. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. follow lock-up, as they go behind the walls of america's prisontion and jails. the scenes you've never seen. "lock-up:raw." don't come to jail. >> a lot of people don't realize that "lock-up" has been on the air since 2000. over the years we've filmed in well over 50 prisons and jails across the u.s. and the world and we're now over 200 episodes into the series and i like to say that someone in my company is usually in a prison or a jail every day and that's a good

thing. >> look at that sky, good-bye, los angeles! here come the boys. >> every new season of "lock-up" begins at the same laplace, the airport. >> when we're traveling whether it's to the facility or from the facility it's kind of a big ordeal. >> eight equipment bags. >> gearwise we probably check in over 300 pounds of gear. we get to a jail or a prison and we go to the first phase of the security. sometimes they'll let us take all the cases up to where they have an office for us and then they'll do the check there. just making sure we don't have weapons and stuff like that. other times, they'll open each and every case and then run each and every case through the x-ray. >> we're preparing to mic up our escorts for the day. >> the biggest thing that gets banned is the tweaker that the ought you teches use to change frequency on their mic. they are the perfect size for

hand cuffs or a shank so they used to flat-out say, you can't bring them in or i need a visual on them when you enter and when we wrap to the day i need you to show that to me. >> today is the first day at the tulsa jail. this is ryan, setting up the audio equipment over here. the camera is getting ready and all of our gear getting all prepared to shoot "tulsa losh damage up." >> when we step foot into a that facility and tart to film it's daunting. when we're if issue inned with a series, we have between 350 and 400 tapes. so when you're putting tape 001 into the camera, a lot happens over the course of four months. so to start and meet brand new people and a new staff, it can be dauchbting b idoesn'ting. >> we're filming "lock-up" it's a documentary series about life inside.

>> when we enter a unit, tracy learns about different people's situations and stories. i've had people come up and approach me and say, that' like to talk. >> go, go, go. >> sometimes, some event will occur. and as we cover that event that leads us into what's going on with those particular inmates. >> talk to me a little bit about where you're from. how is it you ended up here? >> so we all have different ways of engaging with people and in that, generates all these different stories. >> thank you, i'm tracy. >> we interview many inmates and staff before we narrow down who makes it into each episode. sometimes the inmates approach us. and they often use one particular technique to tell us about themselves. >> very good. >> there's a tendency for inmates to approach us, wants to rap for us on camera.

[ rapping ] >> the constant theme, where ever we go and oftentimes we're happy to hear people rap and sometimes put them on camera. sometimes not. ♪ i can't wait to get home to my family ♪ ♪ replay, retry, no lie and my days are -- ♪ >> we hear a lot of rap music going into a jail for extend stay. it could be the banging on the wall in the cell of someone making a beat. it's important to take the time to listen. it reveals things about them. sometimes they're rapping about their personal life. not life inside. it's like they're sharing their story with us in the music ♪ if i had 100 grand, lord that's all i need for one good chance ♪ i don't blow it i'll be damned ♪ ♪ it might be enough to take me out of the gutter ♪ ♪ keep the law off my back and get me out of trouble ♪

♪ and if i don't bubble i don't know how to hustle ♪ >> you can stay up in the hood or you can ride in your terrain. ♪ you can keep on hustling ♪ but i'm going to follow my dreams ♪ ♪ don't you want to live a casual life ♪ ♪ the type of living that will do you right ♪ ♪ it's up to you to do your thing, yeah ♪ >> then there were the two inmates we met at the jail. not only eager to be on camera, they also kept a fellow inmates entertained whether we were filming or not. especially when we were filming ♪ alligators and horses ♪ lamborghinis and porsche ♪ >> and on the left, daniel robinson, known as drew down, two of the more memorable rappers we've ever encountered. >> i snell like a bunch of money. they think it's my cologne.

