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due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> jacked up. >> a game leads to a brawl the deputies need to sort out. >> did the light skinned guy hit the black guy first? >> almost like a sucker punch. >> the biggest woman in jail works to shed the pounds. >> instead of six sandwiches i'll eat two. >> and her past. >> i think every part of my body
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has been used sexually at least once. >> call immediate giraffe, they call me all types. >> a bullied inmate. >> we're not going to have that here. >> why all of this stuff coming at me. >> in recent years, the community surrounding washington, d.c. like those in fairfax county, virginia, have become some of the wealthiest and fastest growing in the nation. due in part to low crime rates. >> we do not have the same amount of serious crime as maybe a district of columbia, so we can concentrate more on little things. if you take care of the little things you don't have the big
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things. >> behind the walls of the fairfax county adult detention center, deputies say they practice the same philosophy in managing the inmates. while some of the 1200 men and women here are convicted, most are currently charged with crimes and awaiting trial and resolution of their cases. staff say no infraction is too minor. >> we have tough rules. we enforce those and it's considered a tough jail to be in. >> even a discarded tissue in a female housing unit. >> tissue here. who was at this phone. somebody got to remove that paper towel. >> things are just as strict when it comes to the tidiness of individual cells. >> bed has to be made. no wrinkles in it. >> make sure when i come by your door your back is off the doors, both of your arms by your side. >> we have what is called cell inspection. inmate has to clean his cells and it has to be done in a
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straight way where the post deputies go there the cells. everything neat, clean and orderly. >> unlike full shakedowns where every inch is inspected these daily checks are simply for cleanliness. and today, that's good news for jasmine. anything that's not in its original container is contraband. because i don't have regular. i have the two piece. >> go ahead. >> slaughter says she is in jail for hanging around the wrong crowd at a walmart. >> went into the store with some friends. they were stealing tvs and electronics. i was in the bathroom. i came out i was questioned, detained and arrested and
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charged with grand larceny. i don't understand because i wasn't stealing. >> slaughter pled not guilty but admits to a history of stealing. >> i would get away with it. possibly get away stealing for so long i've always looked for you know, a sentence from people like i wanted friends and you know, when you want friends, you try to -- i do things to impress people. >> my mom always told me if somebody wants you to due do something for you they are not your friend. and me, being a stubborn teenager, i didn't listen. and i got away with it a couple times. but then it started catching up to me. >> slaughter has a separate charge of perjury in the neighboring county. she's pled not guilty there as well. but will remain housed at fairfax county until her grand
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larceny charge is resolved. she says her unusual appearance has led to cruelty. >> oh, what's that on your skin? is it containingous. no. it's just eczema. it's not even that bad. that's all i hear all the time. >> slaughter did not want to discuss why she has no eyebrows or lashes but it's led to unwanted nicknames. >> they call me giraffe, call me all types of [ bleep ]. i know i do make-up, hair, i do everything. so i don't look the same. >> i'm not trying to be funny or put her down or anything. but this is a jail. and people in jail talk. >> they call her avatar, it's cruel. >> that's her new nickname. people are calling her that on the block there. >> i cry a lot. because i never heard, i'm never
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understood. i'm always misunderstood. i'm always singled out. i'm always the outcast. and it hurts. >> she's like scaly a little bit. and she's tall and slinky you know. >> ginger is nerving nine months after pleading guilty to selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer. she has been her for theft, embezzlement. >> crack cocaine. i used to be addicted to it and i was doing anything and everything to get the money to supply my habit. you know how they say if you smoke crack you lose a lot of weight. bull [ bleep ]. i was eating and smoking at the same time. >> after i go on like my binge
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and stuff i would go on another and start eating. so pretty much i had like two addictions. >> blew discuss says she is the largest woman in the jail. her heaviest she weighed nearly double her 320 pounds. >> probably about 5'8". if i laid on my back, like would hang off the bed. i'm sorry, i got a lot of ass. >> lucas says she used her weight to make a lot of money. >> i do strip. big girl strip close-ups. you wear like a g string. it's like it can be like black or a clear. you get those specially made. >> ready. >> though she is imposing she is popular on her housing unit. >> wow. she a good girl.
