due to mature subject matter viewer discretion is advised. msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons in a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. lockup: raw. on the ground. >> we'll run it military style, strike. >> before any inmates see the inside of a prison he has most likely seen an inside of a jail. >> i'm sitting in a room if it's light or daylight. >> nothing about jail is for the faint of heart.

for some, jail is the ultimate limbo between freedom and a life behind bars. or even worse. >> i've accepted the fact that potential outcome of trial could be death sentence. >> for better or worse, time in jail changes everyone. >> i'm afraid how long he will be in jail. and that it would change him. i hope it doesn't change his heart. there are distinct differences between america's prisons and jails. prison is for inmates who have been convicted of crimes and now serving sentences. while some jail inmates are also serving sentences, the majority are not convicted but being held awaiting trial for the resolution of the charges for which they were arrested.

>> step on the line. >> there is another difference that made jails a rich source of stories for lockup. >> unlike a prison where most of the population comes from across the state, in jail, most of the offenders come from the local area, they know each other, they reflect the personality of the city itself. and no better example is when we filmed inside suffolk county jail, boston, massachusetts. >> get familiar, don't get it twisted. >> in boston it was like we got to learn the lay of the land because people talk about the different neighborhoods in the area they were from. everyone was proud of their neighborhood, represented once they were inside. kind of stuck to the people that they knew from the neighborhoods inside. >> south boston and east boston.

>> no. >> charlestown. >> east boston. >> how many movies have they made about east boston? >> you know the movie about south boston, the rat, whitey bulgur. >> that is the claim to fame of south boston. >> yes, sir, that is all he's got. >> i'm from chelsea. >> here we go. >> the inmates in boston shared more than neighborhood pride. they also knew how to throw a punch. >> fight, fight. >> every day. we respond to fights every day, sometimes 1-on-1, sometimes multiple detainees are involved. >> got hit with a tray. >> he beat the [ bleep ] out of him. >> he just stomped him. >> on numerous occasions the

lockup production team would be in the middle of an interview when a fight call would come over a deputy's radio. >> however we had him down -- >> we've got to go. we will be right back. right back, got to run. >> must do a lot of running. >> we break the camera off the tripod, audio grabs the boom pole and head off to see what is going on. >> we told the stories behind several of the fights that broke out in boston during our extended stay series. but there were others as well. one, involved two haitian immigrants who known each other outside of jail. [ yelling ] >> one of them was frank jewels. >> what happened, sir?

>> he come to me and fit me, i don't see him face, i don't know who it is, he fight me and he drop me on the floor. he beat, beat me so hard i don't know, i don't see him, i don't know his face, i don't fight him back. >> jewels said he was attacked by surprise and did nothing to provoke the fight. later, captain michael caldwell reviewed the footage and confirmed his account. >> what you notice this gentleman, mr. jean baptiste is coming in view and unprovoked attack on mr. jewels, mr. jewels from our perspective and from the officers observation, never fought back to defend himself, detainee jewels did not see the

attack coming and you can see that mr. jen baptiste manhandles him for quite some time, launching a flying kick there. >> i never do nothing back to you, why do you come to beat me and take me drop me in the floor like that? like someone you try to kill me, why? so why? it was -- my neck i can't move it. and now i feel headache. i feel headache an then keep -- oh. >> while jewels said the attack was unprovoked, jean baptiste told jail officials he was acting on a long held grudge from the streets. >> inmate jean baptiste blamed jewels for his previous incarceration, he blamed everything on inmate jewels. apparently been waiting two years to get his hands on him. they both went to the seg unit. inmate jewels found not guilty,

released put back in population the next day. inmate jean baptiste served 20 days in seg for that fight. >> kind of feel good now, though. >> so it's over. >> yeah. >> it's done. >> it's done. >> what if he retaliates? >> as long as he don't try to get at me, i'm good. >> nearly every fight will have at least two different perspectives. and getting a complete picture of what happened poses a challenge for deputies. >> on the ground. >> an attack in the showers between inmates adidas masters and brad flowers, proved to be no exception. >> two in restraints.

