the drug smuggling scheme is uncovered in the mail room. the suspect is identified. >> i look guilty there but if you look deeper into my background, you'll see i don't have a reason for it. >> but will his claims of innocence hold up? >> located just across the hudson freestyle america's largest city, hackensack, new jersey, one of its oldest. while some consider is a suburb of new york city, hackensack has its own character, and faces its own challenges.

you can find examples just outside downtown. at the bergen county jail. >> cleared. >> while some of the men and women incarcerated here have been convicted, most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. >> william bernard, might disagree with the country club description, except for a brief stay for driving with a suspended license, this is his first extended stay in jail. bernard says his four months here have cost him panic attacks and worsened his stuttering. >> like i would stutter sometimes when the anxiety level would get real high on the outside, but nothing like on a daily basis to where the guys on the unit would be making fun of me because that's -- the way i'm talking every day.

i guess some people look at you and don't like you for some reason, they just target in on you, and a lot of them have been in there for ten months, 12 months, so they're already settled in. and i'm basically new. >> bernard is charged with threatening to kill and unlawful use of a firearm. for allegedly holing a bb gun pistol to his father's head. during the course of his arrest, he picked up additional charged of resisting and assault on police officers. he has pled not guilty to all and is awaiting trial. >> if i really think about the future, it really -- being contained and not being able to see my family and just be way overwhelming. >> adding to bernard's stress is the fact he is housed in a maximum security unit. he says spends most of his time in the cell and trusts no one,

not even the inmate worker who used to cut his hair. >> my barber stabbed something 27 times. then he bailed out and got into a firefight with police officers and shot seven times. the one before, he kid kidnapped somebody at gunpoint. doing drugs and robberies. you don't know who you're sleeping with. >> one of the times bernard does leave his cell is to perform his duty as a maintenance worker but says even that led to trouble when another inmate got angry when bernard threwway the lid to his soup bowl. >> he smacked me and it was all over the floor. >> because of his fear of being a snitch bernard says he does not report his harassment to staff and says it was another set of problems in the free world that put him in this predicament.

>> after my ex had left me, she had my daughter, we -- the house was wiped out, and then we started -- the house was getting fixed, move back in, and six weeks later sandy came. it was like a one-two punch. and then i started drinking, and pretty heavy. i won't deny it. >> on the night of his arrest, bernard says his father accused him of stealing his keys and wallet. when bernard denied doing so he says a heated argument ensued. >> he basically said that i put a gun to his head and that i was going to kill him, which wasn't true. and when they came to arrest me, i was on the second floor of my home, and when they tried to take me down to handcuff me, the three officers wound up throwing my down the flight of stairs by accident, and i split my head open and i broke my two ribs. >> according to the arresting

officer's report, bernard was belligerent and began fighting with three officers as they ascended the staircase. they said bernard attempted to jump down the stairs and landed face first before sliding down to the landing. now bernard fears that if his case goes to trial, his father will testify against him. >> just unbelievable -- unbelievably heartbroken and overwhelmed i was actually put into a situation with my father, because i love my father. i'm very family oriented. it's just absolutely heartbreaking. >> while alcohol could have role in bernard's trouble, jail staff has seen another drug leading to arrests, heroin. >> one of the key components to heroin is the opiate pills that normally prescribed for pain are being abused by kids, who eventually turn over to heroin

because it costs less money on the street. >> addiction also drives some inmates to feed their habits in jail. >> not that it happens often but there are occasions when the mail will be used to bring contrabands into the facility, and inmates become very engenius and get relatives to try to mail them contraband and drugs. >> he was on mailroom duty when he came across a suspicious birthday card. the card was turned over to one of the jail's investigators. officer. >> two cards together with four bags of heroin taped inside. it was addressed to -- >> the recipient of the card, was immediately removed from his housing unit and confined to a single person segregation cell. >> no dealings with him at all in the facility. very quiet inmate. seemed to be very respectful,

but the way heroin takes over your body, it can change anybody. >> he admits that prior to his arrest for aggravated assault to which he has pled not guilty, he completed a drug rehabilitation program. he says he knows nothing about the heroin-laced card. >> i didn't have anything to do with it. i've been clean 17 months now. i never lived before until i was sober. sober life is the best life. >> i feel that someone, maybe my -- 12 to 13 days, maybe using my name so they didn't have to worry themselves about it. i'm facing too much to even risk something like that. that's another five years, and i'm looking -- my max is ten