we don't get along. >> and their rap, alligators and horses, made an impression on one of us. >> it was the most entertaining song i'd heard while films "lock up." it was clever and it really stuck with you to the point where i find myself singing it quite often. >> alligators and horses -- lamborghinis and porsches! >> robinson served as backup this time, his alter ego drew down, was a well-known member of oakland's rap scene. a recording artist and appeared in numerous videos and movies. when he came to jail on a dui conviction, everyone seemed to know who he was ♪ let me show you what a fella can do ♪ ♪ down girl, my first name is drew ♪ >> drew's celebrity status also took on a different tone. all the inmates who thought they

were rappers or wannabe rappers, want to audition for him. >> what you got? you sound real fine. >> i'm going to get my paper -- i eat it like i -- >> play with my nose and -- >> when i come to jail, everybody rap, you know what i'm talking about? you know? my time -- i take my time out to listen to everybody. you know? but everybody ain't good. all right? i'm going the give you lunch for that. >> how often do you get hit on? >> all the time. if it's an artist that wants to rap and he knows me he's going to walk up and he's going to want to -- i'm going to hold back my tongue. >> one day he held court and basically gave his critique. >> i get loud and i stand down like a white boy in an all-black crowd. >> it's all about practice. >> do you know how to count bars? >> it's four. >> okay that's four? >> one, two, three --

>> it was a little bit like watching the rap version of "american idol" but with one ja judge. >> i got stories to tell. when i see cops on the spot -- most of the time i get -- >> drew, he was fairly kind but he was also honest. he wasn't quite simon cowell but he was pretty good with his constructive criticism. >> when it's a beat you got to be on beat. you wasn't on beat. >> all right, drew. >> coming up -- >> you hear, three, two, one -- all right? >> a "lash up" producer takes one for the team. but first -- >> the only bags of chips you're going to get while you've incarcerated. you cannot get them on the out. >> the unofficial potato chip of jails and prisons everywhere! my insurance company told me not to talk to people like you.

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>> so what do you think of the food they serve. >> i'm pregnant and it doesn't look appealing to me. >> it looks like -- this is what they taste like. >> i would say, food is paramount in a jail. it means everything to inmates. and it last signifies who has money and who doesn't. some people don't have resources so they have to eat the trays that are given to them. other people get a lot of commissary and that's a big deal. a lot of these inmates use this as a business. >> this is the store. this is bodega. seven h 7-eleven. like open 24 hours. >> inmates pay for snacks from the commissary through debits funded by friends and family on

the outside. some like this, who we met in hackensack, new jersey, create their own jailhouse economy. >> i got that, that's nine. >> they give out their commissary now in exchange for repayment with interest later. >> i give them one of these for two of these back. i might give them two of these, sometimes i'll be like, get three back. like $52 just off of $30. >> biggest items we hear about constantly? ramen noodles and honey buns. the inmates can make all sorts of recipes out of ramen noodles. and the same with honey buns. food is money in jail. and those two items are, you know, the gold standard. >> i've never seen so much ramen in my life. in jail or prison, ramen ends up being currency and that's the case, it's pretty much like the fort knox of the jail. >> the inmates who work the

commissary loading doc at san antonio's bear county jail see it pretty much the same way. >> this is the bank. and i'm the treasurer. >> a haircut costs you a soup, two soups. if you want to buy something for somebody else -- >> we do like a lay away. >> people get creative. >> let me know the next one. >> they sell them and they survive and they get to eat. >> i guess you can call them armored trucks. but we drive these carts around and inmates look as us like, wow! we have all that? this is the noodle train. >> but ramen noodles and honey buns are classics. we've discovered the emergence of a new contender and it's one that can only be savered by one that worked or do time. >> we kept hearing about shabang

potato chips and there's this kind of mystique around this and we're told you can only get them in the jail and they taste better than any potato chip you've ever had and it 'built up this myth. >> this is the only bag of chips you get while you're incarcerated. you cannot get them on the outs and only get them through the commissary and they're like the best chips ever. >> these chips are only sold in prisons. you can't get them anywhere else. they're really, really good. >> better than any chip on the street? >> yes. >> when i first had them this was nasty. >> but they grew on you? >> you get addicted. >> you can eat one and like one bag a day. >> somebody will want a bag of these and i'll give it to them. it cost $2. they give me back $4. so two more bags of this and that's how i keep buying phone cards and that's how you do it. you got to find the hustle when you're in here. you got to. >> the one and only time i tried

a shebang potato chip i was pretty hungry so everything would have tasted good. it was a tasty potato chip. i'm not sure i would rate it far above others, but, it was good. >> but not everyone in our cleveland crew agreed. some had a different take. >> shabang, what is it? i love these chips. >> commissary snack foods in the creative steps inmates take to turn them into feasts they typically call spreads, make their way into the many "lock up" storylines but they're at the center of our off-camera interactions with inmates. >> more often than not inmates like to offer us some of their homemade concoctions. >> a lot of times when they offer, it's difficult for me because i know how how commissary and how important that is to an inmate. i know it's costly. >> this meal here cost me about $10.50. >> and i feel a little guilty taking any of their food.

