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Some of these guys are looking upwards of 10, 15 years each, you know. Knowing that im getting out in two days doesnt make me the most popular guy. This is our jail, and were going to clean house. Unlike prison, where all inmates have been convicted of a crime, the majority of jail inmates stand accused of criminal acts and are either on or awaiting trial. Handcuffs are going to come off next, but leave your hands behind your back. But the threat of violence is just as real in jail as it is in prison. Around here at theo lacy, well get a couple of these maybe in a in a month. Daytoday manageme...

He was tortured. >> petrovich admits that he told the other inmates about chamberlain's charges, but he claims he didn't participate in the beating. still, he and eight other inmates were charged with chamberlain's murder and have all pled not guilty. coming up -- >> it was like total anarchy. >> -- another inmate allegedly involved in the chamberlain murder describes the horror. >> it reminded me of like a documentary show like how a wolf pack brings down an elk or a deer. it felt just like death. but first a roller derby queen does time in the oc. >> my roller derby name was "hurt in a s...

Deputies prompted the attack by telling jared petrovich, a leader amongst the white inmates, that chamberlain was arrested on sex offense charges and deserved to be roughed up. it's also been alleged that those deputies were in the security center at the time of the attack but ignored it. both deputies have since been dismissed from the department. a grand jury was not able to determine criminal actions but said they acted with severe misconduct, and the jail itself saw a major transformation. >> the chamberlain homicide was a huge event for this department. it shook the foundation of it, init...

That turned out to be the case for etima as well. but in 2006 jared petrovich was allegedly involved in an incident that not only resulted in very serious charges, but set off repercussions that still impact the entire orange county jail system today. >> so you're using your legal paperwork as weight. >> yeah. also the magazines, you know? >> petrovich has approximately 20 pounds of legal paperwork in his cell, which helps provide an effective jailhouse workout. >> you go until you can't go no more. i can go all day. >> the paperwork has accumulated over four years since he was accused of bein...

Murder of another inmate, the only killing in the jail in more than a decade. at the time, petrovich, in jail for receiving stolen property, was considered a leader among the white inmates at the theo lacy jail facility. >> we're standing in "f" barracks, the west side in the theo lacy facility, and this is the scene of a pretty gruesome homicide that occurred in 2006. it was the murder of inmate john derek chamberlain. it occurred in october. and it occurred over here in "d" cube. when the inmates drug chamberlain behind a privacy wall and out of view from the guard's station and, you know, s...