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Kicking him until he's bleeding. >> these kids don't know how to act like proper gangsters anymore. >> los angeles county, california, has a population larger than 42 states in the nation. nearly 10 million people live there. it is also the home to one of the largest jail systems in the world. more than 20,000 men and women live within the eight different facilities spread across 50 miles of southern california. unlike a prison, where an inmate has been convicted of a crime, those in jail are there temporarily, either awaiting trial, transfer, or bond payment for release. in this program our c...

You know what i mean? do about the same as you do on the street. me, i done been here for 10, 11 months. it's nothing to a boss, you know. >> many of the state prison inmates in california come from the l.a. county jail. with an annual budget in the hundreds of millions, overcrowding continues to be a growing concern. >> as you can see, i've got concrete bars. you know, i don't have any place to expand. i can't make another cell. that's the achilles heel of jail systems everywhere, is how many inmates you have. that's your clients. >> the los angeles county jail has a higher inmate to guard ra...

International monetary fund is another number. he is transferred to a jail cell inside of one of the most notorious jails in the country. new york's rikers island and you hear that name and see it on tv drama all of the time only the crime movies, but martin horn can give us an inside look and he is a former commissioner with the new york city department of corrections correction. let me start with that, when people say rikers island, they say the notorious, and does it deserve that? is it at this point famous? >> i think it is just famous, and i don't believe it deserves to be called notoriou...

her husband, of course, we are talking about is arnold schwarzenegger, the newly former governor of the state of california. here is now maria shriver's brief statement, and she says quote. this is a painful and heartbreaking time. as a mother, my concern is for the children. i ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and i try to rebuild our lives and heal. i will have no further comment. end quote. very short statement making it clear there that she would like some time away, and would not like to be bothered and not expected to hear much more from her any time soon. ...

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