>> but like any chef, most inmates are eager to share and want to see our reactions to their creations. when it comes to sampling, our production teams have a code. don't take too much and always finish what you're given. >> i'll try it but that's a lot. i don't want to take everybody's food here. >> production assistant steve capri was learning the code when he joined us in san antonio where he was offered his first fred. >> this was made from ramen noodles and other things in the commissary. it was pretty good. it was h it was delicious. i got a lot of flack for it because i sort of set mine aside because i was working and i had a lot of things to do and i took a taste and set i aside. jake told me i shouldn't have done that. that was a disrespectful thing to do. i wasted some of the inmates' food by setting it aside. i had intended on eating mine but in the end i might have been a little disrespectful of that cook. >> a year later at the jail near oakland, the teacher would once

again become the student. and jake hector made the mistake of sampling the spread soon after a big lunch. >> we were filming in oakland there was a group of guys and claimed they made this huge burrito they called the three foi can iguana. >> i just had lunch and there was no i could eat it all and i didn't want to disrespect them by throwing it away. >> you ain't going to take it? >> i can't eat it all. >> i'm not that hungry. >> can you cut a piece off of it? i don't want to waste it. >> so i told them, cut me a little piece off. >> we should jump his ass. [ laughter ] >> and they were joking as if, like, i was disrespecting them by not wanting to eat this huge burrito but they were good natured about it and they wanted me to try it and i did.

>> you seen his face change? his whole face changed, y'all. >> that's good. really good. >> if i bought this at a burrito stand i would be happy. this is probably the best thing i tried in spreads all over the place. >> this is the best one? >> this is the best. >> i told them it was the best burrito i ever tried in the jail and it was the truth. it was actually the best thing that i've had that was created in a jail. >> best cell made meal i've ever tried. >> we get that. >> that's on the record. >> that's on the record right there. number one, santa rita, baby. a real burrito! >> coming up, we travel to belgium where a corrections officer shows a young "lock up" production assistant how real football is celebrated. and absolutely it's an ice-breaker. >> our version of television camera diplomacy. qo :é @d888888@888jj

>> this is a first on "lock up" going to a skral that's so big

you have to drive a cart around. >> covering the activities of hundreds of inmates and officers in jails so big, it's sometimes necessary to traverse them in golf carts. every member of a lock-up field team plays multiple roles. director of photography, brian kelly, for example, is both cameraman and ice breaker. >> this is what you deal with every day. it's tough on the outside but this is what we have to deal with every single day. >> one of the ways that brian engages with people, inmates and staff, is through his camera. he's always walking around with a camera on his shoulder and nine times a day we hear, that camera must be heavy. every once in a while he'll say, you want to feel it? >> hold on. >> don't dorop it. >> i have a rule inside my head. if i hear people talk about the weight of the camera, i'm just going to take it off and whoever asks i'm going to show it how it is. >> relax i got it. we l.a.x. your hand. >> absolutely it's an ice-breaker. >> we might have a new "lock up"

shooter. i don't look for that opportunity but when i hear people, how much does that weigh, hey, man, that has to be heavy. how the s your back? your shoulder? it's got to hurt. i'll say, here you go. check it out. >> brian gets lazy in his shooting so he turns it over to a detention officer. >> heavy after a while. >> to be carrying this around, it's probably heavy. >> everything that goes along with the camera, the audio and the batteries, the microphone, it comes in around 26 to 27 pounds. >> that's not comfortable for like for hours and hours and hours like that? >> i've been doing this job for almost 20 years and it's not really the weight of the camera. it's holding it steady. >> you need some steadying thing, too. when you hold a camera steady for one and a half, two hours, you're lack all of your shoulder muscles and upper back muscles and you're sitting there rock steady. it does start to get sore and

