♪ ♪ i guess some people look at you and don't like you for some reason, they target on you. >> a new inmate tries to adjust his life in jail. >> you just don't know who you are sleeping with. >> but he finds himself the target on his back, a victim of violence. ♪

a drug unsmuggling scheme is -- >> the suspect is identified. >> i look guilty there. if you look deeper into my background to see that i don't have a reason for it. >> but, will his claim of innocence holds up? ♪ located from the hudson river, hackensack, new jersey is one of its oldest. hackensack has its own character

and faces its own challenges. you can find examples just outside downtown. at the county jail. while some of the men and women incarcerated here had been convicted. most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting child and the resolutions of their cases. william bernard mercedes agree. this is his first extended stay in jail. bernard says his four months here have caused him panic attacks and worsen his stuttering. >> i would stutt sometimes when the anxiety level wouldet real high on the outside but nothing like on a daily basis where the guys in the unit would make fun of me because that's the way i talk everyday.

i guess some people look at you for some reason and they just target in on you and a lot of them have been in there for ten or twelve months. they are already, basically, all settled in and you know i am basically new. . bernard is charged with threatened to kill and unlawful used of a firearm. during the course of his arrest, he picked up additional charges on assaulting officers. he pled guilty to all. >> if i think about the future and being contained and not able to see my family and just be way overwhelming. >> adding to bernard's stress is the fact that he's housed in a maximum security unit. he says he spends most of his

time in the cell and trust no one, not even the inmate cutter that used to cut his hair. >> my barber, he stabs people, he bailed out in there and he got into a fight with a police officer and got into a fight couple times. >> he was doing all kinds of drugs and robberies. you just don't know who you are sleeping with. one of the times he does sleep in his cell is to perform duties as a maintenance worker. he said that got in trouble when another inmate got angry. >> he came up behind me and smacked me and smacked all the stuff out of my happenends. because of his fear of being a snitch, h does not report the

problem. >> after my ex left me, she had my daughter and the house is wiped out and we started getting our house fixed and moved back in and six weeks later, sandy came and it was like a one-two pun. . it was pretty heavy. >> on the night of arrest, bernard says his father accused him of stealing his keys and wallet. when he denied, he says he did argument and sue. he said i put a gun to his head and that i am going to kill him which was not true. i was on the second floor of my home when they tried to take me down and handcuff me, the three officers threw me down the stairs by accident and i broke

my two ribs. according to the arresting officer's report, bernard was belligerent and begin to fight three officers. they said he attempted to jump down the stairs and landed face first before landing down to the sliding. just heartbroken and overwhelmed. i love my father. it is absolutely heartbreakoken. >> jail staff say they see another drug that leads to arrests, heroine. the opioid pills that normally prescribed for pain is being

abused by kids who eventually turn over to heroine because it costs a lot more money on the streets. >> addiction drive some inmates to defeat their habits in jail. >> there are occasions where the mail will be used to try to bring contraband into facilities and inmates become ingenuous and trying to mail them. >> he was a mail room duty when he came across a suspicious birthday card. it was turned over to one of the officers. >> two cards go together with four stack of heroines taped inside. it was addressed to the rip y . recipient. >> the recipient was immediately removed. >> as far as pagtaglia, no

dealings and seems to be respectful. the way heroine takes over your body, it can change anybody. >> he admits prior to his arrest for aggravated assault to which he pled not guilty. he completed to drug rehabilitation program. he says he knows nothing. >> i did not have anything to do with it. i have been cleaned 17 months now. i never lived before i am sober. >> i feel like someone, we have been bunky for 12 or 13 days using my name. i am facing too much to even risk something like that.

more than likely not because of small amounts that's coming in. and being that the return address is phony and there is no way to determine who actually sent it in. he does not know that yet. >> if they find me guilty, i am going to be upset because i cannot risk another charge. instead of criminal charges, he ans cell me requested to remain anonymous and will be investigated and will see disciplinary hearings. >> i am going to tell the truth. the first place i would look is the bunkie. >> when you move into the kreshlcell with him, are you aware that he's doing that? >> william bernard is the