years on my charges i have. >> there may be criminal charges filed against to the inmate. more than likely not because of the small amount that was coming in. and being that the return address was phony, there's no way to determine who actually sent it in. >> but pataglia does nose know that yet. >> if they find be guilty,'ll be upset. >> instead of criminal charges he and his cell mate, who god remain anonymous, will each be investigated and receive disciplinary hearings. >> i'm just going to tell the truth. the first place i would look is the bunk. >> coming up. >> when you move into the cell with bataglia were you aware of him doing this? >> his bunky speaks out. and william bernard is the subject of a jailhouse rumor.

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inside hackensack, new jersey's, bergen county jail, the officer recently discovered strips of heroin con sealed inside a greeting card mailed no inmate nick battaglia. >> can cause a potential problem because you have 800 other inmates you're dealing with here, and you need somebody to be sane, and the drug is going to obviously incapacitate somebody and make them not act appropriately. >> battaglia denies any knowledge of the card and has told staff he suspects his cellmate might have been behind the scheme. jail officials have conducted an investigation and decided not to pursue criminal charges but

conducting internal disciplinary hearings, starting with battaglia's cellmate. >> there was a birthday card sent to the facility through the mail. the card was tampered with. there was actually four bags of heroin in between the two birthday cards. the birthday card a had the are number their e number of your roommate. >> i have no involvement at all with that. i can see me having being in the cell. >> are you aware of him doing this? >> i was not aware of anything like this. >> so, no involvement with this at all. >> at all. >> you could check back out, come see you in a few moments and let you know my decision. >> now the panel will hear from nick battaglia. >> a birth day card that had four bags of white powdered substance, possibly heroin. now is your chance to make a statement here. >> my name was on the card so

obviously i'm a prime suspect. i'm not saying i'm not. i look guilty there, but if you look deeper into my background, you'll see i don't have a reason for it. i have 17 months clean. er in once had a dirty piss for alcohol or any kinds of substances. i get money in my account regularly so i don't need to sell the drugs. >> i want to know why your e number would be on the envelope. >> i didn't give them permission. >> give who permission. >> my roommate. i didn't give him permission to send anything -- i don't know. >> you're aware he was getting things -- it sent to him but you didn't give him permission to use your e number. >> i assumed that he had something to do with -- >> why do you feel that way. >> because he knew it was my birthday. he was in my room. he had access to my mail. if it was anybody it would be him. nobody would be stupid enough to go in my room when i'm not

there, anybody other than my roommate. >> you don't know for sure -- >> i don't -- i can't be 100%. if i would have known it was coming in my name before hand i would have said something. >> there's really no way i can get around it. hat my name on it. the only thing i have working for me is my background. hopefully that will be enough. >> while he is hopeful, there's a lot about the extent of the investigation he doesn't know. >> during the course of the investigate it was proven that inmate battaglia and kris cell mate were in cahoots in attempting to get the heroin in. >> that's call may be monitored or recorded. >> the jail says it has phone recordings of battaglia and his cell mate setting up the scheme. >> some information was developed through the use of the phone system to conclusively determine that he said two gentlemen were trying to bring

in heroin into the facility, utilizing the mail and the mail system into the jail. >> we'll call battaglia back in, we'll let him know that we have concrete proof that he is involved in this, and if he is willing to tell us how much involvement he had, if he can let us know, he'll get less time. if he just denies and it says he doesn't know, he'll get the maximum. >> according to disciplinary guidelines, the panel could put battaglia in segregation for up to 15 days. >> i just want to let you know that we have concrete evidence that your roommate was setting this up and you were involved. i want to explain to you, you can either tell me how far you were involved with this, which will make a difference of how many days you're in the interlock, or sit here and continue to say you had nothing to do with and it we'll give you the maximum. i know you were involved.