affect you. field producer susan likes to remind me jooekingly, it's my job. i signed up for it and that's fine, too. i get it. it is heavy but it is my job and i love it. >> i can't take this camera anymore. i'm good. i'm done. >> you feel that? >> i could probably count on one hand the number of inmates that i wouldn't allow to hold that camera. i mean, we ask a lot of these guys and there's a trust issue there. they open their homes to us. it may not sound like that but their cell is their home and they allow us to come in and they answer very personal questions. we ask them a lot. so i don't have any problem allowing inmates to hold the camera. >> focus. >> what do you think? >> you better look up. >> the camera does wonders. >> once the field crew has completed shooting, a team of producers and editors spends

weeks turning raw footage into finished episodes. "lock up" lead editor sometimes find inspiration can sometimes come from something as simple as someone's voice. >> a while back i was working on the santa rosa prison in florida and we're dealing with hundreds of hours of footage. and every once in a while something will jump out. there was an inmate there, jack hill, who was talking to the camera about life in prison. not really anything in particular. >> nothing changes here. every day is just like yesterday. and tomorrow is going to be the same as today. >> but he spoke in such a way that it had a certain cadence of like, a poem or a spoken word. and it struck a cord with me. and i decided to take that and created a little vinnette of the prison. and it ended up becoming a webisode and this is the result. >> nothing changes here.

every day is just like yesterday and tomorrow is going to be the same as today. you know? about the only thing that changes here is the faces. after a while, even the faces begin to be the same, you know? you know, that's one of the things about doing time. nothing changes. coming up -- the special jail meal designed to be eaten through a straw is sampled by our production assistant. >> it literally tastes like vomit, i'm not kidding. >> this "lock up" producer will soon receive 50,000 volts right after the phone stops ringing. stuart! stuart!

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purportedly said to be of its leader delivering a sermon in mosul yesterday. the video has not been independently verified by nbc news. and 72-year-old paul mccartney was on stage in albany, new york, after illness kept him from performing for two months. he made no mention of the virus that caused him to cancel the tour in japan. back to "lock up." a "lock up" field team is five people. a associate or segment producer, director of photography, a sound mixer, producer and the production assistant or pa. the pa's job is to set up and carry gear. and occasionally, they shoot second camera and to look after the rest of the crew.

>> snacks? check. everything else? check. >> cart conductor? check. >> they become family. usually figuratively but sometimes, literally. >> there's a bit of a tradition in "lock up" to have my family members work on the show. my sister was a producer. my sons have worked on the show. my middle boy, tommy, was a production assistant on "lock up:orange county jail." >> i just got hit on by a bunch of men, ja. >> men? >> women. women -- it was very new experience. >> my oldest son, michael, graduated from college and went straight to work on "lock up world tour" going to stot land and ended up in belgium as a production assistant. >> when we were in belgium a particular officer seemed to kind of created a jooeking relationship with our production assistant, michael. the officer was a strong guy and always talking about his

strength and prowess. >> mike played football in high school so he was trying to teach him how they celebrated big plays. three claps and you jump into each other. i don't know, i think stlfs something lost in translation. i think there was something lost in translation. >> i could see it hurt but he was laughing along with the rest of us. >> one, two, three -- >> so as this thing started to unfold, it seemed to get more and more dramatic. >> are we doing anything yet? >> come on, michael. >> one -- come on, man! >> one, two, three -- down you go! down you go! >> i'm somewhat protective of

michael. he's a young man. he's our production assistant. he happens to be the boss' son. i could see he was in pain so i was getting a little worried about it. but it was kind of a guy thing. where the -- guys aren't going to admit defeat and then all the other guys around were laughing about it. i kind of came on a little bit like a mother hen because i was worried about him. >> oh, man! >> you okay? >> yeah. >> i'm good. >> okay hi five. >> i'm wiser, obviously. doing this work can sometimes take an emotional toll on everyone involved. a lot of times when we're filming "lock up" one of the coping mechanisms we use is humor. >> always about the show. it's always about the she.