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find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. . inside hackensack, county jail, officers discovered strips of heroine inside greeting cards mailed to inmates. >> you have 800 other inmates that you are dealing with here. you need somebody to be sceane d the drug is going to incapacitated somebody. battaglia denied the card and he suspected other inmates.

they'll conduct internal disciplinary hearings starting with battaglia's cell mate. >> there was a birthday card that was sent into facility. the birthday card was tampered with. there were four bags of heroine in between the two birthday cards. the birthday card had the e number of your roommate. can you make your statement on your involvement of this. >> i had no involvement at all. >> are you aware of him doing this? >> i was not aware of anything like that. >> you have no involvement at all. >> you could step back out and i can come see you in a moment for a decision. >> now the panel will hear from nick battaglia. >> there is a birthday card that had four bags of substance of possibly heroine, now it is your chance to make a statement.

>> my name is ton card, obviously, i am a prime suspect but i am not saying aim not. i look guilty there. but if you look deeper into my background to see that i don't have a reason for it. i have 17 months cleaned. i get money in my account regularly so i don't need to sell the drugs. >> i want to know why your e number would be on the envelope. >> i did not give them permission to sent anything. you did not give him permission. >> i assume that now i have seen him in. i assume that he had something to do with it. >> why do you feel that way? he knew it was my birthday. he was in my room and he had access to my mail. i felt like if it was anybody,

it would be him. it would be anybody but my room. >> you don't know for sure. no, i cannot be 100%. >> if i would have known that's coming in my name before him, i would have said something. >> step outside. >> there is no way i can get around it. it had my name on it. thenly thing i had working for me is my background and hopefully that works out for me. >> while battaglia is hopeful, there is a lot of the extent of the investigation that he does not know. >> during the course of the in vil investigation, it was proven that him and another cell mate are in attempt to get heroine. >> the jail says it had phone recording of his cell mate and bl battaglia setting it up.

>> who gentlemen trying to bring in heroine and utilizing the mail system into the jail. we'll call battaglia back in and we'll let him know that we have concrete proof that he's involved in this and if he's willing to tell us how much involvement and if he will let us know, he will get less time and if he keeps on saying he does not know, he's going to get the maximum. >> the panel can put battaglia in segregation for up to 15 days. >> i want to let you know that we have concrete evidence that your roommate was setting this whole thing up that you were involved. what i want to explain to you to make sure that you understand is you can tell me how far you were involved with this which will make a difference of how many days you will get locked or you can sit here and say you had nothing to do it and i am going to give you the max sanctions.

i know you are involved but it is just a matter of how much you are involved. if you are doing it to help him out or whatever the reason is. >> i did not know the content. he asked me and i said don't get me jammed up [ bleep ]. he said can i use your name and when he asked me on the phone, what is your e number or last name? i was not quite so sure. >> so you gave a strange guy that you just met in jail permission to use your name and e number on something you did not know what he was getting. you did not know he's bringing in drugs or you did not noknow what dru s or tobacco. >> i knew it was not right. i didn't think it was not drugs. i thought maybe contacting his victims or did not go under his name. >> so you know the max sanction

for each chargers is 15 days. >> being that you corroborated some what. we'll give you 10 days in lock. so you are done and good to go. >> i felt like i was cooperating or i don't know. it seems like the better thing to do. i am done with it. we cannot associate anymore. >> battaglia's relationship in jail have landed him in segregation. william bernard resulted in violence. he was recently assaulted. they assaulted when he was walking up the stairs. bernard was on the ground and definitely was out of it. once it was called out we are probably inside less than a minute after the fight was called out. bernard was sitting on the ground and looked daze. once the officers saw it they

both ran away. it was a little chaotic but for the most part, i tried to be non confrontational as much as possible. it is not what i prefer but unfortunately, i am put into a situation that there is really not too much i can do. from what i understand, inmate rivera and blanco believes that bernard was working with some sort of agency, and since they thought he was snitching, they decided to attack him. >> rafael rivera, his nickname is whitey says he had it coming. >> whitey had no friends because he's a [ bleep ] snitch. he's working for the police because he's working f the police, everypot he's gone he's going to get [ bleep ] up.