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we'll hear a radio call they usually have distinct signals when a disturbance breaks out and we just go. we don't have any idea how it will play out it could be over by the time we get there, could still be going on, but we have to respond. most of the time we do encounter the responding officers and in that case we just follow in close behind, and let the story unfold. >> during our weeks of shooting

lockup extended stay at sufficient folks county jail we often trailed deputies as they responded to multitude of inmate fights. >> the hand, the hand. >> already down. >> don't move. >> take him in the cell. >> stop running your mouth. >> i didn't even swing. some brain talking. >> this fight between brad flowers and adidas master. occurred in the shower area, out of view of the jail's hundreds of surveillance cameras. >> turn around, put your hands through the trap. >> lieutenant keith maderos one of the first officers on the scene did see something important. >> observed inmate master throwing punches, exchanging punches with inmate flowers during the restraint process, he

dropped a metallic object, an altered nail clipper, which we believe was used as a weapon. >> most inmates will get 10 to 15 days for segregation for fighting. a sanction could be more severe if a weapon was involved. flowers has a thin cut over his left eye. >> nine, please. >> lieutenant maderos will question both men to determine what happened. he starts with master. who says the incident actually didn't start in the shower. but early in the gym. >> he was all over me. >> you had a game with him? brain game? >> um-hmm. >> what happened? >> nothing, he was losing and i got hit. so started swinging, that's it. >> basketball game got rough? disrespecting each other? >> yep. >> so you went back to the other side to handle it? >> um-hmm. >> who was in the shower?

>> just me and him. >> who was in the shower first in. >> he was. >> what about the metal? >> that was from the radio. you can see there is no blood on there, nothing at all. you can check it if you don't believe me. >> he has a cut above his left eye. he said you cut him with the weapon. >> check it out. >> i'm just letting you know. >> um-hmm. >> close nine, please. seven, please. >> lieutenant maderos will hear the other side of the story from flowers. what was that all about? >> argument. >> an argument? yeah. >> where did it start? >> in the gym. >> in the gym? >> um-hmm. >> you had gym this morning. >> yeah. >> you came back to the unit and what? >> i was getting out of the shower, he tried to cut my face. >> did he cut you? >> above my left eye. >> why this is pop off today?

>> this is talk indirect, subliminal [ bleep ], was in the gym, one thing led to another. i guess he snuck me. >> anything happen in the gym? >> argument. >> something happened in the gym? be straight with me you know i'll look at the cameras. >> wasn't no -- >> were you fighting in the gym? >> nothing happened but words. i was saying [ bleep ] to him. >> you had words, i offered to fight hme in the gym. >> one of the hardest parts of the officers job is to get information out of the inmates after a fight or any kind of situation occurs, where disciplinary reports are being written up, it's kind of a rule thumb for inmates not to talk to the staff about anything, really. you don't want to be labelled a snitch, no one wants to be seen

they are working with the cops. >> with neither inmate providing details, the jail gave both men time in the confinement unit. while many inmates in boston settle disputes with their fists, there were other stories to be told there as well. >> when we produced the extended stay series for lockup, our crew will be in a prison or jail up to 50 days in order for us to produce six episodes. they will interview more than 100 inmates and maybe 20 or so will actually make it on the air. and then sometimes we meet an inmate who plays a very small role in somebody else's story. >> during the boston series, we told the story of melissa allen.

and how her struggles with drugs led to a host of problems for her and her family. >> all this right here i used to do all my dirty work. i would walk the street, sell drugs, do all that. couple streets down that is where i live. and they put me in a room i can see everything i did. >> but inside suffolk county, melissa was strieving to improv her life by studying for her ged. that is how we met megan dooley, voluntarily tutoring melissa. >> ten times the number, add a zero. >> yes! >> she doesn't know the multiplication tables, that is one thing i excelled in. i have a job as a bookkeeper, math is one of my better skills, you know?

>> when we asked megan why she wanted to help me lisa, she said her father, he influenced her to help people, she was able to do that in jail. >> sober for 18 months when he died, i used to watch him at meetings and stuff and young guys would come in wanting to go to detox, my father would be the person to say i'll give you a ride, not even knowing them just to help them out, he said if you can't help somebody, don't hurt them and treat people how you want to be treated. that is one thing ma my father instilled in me before he passed away. >> what is that? >> i don't know what it is. i have no idea. >> like her father, megan struggle with her addictions. her use of heroin led to several jail stays, a minor conviction from sex for a fee to disturbing the peace. but this time the stakes were more serious. she was awaiting trial on five drug possession charges as well

