapsed wall of sheetrock separated the two men. >> i reached down and somehow got under his arm or around his neck somehow and heaved him up. >> and he pulled with such force i just flew over on the other si...

>> the whole event only took ten seconds, but it just seems to expand in your mind when youre seeing it. it was the tower that we had just exited and where our company was up on the 84th floor. >> then i heard on the radio something ill never forget. the transmission said, tower two is down. all units evacuate tower one. i couldnt believe it. what do you mean tower two is down? i mean, its the world trade center. >> the first tower to be hit was still standing. port authority cop david limb was ...

Crashed into the world trade center here in new york city just a few moments ago. >> the elevator came to a stop on the 78th floor. the doors opened and i jumped out. i still remember this. i very calmly took my bag, put it at the side of the main elevator bank thinking that i would come back to get it later. and started to look for the fire exit. >> people in the other tower felt the planes impact. >> my office is in the basement level of number two trade center. i felt the shock, actually knoc...

Towers. >> which tower? >> tower two. >> tower two. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> we set up to do live within a minute or two after he got the camera hooked up reporting in the street thats when the first tower fell. >> you heard the rumbling thunder, wasnt as loud as i expected it to be. >> what shot of it? my god, look, dude, look, look, point that way. oh, my god! >> just as i was about to come up, as i was going up the stairwell on the building started shaking going down. a fireman at the to...

Create a considerable challenge for overworked jail administrators. with large numbers of these inmates returning to the community every day, mental health professionals and sheriffs deputies are working together to find better ways to identify and treat their patients before they head home. tower number one is a 185-foot-tall facility that has no bars. the thousands of square feet of security glass and other acoustical materials serve as sound barriers, making it a uniquely quiet facility. its ...

Guard down for a second. because thats when either you will be assaulted or they will assault somebody else. >> high power inmates are housed in single 6 x 9 cells and are monitored by surveillance cameras and deputies 24 hours a day. >> basically, this is what we call the catwalk. its the security corridor for staff to go down a row and visually either do a security check or count or just get down the row and see whats going on. the walls are all painted black so that they dont see us. this is ...

Moved with a deputy or custody assistant officer. >> 16-year veteran nancy medina is the line sergeant for tower two. >> how you doing, ladies? >> shes responsible for all the deputies and custody assistants on the evening shift. >> i start out with check-in. we check in all our employees for the shift, specifically p.m.s. and then i go from floor to floor and check and make sure theyre doing their jobs, the count is clear. >> how come youre all in there? are you having a party in there? >> we h...