due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ ♪ ♪ the guy you're looking for. >> stand by. >> srt. left! >> after a tip that a potentially violent inmate is plotting an escape, the special response team is called to action. >> trustees, that means you're supposed to be trustworthy, much more so than a regular inmate.

i'm not going to have one of my officers getting stabbed or one of you getting stabbed. >> the discovery of a shank in the kitchen could result in criminal charges for an inmate worker. >> i'm going home this month. i'm not trying to jeopardize that. i have three kids and a wife. >> after he hit me, i was able to get in close to him and able to move him to the ground. >> a younger inmate experiences the agony of pepper spray -- >> it burns! it burns! it burns! rising 11 stories above the shores of lake erie, cuyahoga correction center encompasses

half a city block in cleveland's revitalized downtown. though some of the inmates here have been convicted, most have only been accused of krieps and are awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. those on the upper floors have a perfect view of the nearby football stadium but life behind the walls is anything but fun and games. >> let's go! >> that goes for staff as well. >> this is not the easiest place to work in. it's all concrete and rough edges. >> open your mouth. stick out your tongue. altercations come up and we have to try to alleviate those as quickly as possible. >> view of your hands. lay on your stomach! real tough? >> you all think you're bad now, huh? >> inmate lawrence recently

sentenced to ten months for aggravated threat now awaiting transfer to prison has been subdued by the special response team after swinging at an officer. >> lawrence silva -- >> the inmate asked me to help him out with the situation, get back to the back wall of your cell. the inmate said it's [ bleep ] up that i'm up here. i said, sir, i just got into this pod. i don't know what situation you're in. he took a step and threw his right fist toward me. i was able to get out of the way. he caught me in my upper right shoulder. after he hit me, i was able to get in close to him and able to move him to the ground. and i was lucky enough that my partner heard me. >> oh, my god! >> my partner was able to run in and i moved out of the way as he sprayed him with the oc spray.

>> oh, my god this [ bleep ] burns! please! please! >> calm down. >> it burns. it burns! it burns! it burns! it burns! >> anybody that carries the oc spray has to have it done to them first. it is probably the worst hour and a half that i've ever experienced that i can think of off the top of my head. it makes everything hell. >> staff wash the pepper spray from his face and eyes but the effects will linger for at least several more minutes. >> it burns! oh, my god! oh, my god! oh, my god! oh, my god! >> calm down. >> though silk initially denied swinging at the officer, he later indicated otherwise. >> why did you -- >> i'm sorry, i didn't mean to. >> why?

>> because i was angry. i was angry. >> after treatment from medical staff, silk is confined in what could be described as the jail's worst neighborhood, security segregation. >> ain't got no toothbrush or toothpaste. ain't got no type of hygiene in here! >> he's not in security segregation status in which things are taken away, cup and spoon and toothbrush and toothpaste. that stuff is taken away. he can get it back but it's taken away as security status. any time he comes out of the cell, he has to be handcuffed and shackled. any time anybody goes into the shell he has to be handcuffed. so we'll conduct a board hearing to you and i'll explain everything to you. >> it will determine whether silk spends his time in segregation or if he can return to general population prior to his transfer to prison. >> is there any evidence or

anything that you know present at the hearing? >> no. >> i need you to read through this -- >> i didn't do nothing, man. >> that's why you're having this. >> it don't matter what i say, i'm always wrong. inmate is always wrong. when it comes to anybody who works for the system we're always wrong. >> this is why we're doing the hearing. >> but it don't. >> yes, it does. >> the assault is considered among the most serious of infractions and staff must also stay on top of a litany of others, like gambling. >> they come take that [ bleep ] away from you. that ain't acceptable here. >> gambling might not be in the cards now, but prior to his arrest, ronald wells was a regular at one of downtown cleveland's most popular attractions, the horseshoe casino. >> i'm a gambler. i love gambling on the streets. when the casino came to ohio, i don't got to risk on the streets no more, worried about the police taking my money or