people don't play no games, [ bleep ] with us, they're going to get it. he's lucky that he's not going into his room. he's going to his room, he's finished. >> bernard denied being a snitch. he says frequent visit because of his anxiety and panic attack caused some inmates that he reported illicit activities to staffs. >> a lot of these gangs are interconnected and words travel. >> there is rumors going around about some boxing which is a synthet synthetic type of heroine. staff must contend with another drug but now -- how do they get it? >> they have a new source of intel? ♪

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battaglia to see if he knows anything about it. >> nick spent the last serven days in segregation after he was caught of smuggling a small amount of heroine inside the jail. >> what's up, man? >> do you remember me? >> what happened? >> i was found guilty. >> did you know about it? >> i didn't know the content. >> i never did heroine. >> what about -- >> it was there for a while but i don't know. how did they get this drug? >> am i going to reduce my sentence? >> that's ten days, you got seven in. >> it is elaborate. >> it is very elaborate.

>> battaglia says strips are ali aligned and are mailed to inmates and put this in the middle page because y'all don't check the page. >> glued? >> glued perfectly. >> not much is coming in? >> eight ounce a week. >> strips? >> eight. >> eight milligrams. >> what does that go for? >> 50 a pop. >> i was shocked. never expected him to admit he knew about it but i was taken back by the fact that he could be providing helpful information about this drug that's coming into jail. hopefully, we can follow some leads and preventing it from coming in. >> you said once a week at 50 a

pop. >> so he's making $350 profit over the course of 26 weeks that you know of. you are looking at $9,100 of total profit, tax rate. >> that's a lot. >> if that person is getting in as much as he told me, that's a significant amount and it can be dangerous to the facility so that's something we try to prevent. >> officer then presses battaglia to identify the inmate behind the smuggling. >> give me a little hint on it. >> battaglia only points to a nick name written to the wall without revealing the actual name of the inmate >> the big one? >> so you don't look like a rat, i respect that. the inmate that was mentioned, he's a jailer. he did a significant amount of time before he came here.

so somebody to keep a watchful eye on. >> you can get me back. >> his one request was going back to a certain unit. >> i can grant that request. he helps me, i help him. i do him a favor, he wants to return a favor and tell me what's going. so he will have to watch the other. coming up. you guys are suspicious of an envelope or a package that's coming in would be the suspect, bring it to the attention of your supervisor. staffs gear up to choke off the drug flow. >> you should not told cops that i was armed and threatened to kill me. >> they could of. william bernard gets a visit from a man who had him arrested, his father.

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life inside the county jail had been tough enough for william bernard. he says his stutter worsens. he believes frequent visits tto to the clinic led to inmates thinking he's snitching with staffs. >> i am afraid that my father would testify against me. i think i would be a strong point in a case especially with a jury.

that just that thought iou loal that i get a ridiculous amount of time that something i did not do, really, really just that thought almost completely over, over the edge. bernard's arrest stems from an argument over his father's missing key and wallet. now, william bernard, ., have come to visit his son. >> we were best friends and we would fish and camp together and we did repairs and we got along other than the alcohol, that would destroy things. you got an alcohol problem and you need to address it. in here, there is no alcohol. lets hopes he makes the best and he get as good base in his sobriety while he's in. >> son, how are you doing?

>> not,not bad. >> i just wanted to find out from your point of view like, i read your statement and i was kind of shocked and all to what was written in that statement that you have made. >> well, i don't know how the keys were taken out of this jacket pocket actually were between your mattresses. >> but, but going so far and having me putting the gun to your head and that i was going to kill you. >> well, you had an illegal weapon and you were on probat n probation, as ridiculous as they sound, the bb gun is considered in the state.