it's just a matter of how much you were involved. if your being doing it to help him out or whatever, you need to tell me. >> i didn't know exactly what the contents were. he asked me. i'm like, don't get me [bleep] jammed up. he said i can user name? i'm like, yeah. and then he asked me, when he was on the phone he asked me, what is your e number, your last name. >> a strange guy you just met in jail, permission to use your name and your e number on something you didn't know what he was getting? you didn't know he was bringing in drugs or you didn't know what drugs or tobacco. you had to have known his purpose. i can't -- go right ahead. >> i knew it wasn't right. i didn't think it was drugs, actually. i didn't -- i thought maybe contacting his victim and didn't want to use -- going out under his name. i didn't think he would be stupid enough to try to get drugs in here. >> you know mask sanction for each charge is 15 days.

so being that you cooperated somewhat, we're going to give you ten days in lock, okay? you can go. >> all right. i felt like just cooperating. i don't know. just seemed like the better thing to do at the time. i'm done with my bunky. we can't sort anymore. -- we can't associate anymore. >> while ball tag leah's relationship inside the jail might have landed him in segregation, william bernard's have resulted in violence. he was recently assaulted in his housing unit. >> an inmate assaulted bernard as he walked up the stairs. they got him at the first couple of stairs. bernard was on the ground, out of it. >> once it was called out, we were probably inside less than a minute after the fight was called out. bernard was laying -- sitting on the ground, looked dazed. once the officers saw it they both ran away.

they ran to his cell. >> a little chaotic, for the most part i tried to be nonconfrontational as much as possible. not what i prefer but unfortunately i'm put into a situation that there's really not too much i can do. >> from what i understand, sammy rivera and blanco believed that bernard was working with some sort of police agency. >> thought he was snatching. they decided to assault him. >> both the inmates who attacked bernard were place neddies plenary segregation. one of them, rafael rivera, said bernard, who is nickname was whitey, had it coming. >> have no friends. he a [bleep] snitch. working for the police, because he working for the police, going to get [bleep] up. very sure that [bleep] bernard

and people don't play no game. going to get it. going to his room, say go into your room. he go into the room. >> bernard denies being a snitch. he says frequent visits to the medical unit because of his anxiety and panic attacks, have caused some inmates to suspect he has been reporting elicit activities. >> i don't want to have that label follow me because a lot of these gangs and stuff, they're interconnected so word travels. >> coming up -- >> rumors going around about the boxing, which is a synthetic type of heroin, sent into the jail. >> staff must contend with yet another drug. but now, they have a new source of intel. >> one hand washing the other. >> got a new car. >> what did they get?

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county jail. staff have now been raritied to the presence of another drug. >> there's been rumors going around about the boxing, a synthetic type of heroin sent into the jail. i'm going to talk to inmate battaglia and see if he knows anything about it. >> nick battaglia has spent the last seven days in disciplinary segregation after being caught smuggling a small amount of heroin into the jail. >> what's up, man? >> what happened? >> did you know about it? >> i didn't know the content. i never did heroin. >> never did heroin? >> no. >> what about box? >> i was there for a while.

>> ten days. what are you worried about. >> very elaborate. >> one hand washes the other. >> battaglia says strips of sub oxone blood to letters and sent to jail inmates and then covered up with a strip of paper. >> check the page. >> glued perfect. >> how much is coming in? >> eight a week. >> strips? >> what does that go for? 50 a pop? i'm shocked. never expected him to admit he knew about it, but i was more

taken back by the fact that he actually could be providing helpful information about the sub oxone coming into the jail, and hopefully we can follow some leads and prevent it from coming in, and he said once a week. >> once a week. >> at 50 a pop. >> 50 a pop. >> so making $350 profit over the course of 26 weeks that we know of. so you're looking at $9,100 total profit, tax free. >> wow. >> if that person was in fact getting in as much suboxone has he told me, that's a significant amount and it can be dangerous to the facility so that's something we track. >> the officer then presses battaglia to identify the inmate behind the suboxone smuggling. >> give me a hint. >> only points to a nickname written on the wall without

revealing the actual name of the inmate. >> the big one? >> mentioned, a smooth mover. he is a jailer. he did a significant amount of time in new york state prison system before he came here. so, you know, somebody to keep a watchful eye on. >> i don't see a problem with that. >> one request was to go back to a certain unit. i can grant that request. he helps me, help him. >> do him a favor, he wants to return the favor and tell me what is going on. one hand washes the other. >> coming up... >> suspicious of a package or something coming in that would be suspect, bring to the attention of your supervisor.