>> we like to bring some levity into the situation at times with the staff, with each other and even with the inmates. >> the production assistantslike jeremy stark often find themselves at the center of the levity. >> our production assistant in san antonio, texas, steve capri, also learned the value of having a good sense of humor. >> you meet a lot of inmates and people get to know you a little bit but i'm a fresh face. i'm a young-looking guy. maybe not the toughest-looking guy on the cell block. so a lot of the guys when they almost instantly when they see me would assign me nicknames. >> what kind of stuff have you been called here, steve e? >> since i've been in jail i've gotten a nickname of shaggy from scooby doo. harry potter. my hair was longer and bigger when i first came. that was the most offensive one. that was the one that hurt my feelings more than the others.

and then -- he's a skinny guy with glass and he's funny and he's the best part of that movie. so i can't complain too much about that one. when these nicknames started coming at me it didn't bother me. it was funny. it made me feel like those guys and i had a connection. it actually made me feel more comfortable, really, than if i had no name and they called me, hey guy. hey you. >> sometimes, the production assistant's duties extend beyond the usual tasks. >> so we're in the kitchen where they are making the food for the inmates and they're cooking up a blended meal that's for the inmates with broken jaws, jaws that are wired shut. >> if someone has i wired jaw they get cookies, bread, meat, whatever, we put it in the blender and blend it all up good. >> they take whatever is on the menu that day and put it in the blender and that includes dessert and beverage and the

meat and main course. and they feed it to them through a straw. >> have you ever tasted it. >> no, i don't want to. it's like [ bleep ]. >> somebody got to taste it. >> our producer asked if i would give it a try. so i decided to be a trooper. >> you want to taste this? >> steve will taste it. >> i'm going to. >> steve will taste it. >> tell me what's in it? >> i'm in the serving line. >> how much do you want? >> not that much. >> see if you can tell what's in it. >> for just a moment it wasn't bad. it didn't taste like almost anything, i thought, okay. this is best case scenario. no big deal. bility three seconds later, it hit me. all the different flavors all at once. >> i'd rather have a broken jaw.

it tasted like i was about to throw up in my own mouth. >> it literally tastes like vomit, i'm not kidding. >> that's exactly what it tasted like. like i had thrown up in my own mouth. >> now, jesus! >> no way! no way! that's what we -- >> but it was at the corrections center in cleveland where our pa, boggs, would have an unforgettable encounter with the jail's warden, eric ivy. >> warden ivy is a confident guy and he is the best-dressed man i think i've ever met and his clothing and accessories meant everything to him. >> he was stylish. i'll tell you. many occasions where inmates and staff alike, would comment about, you know, how he's looking good. >> i appreciate the compliment. >> i grew up very poor. i'm always this guy from the inner city of cleveland, you

know, raised in cleveland. that's who i am. i remember walk to school some days and i would have holes in the bottom of my shoes, you know? my mom would make me wrap my feet in plastic, you know and i would walk to school like that. i didn't like that. i kind of vowed to myself, man, i don't like this thing. >> warden ivy really took pride in his shoes. he had so many pairs and names i had never even heard of before. >> what's your most expensive pair of shoes yao ever bought? >> $600! alligator. >> like them wheels? >> what are they? >> it's the bomb right there. >> best shoes on the market for walking. >> what are these for? styling? >> walking and then strolling. i'm not walking. i'm strolling. sometimes i'm even smoking.

>> one of the days we were filming with warden ivy we had gotten on to an elevator and our production assistant was pushing our production cart. it's heavy and it goes with us everywhere and as we got on to the elevator all of the sudden i heard some kind of exclamation from warden ivy. >> i hear behind me, oh, oh, oh, you know and i'm like, what? and come to find out, the production assistant rolled over warden ivy's shoe. >> wow, that's a good scuff. >> what happened? what happened? >> i pulled the cart into the elevator and the warden's into the happened to be under it. >> oh, it was the warden's fault? >> his shoe -- my foot was in the shoe. the issue is the shoe got scratched. >> warden ivy was kind of joking about it and the other staff members were kind of laughing and kind of joking about it. the fact was, there was a tension there. >> as you can see here, slightly on the tip there, there's a coat

of polish that's been -- >> do you know how much though cost? i most go home and correct that immediately. >> how much do those shoe worth, warden? >> i can't tell you. >> they are very expensive. very expensive. >> clearly more expensive than what he makes. >> many paychecks. >> he was a correction officer, you would be getting a crappy detail every day. >> you know, a little bit of shoe buff can probably solve the problem but for the day, yes, he had a scuff on his shoe and for that day he had to walk around the jail with a scuff on his shoe. >> you're killing me. >> when we returned to the jail the next day looking for a fresh start, we discovered the shoe saga wasn't about to go away. >> this little cart here -- >> that's bad! no, no, no. you can't mess up the shoes.

got to get treatment and everything. i'm sending those out. >> coming up -- >> this is the deodorant. >> the 1400 series is what we call it. >> the engenius steps inmates take to make jail feel a little bit more like home. and -- >> i'm nervous. i mean, i'm not going to lie. >> jake hector will be showing, i promise. [ female announcer ] not all credit report sites are equal. hello? become an experian.com member to get personalized help and a real credit report. with enrollment in experian credit tracker. and a real credit report. when folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence.

