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East facility is the oldest operating jail in los angeles. otherwise known as old max, it was built in 1951 to handle overcrowding. the 15 dormitories inside the jail can house approximately 2,000 inmates. with the nation's jail population becoming more middle-aged, facilities like l.a. county's east jail are trying to accommodate older inmates and keep them away from more violent younger ones. >> well, this is the old man's dorm. which is a privileged dorm. you have to be 45 and older to be in this dorm. and if you mess up in this dorm, you go back to regular population. >> for almost 40 year...

I heard it's about two hours every visit. i'm able to play with my son at the playground. so i'm looking forward for that. >> we last saw inmate daniel johns seven days ago, when he first entered jail. in that short time he's been housed in three different facilities. now at north facility, inmate johns has come to realize he's tired of coming to jail. >> i've got a record. it's embarrassing. i come to jail, they tell me, oh, you've been here 17 times, you know. yeah. i've spent like the past two years of my life in county jail. i'm just tired of it. >> having just heard that his 30-day senten...

Cell to be booked. the yellow line's going to take them into cell one, which is going to be in classification. if they've already been booked, then they can go on and be classified. inmates are classified in three levels -- low, medium, and high, depending on their past crimes. >> my second time. for the same thing. i didn't finish my domestic violence classes, and that's why i got sentenced for 180 days, for not completing them. >> 21-year-old convicted wife batterer miguel castillo is no stranger to the system. >> the worst thing in processing, that you don't get your bed until sometimes eig...

Those type of crimes. >> gangs in l.a. county jail are highly organized groups with deadly rules and regulations. the gang leaders, or shot callers, earn their titles by committing murders to gain the respect from both their enemies as well as fellow gang members. inmates targeted for a gang hit are called greenlighters. >> these are individual names. i mean, it's real difficult to read. they write very small so that it makes it difficult for us to try to decipher it. but the top part, these are gangs that just are to be assaulted, and they have what they call hard candy, and those are individ...

Bring it up and snap, bring it up and snap it. when you get out there and things get real tight and people are throwing things at you, you know, that's the last thing you think about. you think about snapping it, don't. because if it breaks on you, all you've got is a big club. and that's not going to do you guys or your team or anybody else any good. next, "lockup" takes you inside 900 max, nccf's 24-hour lockdown jail. a sittingham's card today i can offer you no interest for 24 months. thanks to the tools and help at experian.com, i know i have an 812 fico score, so i definitely qualify. ...