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Said it was like washington national. they were just around christmas, the drones were coming in, dropping and going, dropping and going. they had numbers on them. and the numbers were corresponding to inmates. >> reporter: the problem has become so significant, lawmakers in the south carolina senate recently passed a bill making it a misdemeanor to fly drones within 500 feet of prison walls or 250 feet above the prison itself. the penalty is a $500 fine and 30 days in prison. other states like arizona, oklahoma, oregon, and tennessee have or are considering similar legislation. the problem is...

It's all because of these. drones. a high-tech threat to prison security, delivering drugs and other contraband to prisons across america. prison officials say an inmate will coordinate with somebody on the outside, sending the date, the time, and the location of the drop. the inmate will then do countersurveillance, warning the drone operator if an officer is coming and the drop has to be made someplace else. >> the ability to access contraband, how much more power does that give to the inmates? >> it gives them a lot of power. i mean they're making a lot of money behind bars in dealing with ...

Word. >> i don't think you deserve a parade. >> this is good stuff, guys. this is good. >> even though i look like one of the guys andy was shooting at. i still very much am on your side. >> sometimes after you are on the show, sam, i get ptsd. the weird thing is i was in korea. i don't even know why that makes sense. katie, you said you could do this, be a drone operator since you play a lot of call of duty. >> it was a bad joke. don't get mad. >> my question is did you ever die when you were playing? if you did, you shouldn't do this. >> i didn't think -- yeah, i die a lot. you don't get to ...

Word. >> i don't think you deserve a parade. >> this is good stuff, guys. this is good. >> even though i look like one of the guys andy was shooting at. i still very much am on your side. >> sometimes after you are on the show, sam, i get ptsd. the weird thing is i was in korea. i don't even know why that makes sense. katie, you said you could do this, be a drone operator since you play a lot of call of duty. >> it was a bad joke. don't get mad. >> my question is did you ever die when you were playing? if you did, you shouldn't do this. >> i didn't think -- yeah, i die a lot. you don't get to ...

Do you see the top ribbon? it is an army commendation medal. do you see the clusters on it? they are devices. if you get a second award of the same ribbon you put a device. if you get a third you put another one. it is a vice the r and the c. the r stands for remote and the c stands for combat. so when they give out the medals the same would go to someone in combat or a drone operator. the combat person would give a c on it and the remote person would get an r. >> steady hand. >> i dozed off for a minute. the c and the r? >> i can understand that unleak me you are not a veteran so i can see wh...