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Here the county houses more than 1,500 men and women, most of whom have only been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. >> man, it's ugly. it's jail. ain't nothing pretty about it. >> the majority of inmates are housed in the jail's general population units where they can interact with each other in the day room or exercise in one of the jail's enclosed yards. but in the jail's lockdown units, life is far more restrictive. >> this is unit 2-c. s' known as admin segregation. it's like the jail within the jail. >> the disciplinary issues are >> so severe, t...

Provoking you. an officer who won't be professional. it's wrong. >> you think punishing him and taking away his hour tomorrow is going to make the matter worse? >> he's definitely going to be agitated by the situation but that's the nature of being in admin segregation. >> they black the hour out naturally and you and i both would too. if we act up and don't behave and you take my hour away, i'm going to sit there and think about that very hard and i'm probably improve my behavior. >> what are you going to do today? you're obviously upset. what are you going to do now? >> i'm going to sit back...

I'm still praying for the best. i'm just hoping everything works out in my favor. >> while bacon will soon learn his fate, eric kelly is still waiting for his day in court. he's been in jail awaiting trial for the past 18 months, in part because he chose to replace his public defender. for most of that time, he's been housed in the jail's administrative segregation unit. as kelly watches tv during his daily hour outside of his cell, he talks to one of his neighbors who did not wish to be on camera through his cell door. the two men discuss an incident earlier in the day involving officer steve...

But that's the choices and the decisions that they made. not us. >> while some disciplinary inmates will return to general population, others cannot. these inmates end up next door in the jail's administrative segregation unit, which is considered extended segregation. though ad seg inmates have a few more privileges, most are considered too dangerous for general population. one of the jail's most infamous ad seg inmates is eric kelly. kelly has already spent more than 22 years in prison for convictions including armed robbery, aggravated assault, and making terroristic threats. he is currentl...

Union victory in the civil war. the fort's cannons are still fired during weekly demonstrations. but on the opposite side of town is a modern-day fortress that few visit by choice. most of the 1,500 inmates inside the chatham county detention center are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. >> you ain't got to worry about me coming back here no more. >> most spend their time among other inmates in one of the jail's general population units. but those who break the rules inside the jail end up in unit 2-d, the jail's disciplinary segregation unit. >> ...