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>> just give it to me when you come out. >> we keep the females closest to the officers' desk. because they want to monitor the communication between the females and the males. sometimes you'll have a male or female that want to come to disciplinary so they can communicate. they have married couples and partners here. then they try to speak to them through ventilation system. >> what are you doing? >> or they attempt to pass notes from the unit workers. so they want to keep an eye on that. >> and now another female inmate is about to enter a1a. >> it was a fight in a through m between samantha...

Inside the sheriff al cannon detention center, a1a, disciplinary segregation, is not unlike other segregation units throughout the nation. it's solitary confinement, 23 hours a day, for inmates who violate jail rules. but here in charleston, there is one aspect of segregation that makes it different from nearly all others. it houses both men and women. while women comprise about 10% of the total inmate population of 1,300, relatively few get into serious trouble. >> we never have more than three to five females at a time. so to take up an entire housing unit for just females doesn't seem to ma...

Females and the males. sometimes you'll have a male or female that want to come to disciplinary so they can communicate. they have married couples and partners here. then they try to speak to them through ventilation system. >> what are you doing? >> or they attempt to pass notes from the unit workers. so they want to keep an eye on that. >> and now another female inmate is about to enter a1a. >> it was a fight in a through m between samantha, who is joshua gohr's girlfriend, and another inmate. >> jail surveillance cameras captured what occurred just moments earlier. >> i was putting the tray...

Am. inside the sheriff al cannon detention center, a1a, disciplinary segregation, is not unlike other segregation units throughout the nation. it's solitary confinement, 23 hours a day, for inmates who violate jail rules. but here in charleston, there is one aspect of segregation that makes it different from nearly all others. it houses both men and women. while women comprise about 10% of the total inmate population of 1,300, relatively few get into serious trouble. >> we never have more than three to five females at a time. so to take up an entire housing unit for just females doesn't seem...

Behind the walls of the detense center in charleston, south carolina one of the loudest housing units is a1a also known as disciplinary segregation. >> a lot of noise. beating on the door. flooding, busted sprinkler heads. hanging arms out the flaps. just anything to disrupt the unit and stop the flow of the unit. you have to be prepared for those things. >> the unit houses 48 inmates and is always at full capacity. >> they're a danger to themselves and or others. they have violated one of our regulations within the jail and they have been sentenced for a period of time in segregation. >> they...