>> it is considered as a weapon when it was used unlawfully when i put it on your head. >> you put it to your head. >> you have not been sober. how much did you drink before you came home. >> maybe two or three beers. it was 10:00 when you came home. >> between 6:30 to 10:30 or 11:00, you only had two or three drinks. that's a little -- farfetched. >> maybe three or four. >> have you seen my actual photo, do i need to show you the photo of two black eyes and my skull split open. >> you should not resisted an arrest. >> why did they have to go into the house with guns drawn? >> you said i put you at gunpoint. >> you should have walked downstairs. >> they were walking in the house and they could have shot

and killed me. did you ever think of that? >> they could of. >> you won't say nothing or do nothing to change it because you know the truth. >> there is not anything i can do to change it. >> there is nothing i can do to change it. >> i love you dad, i would never do that to you. >> well, i love you, too son, i did not say any untruths. >> the rinehart, they walked you through and told you the exact words to write and sign away on the x, right? ye >> yeah, basically, that's usually the way that statement thing goes. i told your lawyer i would not testify in the courtroom so bulk wi good luck with it. >> hearing his father won't testify is a relief but it does not mean his charges is dropped. it may help for a lighter sentence. >> to be dealing with this and a lot of stress and with this case

and dealing with the people in here. guys starting the fight me for no reason. a guy smacked me to the face yesterday and threw me because i cannot fight. >> you had no idea what i had to deal with. >> new york cityo, i probably d never been in prison before. >> i am shaking and stuttering and i cannot talk. i am getting to the point where i am so angry and there is nothing i can do. >> well, it is a tough situation. it is not a real winner there. >> it is only going to get worse. >> hopefully when you are done with your time, you will have a nice quiet lace to re-cooperate, that's all i can say other than keep coming to see you and writing to you. you just got to learn to accept

that and get over it and pass it. i will see you next week, all right? >> all right, i love you. >> times are tough. you know talking to my father and just how differently he sees everything just like -- just like i felt yesterday, slap in the face. >> he's a real good kid when he does not drink, or when he does not drink a lot. takes time, that's all. it will take time. >> alcohol or drugs played a role in majority of prisons. recently, staffs uncovered evidence that heroine and

synthetic drugs have been smuggled into inmates through the mail. >> i developed the information where they're able to wet the strips and put them in the blue that's listed on the envelope. it is hard to detect. if you are guys are suspicious of an envelope or package that's coming in would be suspect, bring it to the attention of your supervisor. we are releasing information to the staff prior to changing shift so anything that's important or imperatives that they need to know or taking on their post, we'll try to share it here. >> be conscious and make sure you know it is out there that can definitely impact. i knew people that brought it in and people that sold it. i knew everybody. >> nick battaglia is sent to segregation after officers intercepted a heroine birthday card that was addressed to him. battaglia told staff of the new drug that gets him to jail and

pointing him of an inmate dealer. battaglia announced that he's taking part in the drug dealing as well. >> i made a little bit of money but i took it regularly. >> so uconn collude it with the person in the back wall? >> no, not at all. we don't have a good his atory all. >> why? >> we just don't. >> well, i am going to assume something. if he's bringing it in and selling it and you are selling it, is that a conflict. >> competition, perhaps? >> yeah, yeah. yes. >> coming up, i was going through it and opening and checking for anything and i ripped off the seal and we found

four tabs on the seal. now another inmate is on the hot seat. >> do you look guilty in our eyes wharks do y eyes, what do you think? >> man, i hope not. >> you want to sit in my chair and i will sit there. >> you can ask me any questions. >> and nick battaglia is back in general population with both a plan. >> i just look for easy prey, little white boys and easy targets, easy money. and a friend. >> i made a cake for nick for his birthday. kellogg's raisin bran crunch with crunchy clusters and the taste of apples and strawberries. i got one! guess we're having cereal for dinner. kellogg's raisin bran crunch apple strawberry. ♪ music edible arrangements for summer. order in store or online.

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another drug was also smothered in. >> 24 hours later, the officer scored. >> yesterday, they were licking it or putting in between and when the mail came in, we were diligent and i ripped off the seal and we found four pills right on the seal. >> the letter was addressed to cherry nunez who was called down to speak with investigators. nunez denies any knowledge of the letter for the person who sent it to him. >> there were suboxones attached

to it. a birthday card addressed to you. put yourself in our shoes, two and two. >> you don't understand why we are asking these questions. do uh-you look guilty in our ey? >> i hope not. >> i want to sit in my chair. >> we are decent guys, man. >> i wish i can help you guy, you know? >> you would not be helping me, i don't need your help. >> they gave it to me in here >> so you know it. >> yeah, it helps me from withdrawing. i don't see how it benefits anybody. >> how do they get high out. >> you are not in trouble, man. >> i don't know how it gets you high, it helps me with my ble