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>> i was intimidated by ginger at first, the look on her face. but she's actually very sweet and like cuddly. >> wasn't this size when i first met her. size i mean that didn't mean nothing to me. i didn't care about that. >> james davis has been in a relationship with lucas for the past nine years. and is a father to one of her six children. they were both arrested for dealing crack cocaine to an undercover officer. davis also pled guilty but was sentenced to five years compared to who discuss's nine months. he will soon believe her behind when he transfers to prison. >> seems a cool person to be around. she was always herself. she never was one to be nobody else. the first day i met her is the same person she was then same person she is now. >> he's actually been the only person that stand by me through my periods.
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he made me feel like i was wanted. like i was special. >> with her boyfriend headed to prison, and her children missing her, and living with various family members, lucas says she's finally ready for change. >> i want to go back to what i was doing before to get me in all this trouble. i've been seeing him in almost a year and i probably won't see him for three, four years. that kind of hurts. i need to make a change, not only for me but for my kids. >> coming up. >> really, really disappointing. >> new troubles for jazz mine slaughter. >> happened so fast. >> the first punch. >> he hit me first. >> no get out of jail free cards following a brawl. with millions of reviews,
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one of the policies in the tightly run fairfax county adult detention center requires medium and maximum security inmates to be locked out of cells all day long. this way they can be better observed by the officer who mans the security station that looks out over five units. up to 20 men at a time must co-exist in the small day room or common area between cells. >> i hate this place, man. it's a nightmare. >> the cramped quarters can cause tempers to flare. >> what's happening? >> fight. >> deputies have just broken up a fight between josh and derek. it occurred between park place and marvin gardens. >> couldn't beat him at monopoly. that's it. got jacked up. >> what was going on at the time? >> we were playing monopoly, like made a big scene, well, i'm not doing it correctly and
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basically tried to put me down as if like i was doing it badly. in a desire respectful manner. >> he hit you? >> this happened so fast. >> you fight back? >> not really. >> so who threw the first punch? >> he hit me first. >> where? >> right here. >> by your eye? >> yes, sir. i ran up to defend myself and i threw a punch too. >> inmate you want to provide a story so we speak with other inmates to determine what occurred. >> so did the light skinned guy hit the black skinned guy first? >> it took a few minutes for anybody to hit. they were pushing back and forth like kids do. then it just erupted. kind of looked like a sucker punch. i couldn't tell. they weren't trying to hurt each
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other. more i don't know what's the right word. busy footing around. that's what they were doing. >> another inmate says he knows exactly who started the fight. >> you can have a seat on the bench. >> alden alexander is josh franklin's cell mate. >> got up in his face. and pushed him. >> okay. so mr. elmore pushed mr. franklin. >> both men will soon have hearings to determine how much time if any they will get in segregation,s as harsh a housing situation as any we've seen. >> from my personal perspective i feel i should be found not guilty but only god knows right now. you know. i mean this is jail. people lie. it's filled with liars and thieves. i don't believe almost anything anybody tells me in here.
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>> who really started the fight? >> he started the fight. he started the entire thing. >> elmore has a reputation for fighting. he is serving a one-year sentence for assault on a police officer. >> when you resist arrest they try to make it you're looking for police officers to beat up. that's not what it is. i don't put my hands on someone unless they put their hands on me. >> elmore says that's exactly what franklin did during the game. but franklin says he would never hurt anyone. >> i'm the most kindest guy on the block. if not the most encouraging. i'm a very religious guy. i stay in the bible reading scriptures of to encourage myself in this time of affliction. cling to what is good.
