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>> ricardo gomes is also dealing with a reputation issue. he recently had a cup of urine confiscated from his cell. he says he was going to throw it at a particular officer, but an even more sinister concoction. >> i was planning on making a special remedy we used to do back in the old days called funky cold medina. it's kind of like skunk juice. it's made out of some really nasty parts, urine, feces, peanut butter and sour milk. and we mix it together until it's liquid. if you hit anybody with this, they ain't coming, they're not going to want to go home, trust me. >> bricks, i didn't finish ...

With a reputation issue. he recently had a cup of urine confiscated from his cell. he says he was going to throw it at a particular officer, but an even more sinister concoction. >> i was planning on making a special remedy we used to do back in the old days called funky cold medina. it's kind of like skunk juice. it's made out of some really nasty parts, urine, feces, peanut butter and sour milk. and we mix it together until it's liquid. if you hit anybody with this, they ain't coming, they're not going to want to go home, trust me. >> bricks, i didn't finish coloring it in. >> a few weeks la...

>> as you just documented on camera, he stated wait until he [ bleep ] comes out of there so we'll have to take him out of the chair eventually. he still continues to make threats and [ bleep ] act up and violate the rules of the department. >> lieutenant medeiros has a problem with me. >> you tell him. >> he's a [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> with gomes safely restrained, deputies conduct a search of his cell, checking for weapons or other contraband. it isn't long before they find cause for concern. >> we discovered inmate gomes tied multiple shoelaces around his shower head. inmate gomes has done ...

Or things don't happen fast enough, he tends to get riled up very quickly and everything is a problem for him. it's tough to get him to come down. and everything is a problem for him. nothing -- he doesn't do anything wrong, we do everything wrong. and there's some major injustice. >> i'm going to advise you to remain silent. >> no such thing as freedom of speech in jail? what happened to my miranda rights, my amendment rights? >> when inmates continually act out, the jail can secure them in a restraint chair for up to four hours. as deputies place gomes in the chair, they also fasten a mask a...

If you act like an [ bleep ] -- >> over the last seven to ten days we're starting to see his behavior change because we've been giving him less attention. we've kind of been having just one or two people deal with him for the most part, as opposed to when he acts up, everybody shows up to include myself, sergeants, corporals. so what we've done is we started to kind of trim those numbers down so when he does act up, we just have the necessary people around to deal with him. and up to this point, we have seen some improvement in behavior and things are really getting better with him. >> while s...