Murderer after three people. I done blown that one out of the water quite a few times. Orange county, california, is well known for its sunkissed beaches and familyfriendly tourist attractions. But sometimes fantasy gives way to reality. And when crime is committed here, suspects will usually find themselves booked into the Orange County jail. What are you in for . Disturbing the peace. Have you been in jail before . No, sir. All right. 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. Thats not the kind of county jail inmate weve got. We have 400 people in custody for murder today. We dont have people in jail for simple possession of marijuana, like some people might think. We have some very serious felony inmates in our custody. Hands behind your back. Unlike prison inmates, who have all been convicted of crimes, most jail inmates have only been accused and are being held awaiting trial or the resolution of their charges. Still, violence can suddenly break out in jail, just as it does in prison. When youre dealing with jails full of predators, theres always going to be prey. The inmates prey on each other, cause disturbances, cause big situations to occur. What happens is, the deputies that are on scene will try to control it. They do a great job. Once they start to lose a little bit of control, what theyll do is theyll give us a call. Sergeant hernandez is in charge of the Orange CountyJails Emergency Response Team or ert. Go ahead and grab your gear from the shelves. And then just take it outside. Ert is used for the major disturbances. Were used to quell riotous situations. And were used to gather intel. Inside the armory at theo lacey, the Emergency Response team suits up to confront an inmate considered to be a dangerous threat. Im sending you guys into danger, i know. This is not a drill. This is an ad seg inmate. We all know what that means. Correct . That means hes assaultive not only to other inmates but hes also assaultive possibly to staff. All right . That kind of amps it up a little bit. The inmate is Albert Briceno. He has been transferred to Orange County from a maximum Security State prison, in order to appeal his current sentence of more than 150 years on multiple counts of gangrelated Armed Robbery. Albert briceno is a gang member from hard times. Thats a street gang out of the city of garden grove. He goes by the moniker of capone. He was mainly brought up into the gang life through his family. Through his mom and surrounding family members. He was basically born into the gangs. I just grew up, like, angry. You know, so it wasnt cool showing your emotions and crying. I channeled all that hurt into anger. I started gangbanging. You know . And i said, if im going to cry, then im going to let their blood be my tears, you know . What did you do to gain notoriety . Point of word, blasting fools, you know . Did you kill anybody . I mean, you know, ive been ive been its been alleged, you know. Through his years of coming in and out of custody, he has elevated his status within both the inmate population and the gang population to be considered a very violent inmate. All the things that ive been through, its like ive been walking through hell wearing gasoline shoes. Im telling you right now youve got the green light to do what ert is known best for. Nice and steady. Nice and steady. The team is on its way to bricenos cell to launch a surprise shakedown for contraband. And theyre taking no chances. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Get on the ground or we will use less lethal weapons against you. Slide out. Slide out. On your stomach. Keep coming out. Just like thats fine. Start heading off to your left. That way. We do cell searches all the time. We dont always use this level of security. Put your hands behind your back. Were doing this because these guys have information that either theyre willing to fight to protect or because, in bricenos case, he is such a highlevel threat that we take these precautions just to protect ourselves. With briceno safely restrained, deputies descend on his cell searching for contraband, like weapons or drugs. And equally as important, gang intelligence. Sometimes they will hide kites in between the papers. If it is legal mail or Legal Paperwork they think we cant search it. We can search it. But we cant read it. Does that happen a lot to you . What, this . Yeah. Yeah. How come . Just procedure, their jobs, you know. Within minutes, the deputies make a hit and discover gangrelated documents. Im not really at liberty to say exactly how it could help us. Its sensitive material. But its probably going to help investigations further down the road. This was a good one. Any time we get decent intelligence, its a good search. While authorities still consider briceno to be a powerful gang leader, his time at Orange County has been spent trying to disassociate himself from that past. Im not involved in the gang stuff no more. Thats when i was young, you know. I left all