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Thinking about you ♪ >> 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 g...

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...

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, wiggle your toes. >> l.a. count...

>> 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 ratio than any other county jail in the country. sheriff's deputies have to deal with the daily threat of getting stabbed, having feces throw...

>> 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 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...