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North secure side. >> 10-4. you've got a green board, fourth floor. >> yet, while security at the prison has improved over the years, certain vestiges of the past remain. the control center in one four-story building requires officer barbara joernigan to scale a spiral staircase in order to find out which cells to open and close. >> this is an actual lockdown sheet. the officer on the floor will tell me which cells are empty. that should coincide with what i have got on the board. >> officer joernigan is the only armed correctional officer in the building. >> it's strictly for if they try to t...

The local jails where they don't get the programs they need to eventually lead to successful reentry and more frightening is the move thousands of people moving to other state facilities across the country, meaning their families can't have access to them. all the research shows that strong family ties maintained while someone is reincarcerated leads to successful reentry. that's only going to make the problem worse down the line. >> i'm thinking, ari, why isn't anyone talking about the poor? well, the poor don't vote, but ex-felons being unable to vote is often a policy statement. is that why...

>> when it comes to staff threats, we take them seriously and do everything we can to collect all the information we can. definitely in light of recent events at other institutions -- we always take staff threats seriously. and we're going to act on them. >> 17 news at 5:00. >> two inmates stabbed three tehachapi prison guards in what's being described as a violent attack. following the attack, all state facilities went into immediate lockdown. authorities saying it won't be lifted until they're sure this incident was an isolated one. >> ever since the incident at tehachapi against officers, c...

Just like eliott ness ♪ >> hit that [ bleep ]. >> when it comes to staff threats, we take them seriously and do everything we can to collect all the information we can. definitely in light of recent events at other institutions -- we always take staff threats seriously. and we're going to act on them. >> 17 news at 5:00. >> two inmates stabbed three tehachapi prison guards in what's being described as a violent attack. following the attack, all state facilities went into immediate lockdown. authorities saying it won't be lifted until they're sure this incident was an isolated one. >> ever si...

The control center in one four-story building requires officer barbara joernigan to scale a spiral staircase in order to find out which cells to open and close. >> this is an actual lockdown sheet. the officer on the floor will tell me which cells are empty. that should coincide with what i have got on the board. >> officer joernigan is the only armed correctional officer in the building. >> it's strictly for if they try to take over the control center. if the control center was taken over, they could open up every one of the cells and nobody could stop them from it. >> code this property into...