that behind. Its childish. You know . Its the reason why im here. But briceno might have a motive for distancing himself from gang life. His current Armed Robbery sentences come with gang enhancements that could keep him in prison for the rest of his life. He will soon be going to court in hopes of convincing a judge to drop them. We committed robberies, me and another individual. And that was it. Got arrested. You know, and both of us being gang members, thats when they hit us with the gang enhancements. While bricenos most serious conviction has been for Armed Robbery, he later implied he might have gotten away with murder. A lot of people dont know this. But murder is one of the easiest crimes you can get away with. Easy. Yes. It is. What gets people in trouble is their mouth. They tell one person. One person. That person turns and tells two. Other people tell. Next thing you know, boom. How many grieving families do you think youve left behind you . I left quite a few. I mean, im not one to keep track. I dont sit there and like put notches on my belt. I know its more than my fingers on one hand, possibly almost completing the next. But hey, you know, thats part of that life that you live. Coming up Jeremy Bowles to me is the ultimate chameleon. He truly is capable of doing just about anything, including killing people. Limu emu doug look limu. A civilian buying a new car. Lets go. 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Have you seen a lot of people die . Yes. That i can yeah. Thats comes with the game. Bowles has a long criminal and gang history and has served prior sentences, both in state prison and at the Orange County jail. Two years ago, he was a free man for 16 days. An eventful 16 days. I went to the beach for the first time in my life. That was about the only thing i did positive out there. Bowles allegedly spent much of the rest of the time on a crime spree that resulted in his latest arrest. The most serious charges include multiple counts of Home Invasion robbery and the attempted murder of a Police Officer during a shootout that followed a highspeed chase. Its over 60 counts. Bowles has pled not guilty to all charges. But sorting it out could take years. I think one of my charges alone carries 25 to life. And thats just the Orange County cases. Theres cases in other states, other counties. I got myself in a world of courts for a long time. Jeremy bowles poses a huge threat because hes completely unpredictable. One minute you can be talking to him, and he can be laughing and just having a normal day. And the next moment, he can literally be attacking you or me. Hes from this particular gang in l. A. , sarzana. It means the city in hell. Meaning cause as much mayhem, as much damage as you can. Through prison and through other incarcerations, hes really made connections with people from the mexican mafia. Them people to me are the same people as me, meaning mexican mafia. A lot of people live in fear of them. Me, personally, i never did. It was something i kind of grew up with. Jeremy bowles to me is the ultimate chameleon. He basically can fit in anywhere. And with the relationship that hes made with the mexican mafia, he truly is capable of doing just about everything. Including killing people. While bowles has never been charged with murder, he freely admits that Gang Violence has been a significant part of his past. How many people have you killed . Oh, man. Id like to just keep that to myself. A lot. Enough. Maybe i shouldnt be saying this on camera. Just a lot. I didnt believe in drivebys. I believe in knocking on peoples door and walking in their houses. Anybody can pull a gun, you can look the other way, pull the trigger. You wake up the next day you never seen nothing. But to actually get up in somebodys face and do something to them, thats where you become numb. Once you do it once, you can do it for the rest of your life. Jeremy bowles is a very sophisticated, very experienced, very dangerous individual. Jeremy bowles is every volley. And a short time later, bowles would see an evolution in his charges, as well. Along with the dozens hes already facing, two new charges have just been filed. Both for premeditated murder. Never been charged with murder. Benz benz but th and its kind of funny because ive been charged with Everything Else but that. Codefendant severed from me, so he could testify against me. I understand what hes doing to save hisself. Would i do it . I dont think so. But for each his own. What i dont understand is this is the life you sign up for. You want to go getting in trouble. And then all of a sudden, you cant take the heat and you turn around and you go tell on everybody. We take an oath. For this to happen is very upsetting. Though his lawyer has entered a not guilty plea on the new murder charges, bowles seemed resigned to the likely end result, a murder conviction in at least one of the cases. He also made it clear that he had no feelings about the victim. You know, so many years of doing things and getting away with it, now getting caught with it. I look at it, i dont really feel it. You know. To me, honestly, i mean, you want to be dead honest, the dudes a dirt bag. To me, it felt like he had it coming. You want it as real as it gets . Thats as real as it gets. 