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life inside the bergen county jail has been tough enough for william bernard. he says fights and harassment by other inmates has caused his constituter to worsen and to start panic attacks. he believes frequent visits to medical for anxiety treatments have led some inmates to believe he is an informant. now charged with threatening to kill his father and assaulting the police officers that came to arrest him, he is consumed by thoughts of spending up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. >> i am just afraid my father would understand and wouldn't testify against me. that would be really strong point in a case especially with a jury, and just that thought alone, that i can get a ridiculous amount of time for something i didn't do, really, really just throws me almost

completely over, over, over the edge. >> bernard's arrived stems from an argument with his father over his father's missing keys and wallet. and now, william bernard, sr. has come to visit his son. >> we were best friends. we would fish and camp together, did all the repairs on the house together. so we got along other than the alcohol. i really destroyed things -- that really destroyed things. >> got an alcohol problem and needs to address it, and obviously in here, there's no alcohol. let's just hope he makes the best of it while he is in. he gets himself sober and gets a good base in his sobriety while he is in. >> how are you doing? >> not, not, not bad. i just wanted to find out from your point of view, like, i read your statement, and i was kind

of -- shock and awe as to what was written in that statement that you had made that night. >> i don't know how the keys that were taken out of my bush jacket pocket actually were between your mattresses. >> yeah, well, i don't know how it would go from one extreme to have me for, for, for, the purpose of the gun, just put it to your head and say i was going to kill you, it came down to your statement the sole reason why aim, i'm, about to spend, spend time in prison. >> you had an illegal weapon and you were on probation. as ridiculous as it may sound the bb gun they consider a weapon. >> they told me it was a weapon that was used unlawfully. i checked the law. putting it to your head. >> put it to your own head, too. >> you remember that night

coming into my room, sitting on the couch next to me, watching a movie. how much did, did you drink before you came home? >> i dent know. maybe two or three beers. it was 10:00 when i came home. >> so, between 6:30 and 10-10 -- you only had two or three drinks. that's -- >> maybe three or four. >> have, have, have you seen my actual photo? who black eyes, blood everywhere. >> you shouldn't have resisted arrest. >> i didn't resist arrest. >> why did they have to go in with their guns drawn. >> because you said -- >> shouldn't have walked downstairs. >> you should not have told the cops i was threatening to kill you. they could have shot and killed me. >> they could have. >> yes. >> you know the truth.

>> there's nothing i can do to change it. >> i love you, dad. i would never do that to you. you know that. >> i love you, too, son, but i didn't say any untruths. >> that report just walked you through and it told you, told you exactly what to write, and told you to, sign, sign, on x, right? >> yeah. basically, yeah. that's usually the way that statement thing goes. i told your lawyer i wouldn't testify to any of it in a courtroom, so good luck with it. >> his father won't testify, might be a relief to bernard but doesn't mean his charges will be dropped. it might, however, help facilitate a plea deal for a lighter sentence. >> a lot of stress in here. to be dealing with this. with this case, and, and, and, the people in here, and steal from you, guys start punching me for in reason.

slapped me in the face yesterday, throw me down and i can't fight. you have no idea what i have to deal with. none whatsoever. >> probably don't. never been in prison before. >> shake, shake -- >> i don't know why you're stuttering and shaking now anyway. you never did that on the outside. i'd be other little worried about it if i was in there, too. >> i'm just getting to the point so angry -- jurick it's a tough situation. a winner there. hopefully when you're done with your time, you'll have a is in quiet place to recuperate. that's about all i can say other than to keep coming to see you and keep writing to you. just got to learn to accept it. get over it. get past it. i'll see you next week, all right?

