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Go ahead and open that one. yeah. that's soap. >> what is that? >> whoa. whoa. >> there we go. >> let me see that. >> look at that. >> what do you got there? >> ma'am, that's a cuff key. that's a homemade cuff key made out of metal. that's a homemade cuff key. this right here can get somebody killed. this is why we do our shakedowns and do them at random. if they knew we were coming we would have never found this. it would have been gone. they would have flushed it. this right here is very serious. >> the key has been discovered in the cell of inmates lionel bowden and fostoe duran, but it was...

You know? having a handcuff key is not really usual but sometimes it's necessary, you know, theoretically speaking, you know? >> bowden who is serving a 21-year sense for armed robbery says this isn't the first time he's received a dr during his time in prison. a disciplinary report. >> i've had possession of a weapon dr, possession of a handcuff key. you know several disrespects. a couple fighting drs. during my seven years since i been incarcerated i felt about four of them confined. >> bowden was already in the prison's close management system when he was caught with the cuff key. >> stand ...

And put him on heightened security. okay? >> roger. >> later, bowden explained he made the key from a battery. >> you take the outside casing. you have to roll it so you'll be able to grip it. that's the point of rolling it for. >> how did you get the dimensions right, though? >> yeah. somebody taught me. >> truthfully i used to make them. sell them at one point. >> the cuff key -- >> $25. >> all right. look. this somewhat we need do. go with him and get the balance of his property packed up. we're going to ship him over and place in heightened security single cell over there. get him out, his...

>> what is that? >> whoa. whoa. >> there we go. >> let me see that. >> look at that. >> what do you got there? >> ma'am, that's a cuff key. that's a homemade cuff key made out of metal. that's a homemade cuff key. this right here can get somebody killed. this is why we do our shakedowns and do them at random. if they knew we were coming we would have never found this. it would have been gone. they would have flushed it. this right here is very serious. >> the key has been discovered in the cell of inmates lionel bowden and fostoe duran, but it was in bowden's deodorant container. >> if we can'...

And i don't answer right away, give me a couple minutes to get back here. >> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. >> let's go to the water well. what the water well is, it's basically a plumber's access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sink's mounted against the wall. we don't necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. the back walkway, it's full of plumbing. since we have the water well built, they decided, let'...