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Inside the square unarmed guards called line pushers supervise the inmates. >> the gun guard that you see out here, he has the area toward us and also the area going the opposite way. it's a 90 degree. the other gun guard in this area over here, he has a 90 degree angle the other way which watches the two guard lines that way. >> the gun line is there for inmates so they know what not to cross. >> the gun line is an imaginary boundary. an inmate who gets too close to the line is verbally warned. if he continues, a warning shot is fired. if he fails to heed the warning, officers are authorized ...

Is fired. if he fails to heed the warning, officers are authorized to wound the inmate to stop him. >> we had at one time where an inmate took off running and we had to run them down, and we just run them down and caught them. in my career, which spans over 27 years, i have never had to use deadly force. >> in addition to preventing escapes, gun guards must be prepared to protect the line pusher. >> the pusher, he has to work the inmates, tell them what to do, different than the gun guards. the gun guards are just making sure they stay in their area. >> chris melchior has worked in the field f...

I do one life sentence, if you take back one life sentence i've still got two more. you take back both life sentences i've still got 35. i mean, i'm more of a threat to them than they are to me. >> to keep inmates from escaping, gun guards form a square perimeter around the farm detail by placing themselves at opposite corners. inside the square unarmed guards called line pushers supervise the inmates. >> the gun guard that you see out here, he has the area toward us and also the area going the opposite way. it's a 90 degree. the other gun guard in this area over here, he has a 90 degree angle...

Dew points go up, and it tends to slow a lot of them down. >> the temperature can reach up to 100 degrees. still, the three dozen inmates represent a formidable force. but the mounted officers keeping watch over them are prepared for any trouble. >> i'm comfortable out on my lines. got my horse, my guns. inmates are intimidated by it. >> they probably feel i'm the danger. i got nothing to lose. i mean, what you going to do, give me some more time? i can't do what i got. i do one life sentence, if you take back one life sentence i've still got two more. you take back both life sentences i've st...

Us and also the area going the opposite way. it's a 90 degree. the other gun guard in this area over here, he has a 90 degree angle the other way which watches the two guard lines that way. >> the gun line is there for inmates so they know what not to cross. >> the gun line is an imaginary boundary. an inmate who gets too close to the line is verbally warned. if he continues, a warning shot is fired. if he fails to heed the warning, officers are authorized to wound the inmate to stop him. >> we had at one time where an inmate took off running and we had to run them down, and we just run them d...