somebody robbing me. i'm going to go to the horseshoe. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm damn near platinum player at the casino, got a rewards card. about $5200 i won and $12,000 in losses. >> but it's not gambling at the casino that landed wells in jail. >> they say i allegedly robbed somebody coming out the casino. i don't know what they are talking about. >> wells is accused of following a casino customer to his car and robbing him of his winnings, $1800. he has pled not guilty and is awaiting trial. >> following his arrest, wells was linked to an unsolved home invasion bringing his total charge count to 16, including five counts of aggravated robbery and four counts of felonious assault. he has pled not guilty to the new charges as well.

>> after getting locked up so many times you get sick and tired of being sick and tired and you get tired of doing the same thing. you get the same results. so i know what the bad life going to do. i know what the worst -- what the street life is going to get me. it's going to get me dead or in jail. let me see how this good life -- let me see what me trying to do it right going to do, give god a chance to work with me. coming up -- >> suit it up. let's go. everybody got his face, this is him right here. familiarize yourself with it. >> ronald wells is dealt another losing hand. >> then -- >> there are a lot of people in here that want your job. >> a shank is discovered in the kitchen and staff must figure out who made it and why. en you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs.

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♪ ♪ at the cuyahoga correction center in cleveland, some inmates are eligible for jailhouse jobs. these inmate workers are called trustees. >> i have about 75 kitchen trustees. probably about 15, 16 sanitation trustees, and eight barbers and out of 2300 inmates. so it is a privilege to be a trustee. trust. >> trustees are not paid for their labor, but rewarded with time out of their cells and extra food and possibly time off their sentences. >> it is all to the discretion of the judge. we have a lot of individuals who are sentenced to 180 days and get 90 days off. >> correctional staff assigned to the kitchen are outnumbered by trustees ten to one, but now that trust has been broken. >> single file and everybody in the back room. staff have confiscated a home made weapon or shank.

>> you guys are trustees, that means you're supposed to be trustworthy much more so than the regular inmate. but i'm not going to have one of my officers or staff around here getting stabbed or one of you getting stabbed. >> the kitchen is a very, very dangerous place to work and we have all kinds of items that can be utilized as weapons, this pallet is dry rotted and it could easily be pulled off. just that simple. i have somebody that said it was them? somebody better speak up. nobody? all right. >> as officers search for any other weapons hidden in the kitchen, sergeant daniels orders the removal of all empty pallets. >> we're always on guard. you have to expect the unexpected. manufacture a dull moment here.

>> but the the trustees maintaining their silence sergeant daniels makes it clear it could cost them. >> we'll flip this whole place own and everybody go to general population. there's a lot of people in here that want your job. >> eventually several trustees come forward to implicate one of their own. james dean, serving a 90 day sentence for a probation violation and assault conviction. >> it all started chiming in and everybody pointed to this particular person. he's still innocent until proven guilty. so we have jail investigators that's going to actually go up and do their investigation and determine whether or not he's guilty. okay? but he's already locked up and we put him in security segregation and he's denying everything, of course. >> that was never in my possession. >> staff want to question a second inmate. >> what's your name? valentine -- >> put your hands on the wall. >> put your hands on the wall. >> though gary valentine found the shank and attempted to

dispose of it, he says it wasn't his. >> as i was going through an old box and it looked tattered and it appeared to be a piece of plastic. we have a lot of broken pallets and do tie saran wrap, but that particular day it was more than it appeared. you know? >> step in and step all the way to the back wall. >> valentine is also placed in confinement but believes he has a solid defense since he was with an officer when he found the shank. >> i don't understand you can charge me with something when i had a staff member next to me and me and him discovered it at the same time and it would be