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be kindly, professional to one another. >> franklin does bible study, you know, every day. he basically walks around in his cell preaching to himself. you got a lot of guys they call it jail house religion. doing your dirt on the outside. you get to jail all of a sudden you are a holy roller. >> i don't hide behind anything. what i do is just i just basically keep my head on straight by not thinking about what i'm here for. you know. >> what franklin is here for is the stuff of nightmares. he has pled guilty and awaiting sentencing on four convictions. rape by force, sodomy of a helpless victim by force, robbery, and illegal use of a firearm. according to prosecutors franklin contacted two women on a website known for escort service acts. he met them at a hotel, fored each woman to have sex with him.
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then authorities say he made them have sex with each other. after franklin left the hotel, the women called 911 and he was soon apprehended. despite his guilty plea, franklin has a different way of looking at it. >> people have different perspectives. they see it different ways. the situation is like a youth mistake that everyone you know, seems to have in their youth. and nine times out of ten most learn from it you know. >> but this might not be franklin's only mistake. during his stay new rape charges were filed. afternoon franklin is sentenced for his crimes in fairfax county he will be prosecuted in arlington as well. though he says he is innocent, he might decide to enter a guilty plea. >> because like i have -- i have
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fear in my heart in regards to like what will happen if i do. i don't want the worst punishment. i always keep in mind the worst punishment if things go wrong. i try to keep it in mind, you know. >> coming up. >> i'm the one person that motivated everybody on the block as far as you know, reading the bible and doing everything right. >> josh and derek plead their cases to avoid disciplinary segregation for fighting. >> this guy frank is crazy, man. i got to be disciplined because of this guy. i don't -- i don't think it's fair.
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but for the wrong reasons. >> she was a management issue. loved to fight, loved to fuss. didn't, i mean, she disregarded authority. she didn't care. >> a few years earlier lucas was even bigger than she is now, private first class clay born had to take her to the ground to break up a fight. >> she took me, that little thing is strong. >> from training it doesn't matter how big they are. you have to take them down when you can. sometimes when you are by yourself. she changed a lot. heck of a lot. >> it hasn't just been a change in behavior. at her heaviest lucas weighed nearly 600 pounds. she dropped almost half of that and wants to lose more. >> funny sometimes. you can't do a lot of things you want to do. six flags, and you know they got the new super man and all of them rides out and all that.
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well, can't even fit in them. it's like i'd be like this and i couldn't close the thing. i'm like man. that sucks. >> how does that make you feel? >> it hurts. it hurts my feelings but i got to do something about it. the weight's gotta go. i watch what i eat. like instead of eating six sandwiches i'll eat two. i'll walk around the gym about 41 times. i do just like leg routines. i can't do a push up. i will not do a push up. >> today lucas has reached a new milestone. she was issued a smaller uniform. >> pay no attention do you. >> smalle size?
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how -- >> that big old parachute. >> it has been a source of emotional pain. she has not always been sensitive about the feeling of another woman in the unit. jasmine slaughter. >> people are actually calling her that on the block. >> slaughter is awaiting trial for larceny in fairfax county. but she's just returned from nearby stafford county where she was sentenced on an unrelated charge of perjury. >> i was really disappointing, they gave me five months, so i'm hopefully my time runs all together. that's what i'm hoping. i'm just a little depressed you know behind it. the inmates, tired of being around them. >> feeling seems to be mutual after slaughter tells others. >> talk to that dumb [ bleep ]. get involved with you no more. >> brenda has been in and out of
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the jail over the past 30 years. she doesn't want to hear slaughter whine about her problems. >> we're playing cards. she want us to baby her. i'm not going to. you broke the law so you wrok the law to get here so i'm not going to baby you. you tell me something i'm going to tell you like it is. >> what they say. miss brenda is old so i respect older people but she really struck a nerve. >> you put an egg in your shoe and beat it. beat it! >> got bad news. >> come on. let's play. >> i just want to be heard. i want to be understood. i want to be listened to for once. one time. and you don't get that here. all you do is get punished, punished, punished.