>> all right. i love you. >> tough, tough. just to talk to my father and, and, and, just how, how, how differently he sees everything. just like i felt yesterday, just like slapped in the face. >> real good kid when he doesn't drink. or when he doesn't drink a lot. so, takes time. that all. it will take time. >> alcohol or drugs have played a role in the majority of convictions out of bergen county. recently, staff has uncovered evidence that heroin and synthetic drug called suboxone have been smuggled into inmates through the mail. >> able to put the strips into

the gluon the-1/2. it's hard to detect. >> if you're suspicious about a package coming in, bring it to the attention of your supervisor. >> where we release information to the staff prior to change of shift so anything that is important or imperative they need to know prior to taking over their posts, we'll try to share that with them here. >> be conscious and it's out there and could definitely impact how your post operates. okay? >> i knew people that brought it in. i knew people that sold it. i knew everybody. >> nick battaglia was recently sent to segregation after officers intercepted a heroin-laced birthday card addressed to him. battaglia then told the staff hour suboxone gets into the jail, and opinioning to an inmate's name. now he says he has taken part of

the dealing as well. >> i could support myself. i made a little bit of money, but i also took it regularly. >> so you -- the person on the back? >> not at all. we don't have a good history at all. >> why? >> um, just don't. >> i'm going to assume something. you're bringing it and selling it and they're bringing and it selling it, is that a conflict? >> yeah. >> competition, perhaps? >> yeah. >> coming up... >> going through and it then i riped off the sale and we found four tabs on the seal. >> another inmate on the hot seat. >> what are you thinking?

>> i hope not. >> you want to sit' my chair and i'll sit there? you can ask me the questions. >> and nick battaglia is back in general population, but with a plan. >> i look to easy prey. little white boys, an easy target, easy money. and a friend. >> made a cake for nick. some time?

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behind the walls of the bergen county jail, inmate mail has always undergone scrutiny, but after staff recently discovered heroin inside another drug and learned another drug,

suboxone, is also been smuggled in and are put on the alert. >> if you have suspicion of a package, bring it to the attention of your supervisor. >> 24 hours later officer broski scored. >> they described how suboxone was coming in, licking it and putting it on the paper, on the steel and under the stampedes, and i was checking the mail and thin ripped off the seal and we found four tabs right on the seal. >> the letter was addressed to inmate jerry nunez who has now been called down to speak with ininvestigators. nunez denies any knowledge of the letter or the person who sent it to him. >> i don't know who this -- set me up. >> that seems to be the case. we have mail. there's suboxone attached to it.

a birthday card addressed to you. put yourself in our shoes. what's two and two? you know why i'm asking you questions. do you look guilty in our eyes? >> i hope not. >> you want to sit in micher and i'll sit there? sit there. you asking me the questions. >> see some guys, man. >> wish i could help you guys. >> wouldn't be helping me. i don't need your help. help yourself. >> they gave it to me in here. >> you know what it is. >> yeah. >> well aware. >> i'm in the joint. sell it to anybody. >> in the jail setting how do they get high? >> i know you now. didn't get me high. just [bleep]

>> what were you doing on the street that caused you to be on suboxone. >> glue, sniffing, 13 glues a day. >> you're a good guy. i can see it. >> sure. yeah. >> spread the word for that? >> spread like wildfire. >> investigators later cleared nunez from having anything to do with the suboxone mailed to him they concluded he was most lick victimized by another inmate who would eventually steel -- steal the letter from him. >> all right, pack your stuff. >> but nick battaglia says he knows full well about the elicit suboxone trade in the jail. >> had the suboxone brought in so i could support myself. i made a little bit of money, but i also took it regularly. >> battaglia was recently moved from disciplinary segregation to

the maximum security general population unit. he says he is done trying to bring drugs into jail. >> suboxone was just fun while it lasted. all good things come to an end. >> battaglia says now he'll fall back on another technique he used in the past to make life more comfortable. >> i just look for easy prey. little white boys. an easy target. it's easy money. >> you got one? >> you're going to get robbed. black boys are going to run on you. it's going to happen. you can come deal with me or just get everything taken. so i wouldn't call it extortion. i call it maybe protection? just looking out. give me a bag of coffee. you know, two packs of peanut butter cookies. do this, do that. clean my room.

