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Great change comes from doing the right thing. like the radical idea that health isn't an industry. it's a cause. so we do things differently. we combine care and coverage. and believe prevention is the most powerful of cures. so forgive us for not going with the flow. we just think the flow should go with us. which makes us rebels with one cause. your health. inside the bergen county jail it has been a difficult night for two men connected to a handgun used in a shootout with hackensack police officers three days earlier. jerry nunez says withdrawal from painkillers has caused frequent vomi...

County jail in hackensack is a very different world. in the maximum security unit, surprise searches for contraband are a regular part of life. >> shakedowns here in the bergen county jail are performed on a continuous but sporadic basis. >> spread your legs. >> i don't personally like they get too comfortable being anywhere. i consider it my house. you're a visitor. you get in there and get too comfortable, too bad. >> we're looking for contraband. anything that doesn't belong. >> can be used as a weapon. >> contraband can go as far as a weapon, and it also goes to excess. inmates are able to...

I went to court. they just read me my charges and brought me back over here. >> since he was the last known owner of the gun robert leonardes allegedly used to shoot at hackensack police officers, stark has been charged with possession of a handgun while committing a crime. his new cellmate, james george has advice for him. >> first and foremost, do not go to the court room and let them judges do what they want to do. go to the law library. this is what it is. this is what is going on. i need to read up on this. i need loopholes in my case. i need to know what is going on. >> dawn is the inmat...

Usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. ♪ behind the walls of the bergen county jail, much of the talk over the past week has had to do with an inmate who has yet to step foot inside. hackensack police say 22-year-old robert leonardes opened fire on three of their patrol officers barely missing one of them. police returned fire hitting leonardes a total of 14 times.

One of them, shawn stark has run into an old friend here. >> the hackensack? >> the shooting. >> that was the gun? >> yeah. >> holy [ bleep ]. are you serious? how did it go down? >> because he owned the gun leonardes allegedly used to shoot at police. >> he's in hackensack? >> he's in the hospital with county police officers babysitting him and $2 million bail. >> that's [ bleep ] up. >> stark purchased the unregistered gun from another inmate being held at the jail, jerry nunez. >> the prosecutor came to my house. 15 detectives. they were like you sold the gun to a guy and he shot a [ bleep ...