asinine for me to put it there and say, look what i found, come on. if i had anything to do with it, smart money would have been to leave it alone. when we got back to the pod, people said explain what it was used for and be done with it. >> was that sent to a particular person? >> yes, it was. >> can you tell me who that person was? >> they did their investigation, i'm pretty sure they got the guy. >> dean says he knows exactly why the other inmates blamed him for the shank. >> i had everybody screaming at me saying why don't you go ahead and take the fall for it because you're about to go home in a few days. we don't want to see everybody get fired and i looked at all of them and said i'm not taking the blame for something i have no acknowledgement of. they said they are all going to snitch on me and say my name. i'm not dumb, i have 17 days and i go home to my children and wife, back to my job and that's freedom.

why would i do anything to jeopardize my freedom like that? i said absolutely not. what it is, they are trying to get me jammed up. >> coming up -- >> what is your knowledge about the shank? >> valentine and dean undergo interrogation. then -- >> we have enough right now to lock you down so tight in here you'll forget how to write letters and talk on the phone. i'm giving you an opportunity right now. >> things heat up for ronald wells. in the nation, the safest feature in your car is you. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. which for you, shouldn't be a problem. just another way we put members first, because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. nationwide is on your side.

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fellows, go right to work. inmate workers or trustees are on duty on the cuyahoga county correctional center. but two of them, james dean and gary valentine are locked up in security segregation as the jail continues to investigate who's responsible for the shank recently discovered among boxes in the kitchen. >> it happened to be a piece of wood that fell off a pallet that was modified from the original state. once they change it by wrapping

shrink wraparound it for the purpose of holding it it becomes a weapon. this jail will be safe and things like this are not tolerated. this could be sticking in one of my officer's neck and i'm not tolerating that. >> now it's up to officer may, one of the investigators to find answers. she will interview both suspects, starting with james dean. >> hey, mr. dean. >> dean is only two weeks away from completing his sentence. but his release will be jeopardized if the jail discovers he's responsible for the shank and choose to file new criminal charges. >> what do you know about the weapon? >> i didn't know anything about it. >> why were you back there opening boxes? >> i wasn't back there opening boxes the only time i went back down when i was stocking freezer and i was asked to go back there to help. >> who asked you? >> a c.o. i had an inmate that's incarcerated with me in there, gary valentine. >> right. >> he's the the one that found it and didn't think of it and tried to throw it away and the officer asked what it was and that's when it was

discovered. >> how long have you been a kitchen trustee? >> roughly 70 days. >> have you had any problems down there? >> no, ma'am, i have not been any problems. i have not been in any lockup and this is my first time to the hole. >> anything else you would like to tell me. >> i wouldn't jeopardize myself to have anything in my possession or in my room or anything because i know what will happen about it. you know, i'm going home this month. i'm not trying to jeopardize that. i have three kids and a wife. i'm not jeopardizing that whatsoever. >> have a good day. >> you, too. >> i tend to believe him, that shank was not his and i do believe when he said that a couple of the inmates told him, you know, to say that it was his because they do do that, they'll find one person to say, well, you go ahead and say you did it

and in their case, if he took the rap, then none of the other trustees would get fired. >> officer may will next speak to the other suspect, gary valentine. >> what is your knowledge about the shank? >> the only thing i was doing straightening up the shelf and officer marek and he was standing next to me when i found it. >> officer merrick was with you when you found it? >> absolutely. >> do you know mr. james dean? >> just met him when i got on the pod. >> do you have any issues with him? >> absolutely not. >> did you see him have any issues with anybody? >> i'm in for child support, and i've been in the kitchen every time they come here, i don't need to make a shank or participate in anybody who makes one. you know, i understand that's the rules, and like i'm being penalized for doing the the right thing. >> you were brought up here so we can question you and get everything squared away. okay, i'll be in touch. >> thank you.

