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Separate sentence. >> what do you see in these pictures? >> i see myself. it is inhuman conditions. it is ridiculous. why is there not anything being done? >> photos obtained by the new york post show detainees jammed in the intake area. he spent weeks living like this. >> feces all over the wall, unop rating rest rooms. toy lots would not flush. sinks would not work. it was disgusting. >> you might be surprised to see who agrees with him. >> people living in inhuman conditions. >> until last month, he was in charge of rikers. >> people weren't making court appointments or doctors

Plain and simple. hell. >> reporter: benji lozano recently spent five months in rikers, serving the remaining sentence from 1977 assault conviction after his decades in prison. >> what do you see in these pictures? >> i see myself. i see everything that i experienced when i was at rikers island. i see inhumane conditions. i mean, look at that. i mean, it's ridiculous. why is there not anything being done about what's happening at rikers island? >> reporter: photos obtained by the "new york post" last fall showed detainees jammed in the intake area. lozano said he spent weeks living like this. ...

So -- it's growing. it's growing for sure. i fattened up a bit. >> do you think you're going to be able to stay sober out there? do you think you're going to be able to stay away from meth? >> yeah. >> why? >> i've lived through a lot worse. i can live through this too, you know. >> three weeks later we were shooting in the jail's intake area when a familiar name was called out. >> lauren pernault. >> yeah. lauren pernault, she's actually back in custody on a new case. looks like possession of a controlled drug second offense, possession of drug paraphernalia. >> give me two thumbs up, please....

Due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> in charleston, south carolina about 27,000 men and women were year are booked into the sheriff al cannon detention center. >> this is the intake area. where they're being booked in. medically screened. bond hearing set up and classification. >> the majority of those booked return to the streets within 24 hours. either on bond or a promise to return for later court hearing. but all are photographed, fingerprinted and processed into the system. it's usually a routine procedure except when arrestees are intoxicated, high or agitated. ...

>> i've lived through a lot worse. i can live through this too, you know. >> three weeks later we were shooting in the jail's intake area when a familiar name was called out. >> lauren pernault. >> yeah. lauren pernault, she's actually back in custody on a new case. looks like possession of a controlled drug second offense, possession of drug paraphernalia. >> give me two thumbs up, please. >> i was out gathering some clothes and things that were at an old friend's house and saying good-bye to a friend who was going to prison, turning himself in tomorrow. and the cops busted in his door while ...