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>> coming up, jas mine slaughter is forced to leave the housing unit. >> you're making it worse. i said i don't care. went up the steps crying. it's on now. it's on now. >> and. >> so you pled not guilty to fighting. i'm finding you guilty. >> josh franklin and derek elmore learn that the penalty for fighting over monopoly isn't paid with paper money. plug it in, and you can save on car insurance based on your good driving. you sell to me? no, it's free. you want to try? i try this if you try... not this. okay. da! what happened? life happened. stress. fun. bad habits. kids. kids. kids.
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breaking news out of ferguson, missouri. nbc news confirmed a police officer has been shot, our affiliate reports the officer was wounded in the arm while he was checking out a building. captain ron johnson told a crowd that was gathering that the officer was the only person shot. refuting reports that had been circulating the suspect was shot as well. the incident near the site of recent protests over the fatal shooting of michael brown. now back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised.
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>>. >> at the fairfax county adult detention center, feeding the 1200 men and women incarcerated falls to workers reich rashid. in this kitchen they learn how to do things big. >> right now i'm going to boil the potatoes first. 45 minutes or an hour. then i'm going to take them over and mash them, butter and milk. most use instant potatoes. we're using real potatoes. >> he is part of a crew that serves about 26,000 inmate meals a week. >> they order 30,000 pounds a week. 18,000 cookies, 10,000 cartons of milk. 1400 pounds of sandwich meat per week. the food is prepared by m inmates. every 30 days they are working
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they could receive five days off their sentence. >> i try to do my best when i cook. it's not that bad. i've seen worse in other jails. the food is not that bad. >> not every inmate likes the food. it's almost gourmet compared to nutritional loaf. >> how they feed us in here. unseasoned mix of carrots, cab boj and onions, it's served to inmates in segregation, three meals a day, six a week. >> it has no texture, no taste. the crunchiness doesn't help either. smells disgusting. >> the loaf may soon be on the menu for derek and josh. they recently got into a fight over a game of monopoly. today they will plead their cases in hopes of staying out of the harsh confines of disciplinary segregation.
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where restrictions are well beyond the food. >> finish up. >> lieutenant suarez will conduct hearings starting with fank lin recently convicted of crimes including rape and sodomy. now faces rape charges in a neighboring county. he's brought two witnesses who will testify not only about the fight but about his character. >> mr. franklin, you asked for these two as your witnesses for this hearing. anything you want to ask them? >> did you see him throw the first punch at me? >> elmore was saying something he takes monopoly so serious. he shoved franklin twice, threw a punch. >> i would like to say that i'm particularly the one person that you know, seems to motivate everybody on the block as far as you know reading the bible and doing everything right. >> i would say that he does lead a good example as far as you know, trying to lead people toward the bible. ever since i met him he has been a good spoken person.
