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>> all right, back out. kneel down. black box. >> the black box is a security device placed over bowden's handcuffs to cover the keyhole and prevent him from tampering with the lock. >> bowden, you understand you're being placed on heightened security and this will be required every time you exit your cell, right? >> him having a handcuff key, that's pretty scary. he can turn around and either hurt a staff member, or being on the transport, trying to escape on the transport, you know. there's been officers in other states that have gotten killed because inmates escaped them, and they've had ha...

>> from that point on until they got me, it was rock and roll. i was on the run for almost a year. well, first, went to texas, you know. left texas, went to vegas. left vegas and went to california. left california, come back to texas. left texas, come back to florida. left florida, went back to california, then come to alabama, and s.w.a.t. team got me. >> hill's escapes are from another florida prison. no one has ever escaped from santa rosa. but escape was one of the first things that crossed the minds of corrections staff when they discovered a homemade handcuff key inside lionel bowden's ...

Handcuff key? >> abouts 15ds, $20. >> you do realize the danger that represents in a high security facility fors 15ds or $20, not only to you but other inmates and staff it's a well? >> yes, sir. >> you realize the consequences? >> yes, sir. >> bowden will wait outside, but it only take as matter of moments for the classification team to reach a decision. >> inmate, the institution classification team, we're going to recommend upgrading close management one. this recommendation goes to said classification, and they have the final decision. we're also approving a two-year visitation suspension....

Report. >> i'vepossession of a weapon, possession of a handcuff key. severals did respects, couple fighting drs. since incarcerated, i still combine four of them to fines. >> caught with the cuff key, already when he was in this unit. now he must face the institutional classification team, or i.c.t. could they change his status from close management level two to level one? the highest security level in the entire prison. >> you're currently in class management 2. classification officer is recommending upgrade to class management 1. >> what were you planning to do with the handcuff key? >> sell...

Left vegas and went to california. left california, come back to texas. left texas, come back to florida. left florida, went back to california, then come to alabama, and s.w.a.t. team got me. >> hill's escapes are from another florida prison. no one has ever escaped from santa rosa. but escape was one of the first things that crossed the minds of corrections staff when they discovered a homemade handcuff key inside lionel bow den's deodorant container. >> having a handcuff key is like, you know, mainly for my defense, you know? >> having a handcuff key is not really unusual, but sometimes it'...