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It's an open cell area with one deputy supervising 72 inmates who roam about the pod. the colonel oversees all jail systems and courts in hillsborough county. >> 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 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 64-year-old kenneth moon and begins to strangle him. >> burden immediately went into what some people call rear naked choke. wh...

Them one at a time back into a strip room, do a visual cavity 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, ...

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 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 eig...

>> 18-year-old teshawn solomon is waiting to be sent to state prison for 12 years on a felony drug conviction. >> i mean, to tell you the truth, it's like the streets. you know what i'm saying? you meet people. live your life. eat. 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 and bars. y...

It's an open cell area with one deputy supervising 72 inmates who roam about the pod. >> colonel jim oversees 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 moved to a higher level of confinement. >> it's 12:45 p.m., and inmates in pod 7 have just finished their lunch. out of nowhere, 24-year-old douglas burden charges detective kenneth moon and begins to strangle him 689. >> byrd immediately went into what's call rear naked choke. you cut the blood supply off...