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he doesn't curse. none of that. >> okay. thank you both. you can go upstairs. >> now suarez will hear from derek elmore. >> in the chair to the left. >> he will have to go it alone. >> he asked for three witnesses, none of thinks three wanted to come down. one was unavailable. two declined, did not want to be part of it. >> this guy frank, he's crazy. he lost the game. next thing you know he wants to fight. now i got to be disciplined because of inguy. i don't think it's fair. >> so it's basically him by himself saying that i didn't start it the other guy did. but the other guy had more people in his favor. at the end of the day i couldn't say one assaulted the other because there was no independent witness ta verify. as far as the fighting goes, what i do know is that there was a physical altercation. you can attest to that basically that was your testimony. whether he started you started i
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do know that it happened. the witnesses concur that happened. the investigation shows there was a physical altercation between the two of you. so you pled not guilty to fighting. i'm finding you guilty. i'm taking into account the fact that you haven't had discipline issues since you have been here. again fighting won't be tolerated so i'm giving you 10 days. i need your signature on my copy. >> glad i only got 10 days. could have been worse. i could have had up to 30 days in the hole. like i said, i read my bible and exercise. come out the hole stronger than when i went in. >> franklin's finishment takes a different turn. >> as far as sentencing goes, i'm giving you ten days ds. i'm suspending the 10 days. this is not your first time in front of me for a hearing. >> yes. >> even since the last time that you were before me for a hearing, you caught another
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charge for defacing county property and given five days suspended ds time. i'm reinstating those five days suspended previously. okay. i need your signature on my copy. franklin, i did give him the benefit of his witnesses but at the same time without sort of a deputy to witness part of the altercation it really was one person's word against another. but he had suspended time over his head so i gave him the five days suspended time just for simple fact he had not stayed out of trouble. >> both are moved to disciplinary segregation they will be confined to a single cell and have all of their possessions taken except one religious book. mattresses will be removed during the day and served the nutrition loaf. the same fate might be in store for jasmine slaughter. >> i have a hearing coming up. i got three in-house charges. >> slaughter violated a jail
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rule by being under her covers after 8:00 a.m. >> i was only going to give her extra cleanup duties for being under her covers for violating that rule. but i guess she was upset about that and so she started fussing at everyone and had a lot of loud outbursts. >> sheila says she was one of the targets of slaughter's anger. >> i looked at jasmine so she rolled her eyes at me like why you rolling your eyes at me. i didn't do nothing to you. i look back at her, why you still looking at me, bitch. i said i can look at anybody i want to. >> according to private claiborne slaughter threw a sandwich at an inmate. >> i had her pack her things. >> she said i'm mad. leave me alone. and went up the steps crying. it's on now. it's on now. we didn't know what she was talking about what was on. >> patricia says she understands slaughter's actions. >> there are just mean girls in
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this place. they make fun of her. unfortunately it all came to a head. she had enough. she snapped. >> like you're making it worse. i said i don't care. about four, five more officers. she got bad with the officers. i mean it was a sergeant. she got bad with the sergeant. sergeant put the hand cuffs on her. >> slaughter was confined to a cell on another floor pending disciplinary hearing for refusing orders. >> i think she's better off housed with less people or even by herself. >> why is all of this stuff coming at me. i just don't understand. >> having all of these girls pick on her seems so unfair. i think she shouldn't have been treated that way. i don't think she should have been the one that goes down there. it should have been the ones that started the mess for her calling her names. >> i can't wait to leave here.
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the same thing when i go to my hearing too. the same thing i'm going to write it up better. >> in preparation for the hearing, slaughter writes out her testimony. >> explain to them everything. i don't think that's going to do anything. they are not going to care. >> coming up. jasmine slaughter mounts a highly detailed defense. >> is there anything that deals directly with the refusing the direct order? >> everything. >> then. >> for the gifts and the calling of god are irrevocable. >> josh is confronted about the disparity between his self image and what his charges might say about him. >> one could say this is a serial rapist. what would you say? visit tripadvisor miami. [ bird chirping ] with millions of reviews, tripadvisor makes any destination better.
