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Practices. such as constructing an outdoor housing facility with tents. the striped uniforms and pink underwear inmates are required to wear. and the use of chain gangs to perform everything from maintenance work to burying the indigent. behind it all is the man who has run the jail since 1992. sheriff joe arpaio. >> one of my philosophies is you should never live better in jail than you do on the outside. >> you purposely want your jails to be tough, correct? >> well, i sure don't want it to be a hilton hotel like some other prisons around the nation. it's all this rehabilitation, education. ...

Facilities. >> i would describe maricopa county jail as, like, no other jail i've ever seen before. first of all, the sheer volume of it is staggering. so just walking in there and figuring out who's important, how the systems work, even how you get through the doors is a challenge. >> go to the west gates, see officer von reagan. >> the maricopa county jail has been the subject of more media attention than probably any other jail in america. in recent years it's been due to the county's policies toward illegal immigrants. before that, much of the coverage centered on its practices. such as co...

I spoke with the chairman of that council on buildings and he told me the following: based on the new design the spire is an antenna. it was a spire because it was clad and without that it is an antenna from tim johnson. they will not decide until it is finished in 2014 so this is time to make adjustments. >>shepard: they will work something out. thank you, rick, and the feds are suing sheriff joe arpaio would made prisoners wear pink underwear and revive the use of prison stripe wearing chain gangs. this is about allegations of civil rights violations. last december the department of justice ...

♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] pringles... bursting with more flavor. [ crunch! ] megyn: there was a twist in the showdown between the departments of justice and sheriff arpaio of arizona. he makes his inmates wear pink. he used chain gangs and the justice department alleges he engages in racial profiling. a charge it sheriff denies. after months of back and forth. the sheriff says he's not going to allow an independent monitor. negotiations are off and they are heading to court.

juvenile court. that is happening this afternoon. ohio's attorney general says he thinks it is likely that the suspect is going to be tried as an adult. a lawyer for his family says the young man is distraught, remorseful. but a student who was grazed by a bullet says the shooter didn't look like that way during the attack. >> his face was expressionless. it looked like he was on a mission and he knew that he was about to do it. >> we're going to go straight to a police news press conference happening in ohio. let's bring that to you live. it is starting right now. >> it's just touch...