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The law enforcement to combat. located just outside downtown is a key land mark in that battle. battle, the suffolk county jail. >> the jail is a maximum facility. it holds anyone arrested and on bail that can't make it. someone for shoplifting and frequently someone charged with homicide. >> unlike prison where all inmates have been convicted and sentenced, most are only charged with crimes and are innocent until proven guilty. there are nearly 2,000 inmates convicted and are serving short sentences here. >> we have the largest sheriff's department in the northeast. so we're moving a lot of p...

>> in some units, a lone officer supervises inmates, like a beat cop on the streets, it allows him to build rapport and actually has been proven to reduce fighting. >> i'll talk to you later. >> but in jail, fights still break out. >> policy dictates that both for his own protection and that of the inmates, the officer on duty not intervene until backup arrives. within seconds officers swarm the area. the inmates involved are quickly restrained and removed from the area. close that door! >> one of the combatants is 28-year-old jenoris hayes.

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