>> i know somebody had it there for a reason. what that reason is, i don't know. and who put it there, i don't know. >> one investigation continues, another is about to begin. >> received this letter in the mail today from an unknown person, actually. inmate that is referring to inmate ronald wells and what the letter basically talks about is that he's maybe planning an escape. this inmate is in here at this point in time for a robbery. the robbery took place over at the horseshoe casino. >> the individual who wrote claims that they are ronald's family and they are scared to death of him. love him to death but afraid of them. >> did you listen to phone calls? >> that's the other thing because they indicate in the letter that he's talking in codes and things like that on the phone. one of the investigators can

listen to some of his phone calls and see what we get with that. all right? >> what you all doing? >> all inmate phone calls are recorded and it doesn't take long for the officer to find a suspicious conversation between wells and his girlfriend. >> they come get me to your pontiac. babe, come get me. >> i'm about to break out this bitch. >> with wells already facing several charges for violent crimes, the jail will take no chances. >> special emergency response team has been activated to secure him. >> we're going to jail 2, we're going to be looking for ronald wells. we've received some information that this inmate might be planning to escape. we'll do the dynamic entry and we'll put the pod on the floor and everybody will be secured. corporal mcleland will key in the inmate and then once

we get everybody secure you will remove that inmate. you got that? >> we've got control of everything. we're not explaining stuff to these guys, get them up and get them out. all right? we're good? suit it up and let's go. >> everybody has got his face, right? you know what he looks like? familiarize yourself with it. >> everybody look at the picture over here, make sure -- >> sert, left -- coming up -- >> go, go, go. >> the special response team pays a visit to ronald wells. >> there's video footage of you admitting that you swung at the officer. >> lawrence silk attempts to mount a defense. produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology.

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out the inmate and once we get everybody secure you will remove that inmate. got that? >> yes, sir. >> suit it up. let's go. >> srt! left! now the jail special emergency response team will make a dynamic entry, isolate him from the others and remove him for questioning. >> go, go, go! ♪ ♪ >> face down! to the ground! >> face down! face down! >> in the turmoil of the team's arrival, corporal mcleland removes him from the unit.

>> there's a reason for this and i think you know why it is. but i'm not going to lead you to the water and make you drink it either. >> all right, i'm trying to think because i ain't do nothing, don't talk to nobody, talk on the phone. i'm not going to talk to you. i'm not going to talk to you. i want you to talk to me. wells is placed in a holding cell and corporal mcleland will conduct a strip search and question him. >> you're going in, turn to the left and walk all of the way around. >> meanwhile, the special response team has corralled the rest of the inmates to conduct individual searches. >> we're going to pat you down. follow their instructions. >> they are looking for any evidence of collusion with wells. >> i'm going to get to the bottom of all of this anyway, whether you want to talk or not, but i'm trying to be fair with you right now. unless you want to be locked

down tighter than anybody else in the whole building, i suggest you begin to tell me your story. if you don't want to tell me your story, then fine. okay? >> i've been here a week. on the phone, and i'm talking to my girl, but -- >> now you remember, don't you? >> man, come on, man. corp. >> it's all coming back to you, now? come on, man. >> think it over. i am thinking it over. [ bleep ] talk, man. >> they talk and the wrong people listen. >> i would never -- come on, man. >> speak. >> man, i did some goofy stuff on the phone. i said a lot of [ bleep ], man. man, i said some stupid [ bleep ] that i ain't going to say. >> i'm listening. >> oh, my god, man. man, i said some stupid [ bleep ] they wasn't supposed to say on the phone. i told my girl, you're going to break me out this bitch, come get me out this bitch man.