>> made a cake for nick for his birthday and i just gave him one of his favorite pictures. >> william bernard, known as whitey, says battaglia is one of his few friends on the unit. >> me and whitey, we're nit. friendly. he's good people. he's white, so i like him. i mean, i'm not racist, but just have my set ways. >> bernard says he's growing more confident these days. along with his new mohawk, he's learned new ways to get by. like trading commissary items. >> everything's for sale. everything. everything has a price. even these little packets of sugar. get ten of these, it's worth $1. three of the oatmeals are worth two soups. >> i give you a hit for that one. i would give you a haircut for free. >> i just got my haircut. my hair looks good. >> i woke up one morning and i didn't want to get out of bed. i was just depressed.

just wanted, like, some type of change, i know, because like you're in here and you don't have any control over anything. and i -- basically the only control i have is my hairstyle. and so i wanted the haircut. >> coming up -- >> i'm feeding you and you're providing a service for me. you help me. you clean my room, heat up my water in the morning, wash my dishes after i eat. >> nick battaglia and his new cell mate set up shop in general population. and william bernard acquires new ink and a busted lip. [ male announcer ] staples has everything to launch a startup from your garage.

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he's now the house man, or lead inmate worker, of his housing unit. >> everything's going pretty good. got, you know, back in s-4. i'm happy. everything's -- thing's on track. >> the only compensation for a house man is more time out of his cell and extra food trays. >> trays up. >> battaglia's new cell mate works as a food server. they've created a business of sort, trading their extra meals for commissary and then they trade those items for favors or even more commissary. >> normally on the tray, i just take the main course and the snack. and i'll give away the other, you know, like they're hungry. they don't have -- they get one tray. i get three. you know, i'm feeding you and you're providing a service for me. you help me out. you clean my room, heat up my water in the morning, wash my dishes after i eat.

i don't -- i won't do nothing for free. >> we have our hand in everything, food, laundry, toilet paper, anything that comes in the tier, we have -- >> anything extra. i feel -- i feel some type of way about toilet paper. i don't know why, but when i go through one roll, i need two back. i feel like i can never have enough. >> we got more toilet paper than cos got. >> two bags of coffee. >> four back. >> we make money off of our advantages, too. like little store, you know. we do what we can, you know, try to make a little money on the side. >> two for ones, sell a soup, you get two back. anything, you get two back. >> i'm a businessman. i like money. i like being included on anything that gets my money up. >> and the cell mates say they always get paid back. >> i'm more of aggressor. i'm definitely more the aggressor. i don't -- i don't mind it, though.

>> i say i got too good of a heart, but nick gets it done. some people, i think, i'm like, you know, he's a good guy, just let him go with that. but nick likes to charge everything for everything. no matter what it is. something simple, give me a snack. i don't mind doing favors. but, nick's good about it, though. we're going to go broke if we don't -- don't charge for everything. >> got to look out for me. >> got to make money. >> in the end, it's jail, so it's all about me. >> battaglia got his new position when the inmate who held it prior to him got into trouble. >> i replaced bernard. he got caught tattooing. they moved him to s-2 now. >> william bernard had already given himself a new hairstyle. he got into trouble when staff also noticed a freshly made inmate tattoo on his wrist.

since tattooing violates jail rules, bernard is confined to a disciplinary cell. he now shares with lewis. >> i wanted to represent bronze star or a general star to symbolize the military, because i know a lot of the guys that had passed away had gotten bronze stars, medals of valor, quite a few got purple hearts before they even got killed, so i wanted to go along those lines. and i'll probably get a tattoo of a purple heart later on down the road. >> bernard says he chose the star to honor men he served with in the army, who had lost their lives. he also has a new war wound of his own, or in this case, a busted lip. from a fight with another inmate. but he says this time, he stood up for himself. and it even seems to have improved his stutter. >> he tried to man-handle me, grabbed me by my throat. that didn't work. and he punched me. i told him to stop. like, i wasn't crying or anything, i just told him, stop,

that's enough. i've been here, what, seven months. enough is enough. >> two months later, william bernard would no longer have to worry about defending himself in jail. his judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity. but the legal definition is different than it sounds. the judge says he was competent to stand trial but not in a proper state of mind on the night he had the conflict with his father that led to his arrest. he was remanded to the state department of health, who will monitor him and he must report to the court every six months for the same period of time he would have gotten in prison had he been convicted. in bernard's case, that's 20 years.

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