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there you go! >> some of the ingenuity we've seen in jail is quite extraordinary, actually. >> this is a they are months, home thermos. keeps your hot water warmer longer. >> we'll show you how to make the recliner and it's just a lounge. >> it's our barka lounge. >> i think most people crave creature comforts a lot of those don't exist in jail. so inmates will come up with ways to try to replicate those as best as possible like creating shower heads out of deodorant bottles. >> shower is a real -- they spray out real wide with a fine misand you will freeze your ass off so we take these here from a deodorant and we knock the ball out and take a string and cut this right here off and then you got your shower head. >> want to see us make one? >> we have a personal saw here. we have real saws here. >> it's a nylon string. we pull it out off our mattress.

>> see, it spreads out, man, we don't like it like that because you got to stand to the side and you get cold. we put that one on and this is the ghetto one. and then it cleans you better. we have one that does this and it has a straight mist. we have the 1400 series as we call it. >> i don't like it. >> you can tighten it up and it gets different. but i like mine. i get all the empty ones from everybody because i don't get commissary and that's how i make my commissary. i get soups and candy bars and stuff like that and give them away. whatever i possibly can. you got to eat. >> usually, inmates learn their tricks from other inmates. but at the tulsa county jail, this woman told us she learned

some of her useful ideas from watching "lock up." >> you lift weights with them so i learn had in from "lock up." and i learned how to fish, i learned how to do it from "lock up" with the fishing line and the little soap. that's how i learned to make the fishing line from "lock up." >> so our show is educational? >> the staffs at most jails consider these homemade devices to be contraband. sometimes they will confiscate them and other times they might just look the other way. but when inmates attempt to improvise one other comfort from home, it will be confiscated and destroyed immediately. >> homemade wine or hooch is one of the most common things we encounter when we're in jails. >> they're always trying to make it and staff is always trying to find them making it. >> i was walking around the unit and i happened to run across him making some hooch. so i -- i'll just take it and let him know about it.

>> how did you make it? >> an orange fruit punch koolaid and water. >> it takes about four days for it to be real strong. >> it just takes the edge off. it makes your day a little bit more pleasant. >> how does it taste? >> it tastes good. you want to taste it? >> no. afraid i'm on duty. i can't. >> coming up -- >> we felt pretty confident that they had been through this enough they would keep him safe? >> pretty confident is a good thing. and you're about to get 50,000 volts through your body! latte or au lait? cozy or cool? exactly the way you want it ... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed. right now, you can save $400 on the all-new c4 mattress set. he's the softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and snoring? sleep number's even got an adjustment for that.

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weapons and the most common are tasers which can deliver a debilitating shock of 50,000 volts. and the chemical agent known as oc, or pepper spray. the officers carry these weapons are required to be exposed to them at part of their training. they need to know the impact they will have on inmates and in the case of pepper spray, they will almost certainly be exposed to it themselves. >> sometime or other you're going to be in an altercation with an inmay it and some of your co-workers will come to your aid and one of them will pull out a can of pepper spray and they will spray everybody in sight so if you know it's coming there are things you can do to protect yourself. >> we've covered these staff certification drills at various locations. >> you got it, you got it. you got it. >> why are you cough something. >> i can't hear you. i got a whiff of the pepper spray. >> smack you good? >> it's stinging. >> once you get down on the ground and put your hands behind your back and do it now.