corp -- >> i would really love to hear the whole story. you're giving me bits and pieces and you're trying to dress on 50 >> i ain't not being -- >> very [ bleep ] right now but i want you to be honest with the whole story. okay? >> i'm being honest with the whole story. >> there's more to that little story than you're telling me. >> no, it ain't. okay? >> it wasn't nothing serious, i swear to god. >> i was talking to a female on the phone. i was talking to her -- >> that's basically it it? that's your story? i'm giving you a chance right now, i'm being fair with you because basically you're not telling me your story, we have enough right now to lock you down so tight in here you'll forget how to write letters and talk on the phone. your meals are going to be altered. i'm giving you the opportunity. >> i don't want that to happen because [ bleep ] i'm telling you the truth. i said some stupid [ bleep ] on

the phone. but come on, man, you can read how i said it on the phone it wasn't nothing serious, it wasn't even like it was full of details. you're going to come and get me out this [ expletive ] >> relax. >> don't leave me in this hole. >> we haven't decided in your fate yet. i'm getting your story right now and then we'll reconvene and talk about ronald wells and then we'll decide your fate, okay? but we take stuff like that serious. >> i know what you [ bleep ] talking to see -- >> give you free advice in the future, be careful, okay. cross your fingers and cross your toes, you might get out of this. okay? >> no begging and pleading now. you let me finish my job. >> as corporal leaves to file

his report, wells has time to contemplate the consequences of his actions. >> i'm tired of being messed up. i always mess up and for people watching this, i want them to know, this ain't what you want to do. this ain't -- this has been a career for me and sometimes you get sick and tired of being sick and tired. these ain't fake tears, they are real tears. i don't want nobody to feel sympathy for me. you know, i mean, like, i found myself. you feel me? now i know me. i know i ain't the perfect dude, and i know i'm just tired. i've got a daughter. i've got a family and all of them don't want to be seeing me in here in and out of these jails. i was talking to myself in the mirror and i was, like, when are

you going to be tired? when is enough going to be enough? >> lawrence silk might be asking the same question. he's currently awaiting transfer to prison to begin a 10-month sentence on charges including aggravated theft. but his final days at cuyahoga county are proving to be painful. >> it burns! oh, my god, it burns! >> he's in security segregation for swinging at an officer. >> do you hear me? [ bleep ] this is not a game. they got me in here for no reason. oh, my god, man. >> now he must answer to the jail's disciplinary board. >> how are you doing, mr. silk? how are you? >> though silk appears unwilling to respond, the hearing continues. >> initially you pleaded not guilty to the jail investigator for those charges that i read you. do you want to change your plea

to any of those charges? >> no. >> you want to plead you're not guilty? >> yes. >> there's video footage of you admitting that you swung at the officer. >> why did you -- >> i didn't mean to. >> why? >> i was, like, i was angry. >> you stated you were mad because you were placed in lockup and that you were happy that you did not hit him in the face. do you remember that? >> yes, i remember that. >> do you take any type of medication? >> yes, i do. >> what do you take? >> nothing at the time. >> is that because you're refusing? >> no, i haven't seen a doctor. >> if we make you an appointment, would you be willing to go? >> no. >> you'll continue to act like this. >> yes. >> we're offering you help and you're refusing, your behavior, you're going to continue acting out the way you are. so you don't seem remorseful for

anything you've done. all right, so that's it. any other questions. >> you'll hear something later today. have a good day. >> as silk is escorted back to the cell, officer henderson attempts to reason with him. >> you want to get help. crowe don't want to keep wilding out and getting into alter kayings and all of that stuff, you know what i'm saying? you know as well as i know that this medication is going to help you. going to go through this door over here. >> the disciplinary board comes to a quick decision. >> the board has found inmate silk guilty of all charges and are recommending 60 days in disciplinary isolation. >> back in the isolation of the segregation cell, silk does have someone he can confide in. >> what's up, dude? this is crazy. his neighbor is gary valentine, who's in segregation pending a

investigation into a thank that's been linked to him. there is a hole in my wall that goes all of way through to the other side and i've been talking to that hole. it's kind of hard and the things i've been through and the things i've seen. >> you're the only one that can change that, nobody else. >> right. come on, i've got a 22-year-old son, he ain't never been in trouble a day in his life. for that, i'm grateful. it breaks my heart when i see a bunch of young kids. >> i'm stuck in this lifestyle and another part of me wants to do positive and go back to school and go to college. >> it's not too late, bro. you're 18. you've got your whole life. >> right. >> coming up -- >> they're telling me i'm being charged with possession of a weapon i didn't even have in my possession but i'm going to get charged for it. >> other inmates press james dean to confess. and -- >> i've got to be out there to

