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Respond. ultimately it cost over $48 million to the taxpayers. and as you know the cases involved detaining people without what a judge said were cause as well as accusations of racial profiling. do you stand by all of that, or do you think that being held in contempt by a judge shows that some of that, for you, was over the line? >> well, first of all, we run one of the best jail systems in the country, according to the u.s. department of justice and others. when you went through that litany that was put out by an independent newspaper called the "phoenix times" who doesn't like me. that's he...

Chain gangs. i want to mention your legal case and give you a chance to respond. ultimately it cost over $48 million to the taxpayers. as you know, the cases involved detaining people without what a judge said were cause as well as accusations of racial profiling. do you stand by all of that or do you think being held in contempt by a judge shows that some of that was over the line? >> first, we run one of the best jail systems in the country according to the u.s. department of justice and others when you went through that litany that was put out by an independent newspaper called the phoenix ...

Intakes. >> stand up. spread your feet shoulder width apart. >> l.a. county, which is probably one of the largest jail systems in the world, is completely different experience. >> drop them. >> inmate reception center is gigantic, you know. it's like 400 guys a day, 2000 a week. >> no talking, no laughing. just reach back, pull them apart. >> spread them wide. >> while intake can be a traumatic experience for new inmates, settling into the day to day routine prison life provides a very different challenge. >> the time isn't hard if you keep yourself busy. it's a point of managing it. you can e...

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 ratio than any other county jail in the country. sheriff's deputies have to deal with the daily threat of getting stabbed, having feces thrown at them, and even contracting aids. for some deputies the stress is too much to handle. >> we've had guys come in just a day, day or two, and they look around and they're like i'm out of here. they'll give us the keys, and...

>> you can't let your guard down for a second. >> you know where mommy is? and he says, yeah, in jail. >> nobody plans on coming to jail. i don't think they do. i don't. it just happened. >> how come you're all in there? are you having a party in there? >> as you can see, i've got concrete bars. i don't have any place to expand. i can't make another cell. >> i'm not a very violent person, but i can be violent when i want to. >> a lot of people in here with hiv. >> the first one looks like a wire shank. >> a stabbing. knocking a guy down and just kicking him until he's bleeding. >> these kids d...