as being codefendant on an armed robbery charge, she had pled not guilty to all six charges. >> i even know what i'm looking at right now. >> megan was due in court the next day and was doing everything possible to not tempt fate. in the process we learned something about jail house superstitions. >> i won't start a new book if i know i'm going to court or getting out, without having enough time to finish it because i feel like if i leave a book in fished, i'll come back. i don't write my name in the jail because if you write your name in the jail you'll come back. just different things. if an officer drops keys in front of you you're going home. last time i went to the review the officer dropped keys, but i didn't go home so i guess that doesn't work. anything that i was wearing when

i got arrested i throw away and don't wear again. >> as it turned out megan played her cards correctly. the next day in court, her armed robbery charge was lowered to a less serious, larceny charge. and even though she was found guilty of that, and the drug possession charges, she was released based on the time she had spent in jail whether any officers dropped hair keys in front of her, we never found out. coming up. no gang affiliations? >> no. >> never have? >> absolutely not. >> sorting out the new inmates, in orange county jail. >> have you ever tried to hurt yourself before? >> absolutely not. >> are you thinking of hurting yourself right now? >> no, ma'am. plip plip with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast speeds. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner.

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>> lockup field team encounters unexpected situations on a regular basis. >> you think i'm stupid? >> from vicious attacks. >> i got a knife. >> don't step in the blood.

>> to heartbreaking visits. >> my daddy is in there. >> live behind bars can be an emotional roller coaster. but when we shoot inside county jails, that we get a look at where the ride begins. >> get off me. >> relax. >> chill out. >> virtually every inmate's first incarceration is at a jail as opposed a prison. the booking department is where the reality of being a number rather than a name sinks in. >> you go in, right side is two lines. >> stop talking. slide your pants above your knees. let me see your stomach. put it down. >> we encountered robert corley being booked in the orange county jail in southern california. >> okay. get dressed again put your stuff back on. >> corley brought in after failing to complete community

service for a prior conviction of disturbing the peace. a result of a bar fight. since his community service was in liue of a five day jail sentence, this will be his first full night of incarceration. >> little nervous, never done it before. don't know what to expect. just trying to keep on myself, keep peace, not get in arguments, not trying to fight with anybody. i want to do my time and that's it. >> it seems like you're getting a little emotional. >> yeah. >> his every step is controlled by jail deputies. >> put your back against the wall for me. look up here at the camera, take your picture next. these papers are yours to keep. walk on the right to the line. stop on the red x in front of number eight. >> the booking process examines his emotional well-being. >> have you ever tried to hurt

yourself before? >> absolutely not. >> are you thinking of hurting yourself right now? >> no, ma'am. >> as well as physical well-being. >> they have an x-ray to check for tuberculosis. >> after that, they go through live scan machine, fingerprinting. >> we're taking electronic fingerprints. that goes in a national database system. it allows to us positively identify the individual. and after that step, they get classified with the classification deputies to determine what type of level inmate they are. >> no gang affiliations of any kind? >> never have? >> absolutely not. i go to church. if that counts. >> are you a homosexual or straight? >> straight. >> tattoos? >> yes, sir. >> what do you got, take your shirt off. >> the jail also documents tattoos for identification purposes. and to determine if the inmate might have gang affiliations. >> what that is a heart? >> yeah. says spring on it. >> not done yet in.

>> no. >> what is up with the six shooter, are you a cowboy? >> i was born in missouri. >> that is what it's for? >> yes, sir i'm in old western. >> nothing else? >> a girl's face on the back of my right leg. >> golly, just keeps coming. right calf. >> on my lip i have my initials. >> damm. rc. what is that in the middle? >> it was supposed to say robby but didn't come out right. were you drunk or what? >> no. >> you did that sober? >> yes, sir. >> all right. let me see your left hand. this is the last time i'll see you, right in. >> yes, sir. >> his tattoos are determined to be not gang affiliated cleared for less restrictive general population housing unit. >> all right, man, there you go. >> thank you, sir. >> id, pick up.

but first, he will experience one more sobering step, exchanges street clothes for jail scrubs and plastic sandals. >> it's sad. really sad. it sucks. it's basically taking away your freedom, that's what it's like. >> stop, face the glass. go inside there. >> corley will wait in a holding cell until the housing assignment is finalized. while his booking process was routine, many others are emotionally overwhelmed on the first day in jail. zplchbl >> i'm in the orange county jail i'm in a room with no windows or nothing. e with diabetes.