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behind the walls of the fairfax county adult detention center, jasmine slaughter says the life has consisted of chronic teasing about her appearance. >> they call me giraffe, tear a dak tile. all types. >> they call her avatar, alien. >> have a seat. >> slaughter was removed from the unit for disobeying orders and yelling at inmates. now she could wind up with time in the jail's restrictive disciplinary segregation unit depending on the results of the hearing. >> tell me what happened. >> i wrote everything down so i don't forget nothing. okay. when claiborne told me to go up and pack my stuff i did. but as i went up the stairs, i said [ bleep ] got what you wanted. i put my hands behind my back and left. her supervisor like nobody cares, about the crime. the monopoly game is not hers
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and i could play. in a game is over anyways. it's jasmine, i don't like you, you are nothing but a bottom bitch. i said whatever. i'm under the radar again. she asked who else was at the table. >> let me stop there, ma'am. does this deal with the incompatibility issue. >> i'm missing that charge. move on. >> she asked who else was at the table. and said -- >> is there anything else that deals directly with the refusing to obey a direct order or making a false statement? >> everything. it's not that much. it's only a little bit. it looks like a lot because i didn't write on the back. she asked who else was at the table. >> they have the right to get their story out and that's my job is to hear them out. i did stop her for a moment but she wanted to make her voice heard so i let her continue. >> i've been called names such
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as avatar, giraffe, and bottom bitch. in the beginning but i'm not a troublemaker. and that's all i have to say. >> okay. let me finish this up. i'll call you back oud and give you my determination. >> sometimes people do become emotional during these hearings but they don't have an effect on the outcome. whether they are happy, sad, depressed, it doesn't change the action that they have taken. so whether you're laughing at it or crying at it, the sentence is going to be the same. >> i'm so glad i wrote that paper today because i wanted to bring everything as fresh as possible from the pod over to here to show them that i'm not down there starting stuff. i feel like somebody finally listened to me like finally sat
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there and listened instead of cutting me off, i mean they made me feel a lot better that i could let it out to somebody else. so maybe he can be in my shoes for you know, those five minutes. >> slaughter's violations make her eligible for up to 30 days in segregation. decision is up to sergeant taggert. >> you pled guilty i'm finding you guilty. that's punishable up to 15 days. i'm going to give you 15. suspend eight of those. that means seven days from that charge. for the charge of making a false statement you pled guilty, i'm finding you guilty. that's also punishable 15 days. i'll suspend 8 of those days. you have additional 7 days. you pled not guilty. i was dismissing that charge. so from this incident you have 14 days of disciplinary segregation you'll serve. i don't care about looks, i care about actions. and the way you acted is not
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going to be we're not going to have that here in our facility. okay. you have issues with the other inmate let your step be known. questions about that. get a signature here. >> it's not that bad. it's not that long. i don't mind being by myself. it's i don't want to eat that loaf. that's the only thing. >> back to your cell. >> still i take accountability for what i did, wasn't right. to go off like that. i won't do it again. i won't. because i don't want to be in this situation again. >> slaughter's not the only inmate on the move. ginger lucas was transferred to a unit on the older side of the jail where the cells and common areas are smaller and more crowded. >> it's dirtier down here. i'm trying to get moved out of here quick. i don't like it. >> the transfer as well as five days loss of commissary privileges came as a result of a
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disagreement with a nurse. still these are less severe than disciplinary segregation but more painful to lucas is not knowing whether her boyfriend james davis is still in the jail. or if he's been transferred to prison. >> i wrote james a letter. haven't gotten a letter back yet. >> who did you send it to? >> his mom. >> jail policy prints inmate-to-inmate communication. so lucas mails letters to day zris' mother who forwards them to davis. >> last time i talked to him was last month when i got a letter from him. i don't know if he's gone or still here. >> i want him to know i'm here. i'm not going nowhere. i'm not going nowhere. i mean, people may say i should leave him alone but i love him. got my heart. i want to tell him that i'm here for him.
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>> coming up. >> my best friend that got killed. she got shot in the head. he came up. i was standing right next to her. >> the release date approaching ginger considers the dangers of her career as a prostitute. and jasmine slaughter experiences the loaf. you used to sleep like a champ - then boom... what happened? life happened. stress. fun. bad habits. kids. kids. kids. now what? not milk. not sheep. not that. let's think smarter. let's get some science in here. let's build a bed. another bed? no, a smarter bed an entirely new sleep number bed that tracks your movement, your heartbeat, your breathing - sensors working directly with the dual air chambers - yeah you need the air chambers.
