Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130401:05:07:00
>> it is us against them all the time. they threaten us all the time, saying they're going to hit certain officers, and so it's scary. >> each day on this yard, 12 officers oversee 500 inmates. outnumbered and armed only with batons and pepper spray, correctional staff must rely heavily on the accuracy of the gunners in the control tower. >> you're always vulnerable for someone to attack you. so you have to have that backup. we don't know what they're doing. we don't know what they're thinking. so we stick together and just watch them. >> anything happen on the yard? i ain't never did nothing....