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president obama says the u.s. and allies will look for every tool available to stop the syrian government from killing civilians. he also said the international community cannot afford to be bystanders and it's time for the assad regime to go. more than 14 children were killed, 27 wounded have been evacuated from the hardest hit areas. two wounded journalists asked for help to leave. i'm ve a due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. you got to tell me where to go. >> you've never been to jail before? >> no, i haven't. >> i believe that one. >> nearly every inmate who has done time in state prison has first been in a county jail. it's a terrifying experience especially for first time offenders. during intake when you have hundreds of inmates coming

through you can have a murderer next to a guy in for shoplifting. on the first day of filming extended stay in orange county jail in california we covered the trauma of a young man's first day in jail. >> i'm in the orange county jail. i'm like i'm in a room with no windows, no nothing, i don't know what is going on, i don't know. >> when we met 20-year-old richard ruiz, he had already completed the booking process. had his first court arraignment and the first call home. >> i'm just sitting in a room i don't know if it's light or daylight. i lose track of time. i get woken up by the slamming doors like i don't know what is going on in here. i skip all meals, because i don't want to eat. >> ruiz arrested 48 hours

earlier for the first time in his life, charged with attempting to sell narcotics, he hoped his father was willing to help him out. it's 25% of $25,000 bail. >> thank you, dad. all right. yep. i love you. bye. >> he doesn't deserve a phone call from here. but it's all my fault i'm here, no one's fault by myself. >> there is a term that people use called a fish. and basically if you're a new booking and never been in jail before, it's like you can imagine when you take a fish out of water they are very disoriented, lost, they don't know what is going on, luckily they don't flop around.

>> honestly was probably $80 worth of pills in my car and it's not worth this. >> what are you thinking about? >> there is so much more than this. just to know that you're stuck somewhere and you have no clue what is going on. and 10 foot by 10 foot room and no one knows if it's dark or light outside. it's nothing to look forward to. >> not only is he a new booking, no criminal experience, he hasn't been here before, and then he has been removed from general population, he can't communicate with anybody, he's scared. >> ruiz segregated due to the jewelry implants in his face. >> called dermal implants, they get a needle, make a pocket in

your face, push around to make it hollow and put a plate in the slit. >> because the piercings according to him are irreleva irremovable, we don't know they could contain contraband, could be used as a weapon, could be against himself, against staff or fellow inmates. >> i have another one on the back of my neck, called a surface staple, as you can see a bar through my neck and two flat head screwdriver parts to it. >> basically for mr. ruiz, this could have been a good thing for him being isolated because he won't be exposed to general population setting. he won't be exposed to gang politics, he won't be exposed to inmate pressures. so for mr. ruiz it might have been a saving grace that he had piercings sand he was removed to general populations.

>> as you may know by now i'm at orange county jail. >> hours before he would answer to the judge, ruiz used his time in isolation to write a letter to his girlfriend who he had not po spoken to since his arrest. >> i couldn't pick you up from work i hope you're there when i get out. the only thing i can dream or think about is all the right things i'm going to do when i get out. this is too hard for me right now, to be continued. >> okay, back in session, back on the record on case number 10 sf 0604, people versus richard edward ruiz. is richard edward ruiz your true name? >> yes. >> the following day at the preliminary court hearing, he was charged with felony possession of narcotics. which could carry a lengthy sentence behind bars.

he entered a plea of not guilty had one supporter at the hearing, his girlfriend, samantha dunn who spoke to us afterwards. >> tell me how you found out that your boyfriend was in jail. >> he was supposed to pick me up from work one day, and after work i was waiting outside and an hour had pass and he wasn't there and i knew something was wrong. so when i got home, i found out on the internet that he was arrested. >> what are your biggest fears for him right now? >> i'm just afraid that he's in isolation, just completely scared and lonely and doesn't know what is going to happen and on top of that i'm afraid how long he will be in jail, that is my biggest fear so far. that it would change him. in my way. i hope it doesn't change his heart. >> i didn't know my girlfriend

would be in the courtroom. i didn't want to hurt myself i hurt people close and just know they are still supportive, it hurts. >> the couple would soon be r reunited after he was released. he pled guilty later, sentenced to three years of probation. >> do you understand that, is that okay with you? >> yes. >> but the memory of his first experience in jail, will likely last a life time. >> everybody learns the hard way. this is my first time learning. coming up. >> i think the fact potential outcome of trial could be death sentence. >> we encounter an iraq war veteran accused of murder. inside phoenix's mar i co pa county jail.

