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A beautiful feeling to come outside, especially when you're incarcerated. all the air you get is to go to court and that's it. you get on the bus. besides that, you get to look out the window. and that's it. >> everybody, place your i.d. cards on your outermost garments. put them up on your chest, please, gentlemen. keep the noise down. we're going to take it inside. we're going to clear the deck and take it downstairs again. one at a time. >> eric prefers to hang out in the dorm, close to his belongings. >> i never really leave my bed because you really can't trust everybody that is here. my ...

Oh! hell, yeah. >> how's it feel? >> it feels the best, it feel good. it feels very good. a beautiful feeling to come outside, especially when you're incarcerated. all the air you get is to go to court and that's it. you get on the bus. besides that, you get to look out the window. and that's it. >> everybody, place your i.d. cards on your outermost garments. put them up on your chest, please, gentlemen. keep the noise down. we're going to take it inside. we're going to clear the deck and take it downstairs again. one at a time. >> eric prefers to hang out in the dorm, close to his belongings....

Officers have to be prepared for any unexpected action. >> we have a stun shield here, 50,000 volts there for any inmates that are resisting. the officer will push the button there. it's an automatic six seconds, it stays on, hopefully to stop us from using too much force or any force necessary and we will cuff the inmate and take them out of there. >> a tso is conducted like a military operation, with dozens of correctional officers involved. >> taking notes but really transcribing everything that's going on inside. >> be advised we have five -- >> they are joined by all of the island's speci...

A lot of times, they try to put things inside their underwear, so we check everything, but we're not allowed to go in their underwear. but we do check them and check them out thoroughly as best we can. and we look into everything that they have. we check their paperwork, anything that they would have with them in their hands is searched. >> we have been searching a lot more intelligently. we share information. we have confidential informants. we're more proactive. we were very reactive in the past. we're more proactive in corrections. that has been the reason for the success and the historic v...

We're more proactive. we were very reactive in the past. we're more proactive in corrections. that has been the reason for the success and the historic violence reduction. when you get caught with a weapon, you become an icr inmate. that stands for intended contraband recipient. we identify you and you get searched extra. so you don't want to be having no weapons on you, or we make you a red i.d. it puts a flag on you. we know that you've been involved with using weapons, that you had a weapon on you, that you were -- intended to carry a weapon, so they don't want to have anything to do with t...