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ever. >> man up. >> dean is only two weeks from completing his sentence. but his release will be jeopardized if the jail determines he's responsible for the shank and chooses to file new criminal charges. the decision rests largely with the results of today's disciplinary hearing. >> do you want to give your explanation on what's going on? >> go ahead. >> let me start off by saying i'm a kitchen trustee and my job is to clean up the whole kitchen, front to wall, ceiling to floor, and when c.o.s ask, i also help the people in the stockroom. this piece of wood as you guys refer to as a shank was found in the stockroom by an inmate gary valentine in front of c.o. staff in the kitchen. at the end of the day we was briefed about them finding it and said someone need to fess up or the whole kitchen will turn around and be fired. on the way to my pod, inmates at d pod started yelling and

screaming to take the time, dean, you only have little time left. no, i'm not, nor did i use it ever. i know the consequences for something like that and i would never jeopardize my trustee job or my release date over a piece of wood that looks like a shank. >> but the officer disputes dean's claims that he is only in the stockroom under staff supervision. >> there was several times back there during a meal you tried to pop back there for some reason, i don't know, not knowing i was back there and when you saw me sometimes you stopped in your tracks and would turn around and go away or make an excuse. i need a mop, i need a broom. >> that's the only reason to go back there. i have no other reason to get back there. no other reason, maybe to get some food or something to eat. >> we may look into this a little further and then we'll come to a conclusion, recommendation. okay? >> yes, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> while the officers deliberate, dean is taken back to his cell in segregation.

later, officer may comes to his cell to deliver their verdict. >> i wanted to let you know you are a do not return to the kitchen and the warden gave you 15 days for the major disruptive conduct. he threw out the -- we all threw out the charge of possession of a weapon. so you can rest easy on that. >> the ruling means dean will spend the final days at cuyahoga county in segregation for not being truthful but not entering the stock room unsupervised but not face charges for the shank. >> thank you very much and i appreciate it. >> you're welcome. i appreciate you. >> mr. henderson, thank you, sir, i appreciate that. >> i'm excited. i'm excited to have this finally done and over with and -- they found me guilty of major disruptive conduct which i

really don't understand that, but i'm not going to sit there and question it, my out date is the 19th. i'm going to go. i'm happy. >> thank you so much. >> take care. >> rest easy. >> how are you doing, sir? >> for dean, time in segregation is a small sacrifice for going home as scheduled. ronald wells, however, is facing serious robbery and home invasion charges and could have a long stay here as his case works its way through the courts. he's in segregation for possibly plotting an escape attempt and is anxious to get out. >> i've got to be out there to talk to my mom and relatives and all of that. by me being in the hole, as you can see, like, i can't do none of that, like nothing works for me in my favor. >> officials received a letter claiming to be from a family member claiming that wells was

planning an escape. when they listen back to the phone call, the suspicions grew deeper. wells insists, he was only joking. >> i was very upset because i feel like they knew if you're serious or you're not. so they know what's real le going on and what really ain't going on so for them to barge in a room like that -- and make that situation that serious, i think that that was like way kind of absurd. >> wells thinks because he is accused of robbing patrons at the horseshoe casino, one of downtown cleveland's high-profile attractions, his case puts him in a negative light. >> they want to make sure they set examples and don't want tourists and people to come to clevela cleveland, ohio, and enjoy their good time at the casino. >> investigator may says the jail can't afford to treat talk of escape as a joke. >> there are two things that we take really seriously, escape is one of them and suicide is the