a key difference between shooting in jail and prison is that in prison, inmates know their fate. >> i'm getting out the real low down for real. >> they have pled or found guilty and with few exceptions, they know their sentences won't change. >> keep your hands on the fence. [ dog barking ] >> in jail most of the inmates are awaiting trial. their futures are are in the hands of lawyers, judges and juries. such was the case with clark fish, who we met at maricopa county jail awaiting trial for murder. >> as a producer it's challenging to find the ka characters and important stories with 9,000 inmates.

you're looking for reasons to talk to people or things that might potentially be interesting. in the case of clark fish, i came across him in a very, very unique way. i was walking past his cell, and i saw how his socks were folded, they were rolled up in a ball with smiles. as a veteran i knew that is how you folded were trained to fold your socks in the military. i said were you in the service? and he goes, yeah, i was in the army. >> i joined the army straight out of high school, it was a conviction of mine as a family a lot of males have been part of the service. and so i felt it was my obligation, and i enlists as a health care specialist, i had though idea what it meant to be a health care specialist, i wanted to do something medical and work with a hospital and doctors, they told me i would be doing that. reality i wasn't a health care

specialist but a pretty name for combat medic. >> one of the challenges getting inmates to share intimate details of their lives and sometimes their crimes. i think in clark's case the fact i was a veteran and he was a veteran created a bond between us and he felt comfortable talking to me. >> fish went on to discuss the fear he felt when he was deployed to iraq. not long after joining the army. >> i didn't want to go because i didn't want to die i was afraid to die, but also i felt like i had been jilted with the whole health care specialist sounded real pretty. >> prior to his deployment, fish requested a discharge and was denied. so he went awol. he was caught and did time in a military jail. >> while in jail, this doesn't become me or my family to be sitting here in jail, too afraid to go to iraq, my dad was in viet nam, i can do this, too.

i decided i'll do it. that was my second chance. they sent me to iraq. >> in iraq, fish was assigned to an air force base hospital, where wounded soldiers arrived daily. >> only thing i remember is the first guy i treated, he's dead now, he was a marine, he came in, and his arm was damaged, was totally wrapped up. they are sticking needles and doing procedures on him i'm helping the nurses as much as i can, they said if you want to do something, hold his hand, this is going to hurt him. the last thing i remember doing is holding his hand for him and he -- in the throes of his pain, he gripped my hand. he was alive enough to feel the extreme amount of pain but he wasn't able to scream. he died on the way to germany. >> after his tour ended, fish

returned to the united states. during a random military drug test he came up positive for mare want in and was released with an other than honorable discharge. soon after, fish says he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder. >> they put me on medications, you start smelling things i used to smell over there, and start seeing things, things you hear an alarm and something in your mind puts you in panic mode like you were over there. >> after his discharge, fish moved back home appeared got a job at a vet i near clinic. he began to date one of the doctors. >> part of the reason that clark was believable, he seemed to be candid about some of the less flattering aspects of his relationship. he admitted he was in an abusive relationship, he admitted that he had hit her many times. >> but authorities say one night, the abuse led to murder.

fish admits he and his girlfriend had been fighting. he says everything calmed down by the time they went to bed. >> i remember putting my head on the pillow, woke up in the same position, i said beth, we got do get up, and i shook her hand and when i shook her hand, her hand was as stiff and rigid with rigor mortis, and cold and had a waxy feeling. i called my dad, my dad called the police. when the police came i told them the truth, everything i knew. >> cause of death was ruled asphyxiation due to strangulation and fish was arrested. >> i accepted the fact that potential outcome of trial is a guilty verdict, from the jury, and also along with that verdict, could be a death sentence. >> fish stood trial several weeks after we left maricopa.

>> when you meet clark he's a likeable guy, intelligent, affable, everybody likes clark, you want to believe his version, you want to believe his narrative. but in the end, a jury of 12 reasonable people found that he was guilty of murdering his girlfriend. >> several months after our shoot at maricopa, fish received his sentence. th though he was eligible for the death penalty, he was given live without parole. he is now in the arizona state ri son system. ri son system. >> stop talking. close that new york mouth for a minute. >> we meet a no-nonsense sergeant who makes a big impression on jail inmates in tampa, florida. >> you give my deputy a hard time? we are going to run it military style straight. 't you... shhh. i'm researching a role.