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Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . Every year, nearly 70,000 people make their way through one of the five facilities that comprise the Orange County jail. On any given day, up to 3,000 of them can be found at Orange Countys largest facility, theo lacey. One way to measure the challenge of managing such a large inmate population can be found in the theo lacey kitchen, where inmate workers prepare 9,000 meals per day. Ive actually heard that if an inmate had to be incarcerated they prefer to come to Orange County jail because they are fed well. They are fed more colorfully. And our nutritional guidelines and standards are the same as the rest of the state. But we put a lot of care and energy into what we do. While lower security level inmates eat in the chow hall, the majority of inmates are confined to their cells. Their meals are delivered by inmate workers, like robert mason. Really helps that i used to work at dennys. It makes me thankful where i am at because at least we get to come out three times a day. It passes the time a lot quicker. These guys are locked down 23 hours a day, 22 hours a day. Time goes by real slow up there. Were kind of like their only contact. You can do Little Things for them and they act like ive known you a long time. Mason likes giving his younger customers something extra with their meals, a serving of rap. My minds not right but still got game bet my dope puts yours to shame judges today have it all wrong theyre far to late to try the bomb these crews are cool but theyre living in sin theyre robbing the pharmacies for vicodin when their shift ends, mason and other inmate workers make their way back to their housing unit. K70, sir. Better known as the workers barracks, its still jail. But life in the barracks allows for more freedom of movement. And is one of the few Housing Units where daylight streams through the windows. This is where were coming into the projects here. As we get further down this section we come into the highrent district. Mason is serving nine months at theo lacey, convicted of an unusual shoplifting charge. Caught stealing a flea collar and a pair of workout pants. Youre here because you stole a flea collar and a pair of workout pants. Yes. And i do have a dog. That day, i was actually out of my mind on methamphetamine. Id been up for four days straight without sleep. I have no idea why i was even in that store. If theres anything that you could say is the devils drug, methamphetamine fits that bill perfectly. Its a blessing i got caught stealing that stuff because i was praying to god to stop and i couldnt. So i guess this is his way of helping me stop. I can flex. Inside jail, mason is an advocate for healthy living. My friends call me popeye because i work out a lot. And im pretty cut up for being 56 years old. Pretty, as they say, ripped. What are you doing, popeye . We are setting some chairs up to do dips. Since we dont have a dip bar, we have to make do with this. So these chairs work pretty good. We get the right level we want. And just make do with what we have. Its probably one of the best exercises to do. If you can just do one exercise, dips are probably the best thing you could do. I try to stay in shape all the time. I surf a little bit. These guys come in here, the youngsters, they ask me for advice on how to work out. Thats a good dip. Youre going all the way down, coming up. See it working his chest, his shoulders, his lats. Most of them, if you look around, you can see, theyre not in that good of shape. Seems like theyve been sitting on their butts too long, watching video games and working on computers. They have to get busy working out. Because theyre actually in pretty sad shape for their ages. Lets do a few pushups. Oh, man. One, two, three. But not all inmates find camaraderie in jail. Due to his classification by the state prison system as a gang member with a violent past, Albert Briceno is locked in a single cell 22 hours a day. Here we have Albert Briceno and hes down here on appeal for his 150 years, the eight counts of robbery. Right, right. Hes the one thats trying to get some of the gang enhancements dropped so he can get some time shredded off. Yeah. My guess is the gang enhancements are probably going to stick because it was found true during the jury trial. A lot of new tattoos, too. Yeah. He got those up at delano. Because he didnt have them back in 2001 when he was with us. He didnt have the horns. He didnt have the star. He didnt have any of his neck work done. Wow. Almost looks like a different guy in those two. You take a look at the two pictures. Its definitely a