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>> stand up. spread your feet shoulder width apart. lift up your left foot with your toes. >> l.a. county, which is probably one of the largest jail systems in the world, is completely different experience. >> drop them. turn around. >> and inmate reception center is gigantic. you know, it's like 400 guys a day, 2,000 a week. >> head up. head over. reach back. 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 of prison life provides a very different challenge. >> th...

And mental health unit for detainees. it's an open cell area with one deputy supervising 72 inmates who roam about the pod. overseeing all jail systems and courts. >> it sounds a little scary at first when you think about it, but we found it to be a highly successful management tool. if you violate the rules, you're removed from there and you moved to a higher level of confinement. >> it's 12:45 p.m., and they've just finished their lunch. out of nowhere, 24-year-old douglas burden charges detective moon and begins to strangle him. >> he went into what's called rear naked choke. when you do th...

They're angry at the officers that arrested them. sometimes they take that aggression out on us. >> during shoots at three of the nation's largest jail systems, our crews have always come to expect the unexpected. >> this is how we wash our clothes, in the sink. >> at the miami-dade county jail we ran into a young inmate who was washing his clothes in the sink in his cell. he was an interesting looking kid. we asked for an interview. >> is for the birds, man. this is for the birds. they locked up. it's for the [ bleep ] birds. >> the interview is not like a lot of interviews. it had a lot to d...

Search. >> searching all that too? >> yep. >> they try to do it with a level of dignity and respect to not make the person uncomfortable. >> bend over and spread your butt cheeks. thank you. what size of underwear? >> because utah receives a relatively small number of new arrivals on intake days, officers can make the process more comfortable for inmates. we found a very different atmosphere at the sprawling and constantly bustling los angeles county jail. >> stand up, spread your feet. shoulder width apart. lift up your left foot, wiggle your toes. >> l.a. county, which is probably one of the...

I know you're live. >> no i was? >> wow. in jail. how many days in a row? >> i told mika for three years and 11 days i was watched you guys every morning, every single morning. >> it made those three years and 11 days seem even longer. >> it did not. >> it did not. that's where the joke ends. joining us now, former new york city police commissioner bernie kerik. kerik tells the story of his spectacular fall from new york city's top cop to federal prison inmate in the memoir" from jailer to jailed." what an incredible story. and i think the motivation to write this book is where we should start...