taser, taser, taser! stay down. >> that's when the associate producer on the shoot, jake hector, made a declaration. >> i'll get tazed but i'm not going to get sprayed. >> i told them, one day, i'll get tazed and ever since then, a lot of the crew members that i work with are always asking me, hey, jake, whether are you going to get tazed? you said you were going to do it. >> he always wanted to get tazed. for some reason. i can't figure out why but every facility he would visit for whatever reason it didn't happen but when we went to shoot fairfax we were able to fulfill that dream of his. >> it's a weird thing somebody wanting to get tazed. the philosophy behind that. >> i don't know. i've been sprayed before. i've been around that and i've watched people get tazed. i want to -- i eat a lot of the foods that are here and i want the full experience without

being locked up. >> a lot of times, some of the people i meet, we don't have much in common. we're from two different worlds but while i'm in there, if i can walk a mile their shoes whether it be by eating what they eat -- playing the games they play -- it's not your traditional game of monopoly -- or even something as far as getting tazed, i don't mind doing it if it's going to bring me closer to them and let me know more about they're stories and feel what they're feeling. i'm nervous. i'm not going to lie. >> one of your teammates has decided to take a voluntary exposure with the electronic control device. we use this to take the fight out of the subject. this is what is considered less lethal. it's not considered nonlethal. there's always the possibility of an issue happening. >> the team went through all their safety procedures and they had a mat laid out. they had guys to hold them up. >> i want the holders to have it and if somebody is going to be in front -- >> we felt pretty confident they

had been through this enough they would keep him safe. >> not many people stupid enough to do this. that's for sure. >> pull the trigger. take my finger off of it and it will go ahead and run for 5.1 seconds. that's a quick 5.1. no big deal. and then we'll go ahead and remove the probes and help him to his feet. >> this is kind of routine for them and in their training they all get tazed and they're very responsible about the way they handle the gear and all of the experience. >> one of the things i opened my mouth up about and said i wanted to, which i have, you know, but until you're standing here waiting for it, it's like -- what was i thinking? >> going into it, we were joking around with jake about whether he had gone to the bathroom beforehand. >> there's only been one time i've seen an individual urinate themselves. but not saying that that does not happen. usually before any voluntary exposure, we tell everybody to go ahead and take care of whatever they need to before they're exposed.

do you have any pre-existing joo injuries. >> do not. >> do you have any questions? >> no. i voluntarily give you my consent to taze me and i'm holding no one liable except myself. >> okay you did take a battle crap first? >> i did not. >> good i'm good. >> okay. >> all right. >> any questions? >> you think i'm an idiot for doing in? >> i've done it. >> all right. >> okay. you'll hear three, two, one and -- all right? >> in that time waiting, that was probably the most tense i've been in a long time and right when he was about to call out the one, two, three -- >> i'm going the ask you if you're ready. >> one of the deputy's cell phones started ringing so he puts his phone away and we start going again and get ready to do it and -- all right -- and his phone rings again. >> you want to take care of

that? at this point, i was thinking it was a joke. >> you're delays the inevitable. >> luckily, he put the phone away and counted down to three. >> three, two, one -- >> okay! good job! >> stay right there. >> it felt like i got hit by a truck. i can't describe the feemg. it's like nothing i ever felt before. it felt like rolling waves of electricity throughout my back. i could feel the shaking and it was scaring me to think that my body was shaking in such a manner, but there's really no residual effect. after the five seconds passed i felt completely for hall. i was shocked at how normal i actually felt. >> how do you feel? >> i feel good now that it's done. >> that was a quick five seconds. >> that was five seconds, really? >> yes, sir. >> it did not feel like five seconds. >> okay. so you're going to have two marks there for the next couple

of days. hook him up. >> i can't say that i get any satisfaction out of any trigger pull. but this was an enjoyable one for me. >> how did that feel? >> i mean, that was bad. it was debilitating. nothing like it i've ever experienced. i definitely wouldn't want to experience it again. i've watched many inmates they won't do certain things after doing that. i've always wondered that. now i know why. that is not fun. definitely effective. >> but it is amazing how quickly you recover. >> it is. now that i've had this to experience i understand as an officer how important every second is, whether it be to handcuff the person or just to detain them because when that five seconds is up, they're fine and they can come at you real easily. >> okay. who's next? can we do one more? >> the sound is good. >> we're rolling! we're good! we're good! never again.

1 due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen. "lockup raw." >> prison might be hell. but for some, it is especially so. >> i wouldn't last five minutes on a main line. >> why? >> well, they don't like cops. >> for the first time offender. >> they ask me who i run with? i run with teachers and librarians usually. i haven't found many of them yet. >> it can be worse for the sex offender. >> i was burned with hoter