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detention center, josh franklin recently received five days in disciplinary segregation for fighting over a game of monopoly. >> for the gifts and the calling of god are irrevocable. >> prior to trouble he would conduct bible studies. >> what happens in the spiritual realm is awesome because believe it or not like it's a lot of people in here that question the
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purpose of their lives, question why they are here on the earth. and basically you know, that's what my studying, what my zeal is. is to answer those type of questions. >> recently franklin has had big questions to answer. he has pled guilty to rape by force, sodomy of a helpless victim by force, robbery, and illegal use of a firearm. he's awaiting sentencing but recently received new charges of rape and other alleged crimes in a neighboring county. and must soon answer those accusations as well. first, he's confronted with another question. >> you're saying mistakes, one could say this is a serial rapist. what would you say to that? >> that's not true. it's not for one to judge as well. so i know what happened, and god knows what happened but at the same time i feel that god allowed me to be in the
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situation so that i might submit fully to his will for my life instead of living a life of partiality, living a life that's going to church one sunday and partying the next. the way i keep my peace, the way i sleep at night, is by reading this book right here, and letting my mind stay at ease. knowing that i didn't do it. so, that's how you can have peace. >> franklin could be sentenced to decades in prison for his fairfax county convictions alone. ginger lucas on the other hand, is nearing the end of her nine-month sentence. and now the mother of six must decide what changes she will make on the outside. >> i don't want to go back. being around drugs. being around fast money. i don't want to put myself in that predicament.
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i want to get away from that. >> lucas must consider whether another source of income will be in her future. she has frequently worked as a prostitute despite the dangers. >> my best friend got shot in the head. it was a trick. he came up and -- i was standing right next to her. i've been through it all, shot, stabbed, raped. even though i've been through so much i still have a good personality. i'm still happy. >> how do you manage that? >> i don't know. honestly i don't know. >> lucas says what she did as a prostitute could make a wreck of any one. >> how much would you pull in on a night? >> depends on what a client wanted, what type of fetish he had. given burn showers, had guys wanted me to carry them on my
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back for like 20 minutes. and wrestle. and it turned them on. like okay. people have weird fetishes. i had a guy like sweaty pits i guess. i think every part of my body has been used sexually at least once. so. >> you can laugh about it now. but what does that do to you? all that stuff. >> i just liked the money. guys will pay anything to have their fantasies, even women. fantasies like the strongest thing in the mind, you know. they'll do anything for it. so hey. pay me, baby. i'll make your fantasy come true. >> lucas's boyfriend james is
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still awaiting his transfer to prison to begin his five-year sentence. he says he sold the drugs that earned him that time to help get lucas out of prostitution. >> the only reason i did it i didn't want her to go out. i knew what she was going to have to do if i didn't help her somehow. she had to go out prostitution. i didn't want her go out this, that's going to be on my conscious. i feel the same way now as i did when i first met her even though i'm going through this, i mean, i still feel the same about her. >> birthday cards. missing him. miss my kids. it's just been on my mind. a got a lot [ bleep ] lately. it's crazy.
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>> jasmine slaughter's two-week stay in segregation is almost complete. unlike most inmates she's gotten through with it a smile on her face. >> i just made the best of it since i've been here. the girl says, she's like you're not even upset. you're just normal. i'm like what else can i do. just sit here. >> slaughter didn't even mind the loaf. at least in moderation. >> there you go. a little bite. beans. >> the most inmates can't wait to leave disciplinary segregation. slaughter made a special request. >> i asked to stay here. i just want to be by myself. i don't want to be in population. it's too much drama. i don't want to be in the mix or anything. i don't want my name in anything, i don't want issues
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with deputies, inmates, nothing. i'm in a different place now. i'll be okay. i'll be fine. >> you are clean because of the word which i have spoken to you. abide in me and i in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it in the vine unless you abide in me. for the gifts and the calling of god are irrevocable.
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a sadistic murder transforms the jail. >> he was sodomized, peed on, spit on, boiling water poured on him. he was tortured. a roller derby queen takes a hard fall. >> i have kids, and i need to be with them, you know? this ain't cool no more. and one inmate realizes that even a good day in jail can have a dark side. >> some of these guys are lo
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