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over the years, we've met a number of memorable men and women who work in the nation's prisons and jails. >> don't look for sympathy. check yourself. knock this off. >> those who stand out the most usually do so because of their straightforward dealings with inmates. >> if you ever going to make it, you're going do have to learn to swallow your pride, learn to take a back seat sometimes, if you're going to make it you have to learn that. >> long time viewers will recognize warden grant culliver as one of the memorable personalities. he took a person interest, but wasn't hesitant to unleash.

>> you're telling me that you're good people. >> crazy as held if you would shut [ bleep ] up, quit acting like a [ bleep ] child. the warden was promoted as a commissioner to the alabama department of corrections. when we went to florida, sarah herman was cast from the same mold. >> you will tearing up the property, you're never coming out. >> stop talking. you don't tell her what to do. >> close that new york mouth for a minute. jackson don't waste my time. >> enough to find out how long you been here, okay? don't under estimate ms. herman.

>> known for being tough and compass national. >> have you been drienging any water, get the cup and drink water for me, okay? sometimes when you're sick like that and not hydrated it messes with your mind. >> when sergeant her man would walk in a unit, it was if a sergeant in the army or something was walking in a barracks. people really, they understood that she was coming in, she meant business. >> in this pod, cease from this moment forward unless you want to be on 72 hour lock, that means nothing coming or going. visitation, phone calls, shut down. you give my deputy a hard time, we are are going to run it military style straight. >> after serving four years in the army, sergeant herman had a career as a media marketing executive. after 9-11, she came to work for the sheriff's office in a quest to find more meaning in her life. >> know this, know it good, okay?

i do not play. >> she says she found it working with inmates. >> if you could touch one with an encouraging word, that maybes all the difference. these are our neighbors, this is my community, i live here, a lot of them do see me out at walmart or the mall, appeared the first thing they want to do is come up and give you a hug and say that thing you did, that is what kind of is the reward. that what is you see when you say okay, this isn't working or this is just a job, no it's more than a job. >> stand by your door. >> i'm not here to judge them. that is something i do not do. i try to think positive and display that type of attitude with them as well because a lot of them, they did not come from a world where they had people speaking positive for them. >> come in here. >> sergeant her man was meeting with sonya quevas, whose drug use brought her back to jail on

her third parole violation. >> tell me something, what is going to keep you other than your kids, from not come hearing again? >> my plan is to actually complete my ged and find a job to keep myself busy. >> each day you have to choose and decide what is sonya going to do today. if it doesn't feel right, you know it's wrong, leave. run. that was my word for you today i'm happy you have your mind set on doing the right thing. >> yes, i thank you and appreciate it. >> no problem. >> thanks. >> you're welcome. >> when we were filming the exchange, i couldn't help but think that sergeant her man was getting through to her. but as soon as she left, the other side of sonya emerged. >> make sure you don't come back in here anymore. >> yes, ma'am. thank you. >> as we were placing her back

in her pod, she was doing it for show, for the other inmates, but her comment as i closed the door she said "i'm going home i'm going to smoke a blunt" makes me very upset and she knows i heard her and snowes that i will probably say something to her a little later, was that just a show or are you just serious. we'll have to see. you just never know what is going to happen and judging by her history the odds are stacked against her. >> raise your right hand. swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. >> sergeant herman's assessment proved accurate. after hearing of the third parole violation the judge in her case had enough. sent her to state prison in order to complete her six year sentence. while change might not have come soon enough for her, a significant change came for sergeant her man. she took a five week leave during the course of our shoot. explain idea when she returned.

>> i opted to do lap band surgery, i took a leave of absence to get that implanted and done and come back to work. i may be talking the talk but i'm overweight and not walking the walk. that is not right. i'm a field training officer, how am i going to look for new people coming in the door, fit and healthy and outrun me and i'm the one in charge. i think that is a little backwards. miss me? hhm? we discovered sergeant her man had not lost a step when it came to her no-nonsense attitude. >> you are qualifying every freaking thing with an excuse which means you're not owning it. accept it for what it is until you change it. you have to change it. you.