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Day-to-day security at the maricopa county jail in phoenix is handled by detention officers. sheriff's deputies assigned to the jail and who are the front line in maintaining order. they're backed up by the jail's intelligence division, which is constantly gathering information on potential problems before they can escalate. >> the key's going to look like this. >> okay. >> it's going to be pretty much just etched out of the toothbrush. >> okay. >> all right. >> but we've got to hit them quick because if not he'll swallow it. >> all right. >> the fourth avenue jail's intelligence division susp...

They use the three crosses to display their gang symbols. >> to validate is essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. >> i found that hanging here on his vent. >> once he's validated, a member will never be able to go to a level-b facility. so it has a lot of bearing on an inmate's future once he gets validated. >> you can take that and i'll write him up for possession of gang paraphernalia. >> he'll be documented as a potential street gang member and we'll start a file on him if one has not already been created. and that way, wherever he goes, whether it's to another facility or go...

New mexico. they use the three crosses to display their gang symbols. >> to validate is essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. >> i found that hanging here on his vent. >> once he's validated, a member will never be able to go to a level-b facility. so it has a lot of bearing on an inmate's future once he gets validated. >> you can take that and i'll write him up for possession of gang paraphernalia. >> he'll be documented as a potential street gang member and we'll start a file on him if one has not already been created. and that way, wherever he goes, whether it's to another fa...

Day-to-day security at the maricopa county jail in phoenix is handled by detention officers. sheriff's deputies assigned to the jail and who are the front line in maintaining order. they're backed up by the jail's intelligence division, which is constantly gathering information on potential problems before they can escalate. >> the key's going to look like this. >> okay. >> it's going to be pretty much just etched out of the toothbrush. >> okay. >> all right. >> but we've got to hit them quick because if not he'll swallow it. >> all right. >> the fourth avenue jail's intelligence division susp...

Found a -- looks like a diagram or a pattern of a handcuff key. the crude makings, the beginning of it. obviously it's in the manufacturing stages. but what i probably think what he's doing is, he's got all these bars of soap. and what he'll start doing is he'll start cutting out a pattern to try to match it to this, out of soap. then once he gets a good pattern down, then he'll find a piece of metal to transfer it over to a piece of metal and probably try to attempt to see if it works. so he was on the right track. >> so what does this mean for this inmate? >> it's a good find for us, because...