other. so the necessary precautions we have to act on them immediately. >> even if it's in a joking manner, you never know. >> in the course of his investigation, sergeant christopher interviewed wells' mother who said she had no knowledge of the letter. >> she didn't have information from other family members that indicated they would have written such a letter. and she also said that she didn't believe anybody in her family would have written that type of a letter. so the mother said that he does have a lot of enemies on the street. >> he also spoke with wells girlfriend about the incriminating phone call. >> she did not remember wells making that statement, said if he did make that type of statement, it may have been in a joking manner. it did appear it was a joking fashion, didn't seem to be a valid type of escape threat. >> so we're clear with that, done with that as an investigation.

>> tuck your shirt in. >> though wells is cleared of escape charges, he won't be taken back to his original housing unit, rather he'll be kept in a smaller unit where inmates can be better monitored and for wells, that's good enough. >> feel good. feel good. good to be out of the hole and come home, getting released. escaping from the county jail, it ain't going to happen at all. definitely not by me. i won't even say that on the phone. i'm going to tell my girl, we can't talk like that no more. >> what's up, baby? oh, man. my lawyer called you and told you? >> so for the youngsters watching, this ain't what you want to do every day, what you want to go through. what you see is what you get.

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gentlemen, make sure your bunks are made. >> the cuyahoga county correction center is a weigh station for inmates. some head home after serving short sentences or being acquitted of the charges. others ship off to state prison following their convictions. and sometimes, a state prison inmate returns to the jail for appeals or other court proceedings before returning to what some call the parent institution. >> the worst statement i ever heard when i first started was i'm here for six months, i can't wait to get back to my parent institution.

i said, what is a parent institution? he explained it to me, i thought, wow, they are really stuck on being incarcerated and they are the luxuries and comforts of i guess home. that blows my mind. when they said that i got home and hugged my mom and dad and said wow. >> lawrence silk's event stay at the jail has come to an end. he was just put on a bus headed for the state prison that will now become his parent institution. >> silk rolled out this morning, i transported him down to classifications. he said he wants to get his life together. this is his last trip. wants to get his g.e.d. and education and looking to do something when he gets out, try to do something.

>> silk's former neighbor, gary valentine is only ten days from finishing his sentence for failure to pay child support. he will spend much of that time hard at work in the jail's kitchen. after he found a shank several days earlier, staff placed him in segregation until they were convinced it didn't actually belong to valentine. >> after investigation i was found to not have any involvement i guess. get interviewed and after that you don't know what the hell is going on. makes it easy to finish my last ten days out. >> james dean has vowed to never return to jail and just moments away from his latest shot to make good on that promise.

>> i am excited. i'm not going to jump with joy until they cut the band on and walk out the doors. then i'll be happy. long process, i'm ready to get out of here, man, this is killing me. >> the process of leaving jail is not a quick one. >> thank you. >> just as jail staff can take no risks when it comes to inmates joking about escape, they also can't risk releasing the wrong inmate. >> when it comes time for you to be released out of here, not only do we have ask questions to make sure we have the right person as far as dates of birth and socials, we do a retina scan also to make sure we have the right person that we're supposed to be releasing and should coincide with the paperwork we have. >> look in to the mirror. thank you for your cooperation. >> beautiful, sir, take all of your stuff and see that officer there. >> need your arm band, sir. >> man, that's a relief.

>> there's your property, remain sealed until you get downstairs, okay? >> yes, sir. >> thank you and good luck. >> thank you. >> what's going on, man? >> yeah, freedom again, baby. ♪ >> so long.

due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> he grabbed it. i took it from him. >> an inmate with a reputation for trouble takes on a no nonsense warden. >> i run this jail. >> it's very rare that you see an older person came into a facility. when she first came into my area, she looked like she was a grandmother figure. >> a 71-year-old woman convicted for an investment scheme that left nearly 800 victims in its wake.