[ bleep ] and throwing up. >> what were you doing that k s caused you to be on it? >> i was sniffing. i was doing like 13 a day and like three, you know? >> you are a good guy, i can see it. >> you are all right, man. >> you spread the word up there for me? >> like what? good? >> i am good. investigators later cleared nunez from anything to do with the mail to him. they concluded that he was victimized by another inmate who eventually would steal the letter from hi. >> nick battaglia says he know full well of the illicit trade inside the jail. i had it brought in. i took it regularly. battaglia was recently moved

from sdisciplinary segregation. he say he's done trying to bring drugs into jail. >> suboxone, it is fun while it lasted. right now he says he's used to the past and making life comfortab comfortable. >> i look for easy targets and easy money. i need to find a matt. >> you got one? >> you are go going to get robbed. black boy is going to run on you. you can deal with me or just get everything taken. i would not call it extortion, maybe protection. give me a bag of coffee or two bags of cookies or do this or do that. clean my room. i made a cake for nick for his

birthday. i just gave him one of his favorite pictures, too. william bernard says battaglia is one of his few friends on the unit. >> yeah, me and whitey are friendly, he's good people. he's white so i like i am not racist but just i have my set ways. >> bernard says he's growing more confidence these days along with his new mohawk, he's learned new way to get by like trading commissary items. >> everything is for sale and everything has a price. you get ten of these and it is worth a dollar. three oatmeals are worth two suits. >> i would give you a haircut for that. >> i just got my haircut, it looks good. >> i woke up one morning i did

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nick battaglia is still awaiting trial for his charges of aggravated assault. he's trying to make the most of

his time in jail. he's now the houseman or lead inmate worker of his housing unit. >> everything is going pretty good. i got back in this forum, i am happy. everything is on track. more time out of his cell and extra food treys. battaglia's new cell mate works as a food server. they created a business some sort of trading their extra meals for commissary goods so they trade those items for for favorites. >> i take the main course and the snack and i will giveaway the other. like they're hungry and i get one trade and i get three, you know? i am feeding you, and you are providing a service for me. you help me, i will clean my room and heat up my water in the morning and wash my dishes after

i eat, i won't do nothing for free. food and laundry and everything and toilet paper. >> anything extra. i feel some type of way about toilet paper. i don't know why when i go through one role, i need two back. i feel like i can never have enough. >> we have more toilet papers than the cos have. >> two bag of coffees. >> we make money off of our advantages, too >> we do what we can and trying to make a little bit of money ton side. >> two for one, sell a suit, you will get two back and anything you get two back. >> i am a businessman, i like money. i like being included and gets my money up. the krocell mates say they alwa get pay back.

>> i the graaggressor and i don mind i. some people think that i am a -- he's a good guy, let him go. nick likes to charge everythifo everything. i don't mind doing favors b but -- it is good about it though. we are going to go broke if we don't charge for everything. >> i got to look out for me and i got to make money. in the end, it is jail. so it is all about me. >> battaglia got his new position when the inmate held it prior to him got into trouble. >> i replaced bernard, he got caught and they moved him to s-2 now. william bernard given himself a

hair style. he got in trouble of the new at too. bernard is confined to a disciplinary cell. >> wanted to represent bronze star or a general star to symbolize the military because a lot of the guys that had passed away have gotten bronze star and quite a few got purple hearts before they got kill. i want to go along those lines and get a tattoo or a little heart down the road. he chose the star to honor men he served with in the army who lost their lives. he also has a new war room of his own, a busted lip from a fight with another inmate. he says this time, he stood up for himself. and it even seems to improve his stutter. he tried to grab me by my throat and he punched me, i told him

stop. i have been here what -- seven months? enough is enough. william bernard would no longer have to worry about defending in jail. his judge found him not guilty by reasons of insanity. the judge says he was competence to stand trial but not in the proper state of mind on the night that he had a conflict with his father that led him to arrest. he will be monitored and report to the court for every six months for the same period of time he would have gotten in prison had he been convicted. in bernard's case, that's 20 years.

♪ due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. i'm trying to make it easy. >> you're not going to get hurt. >> a distraught inmate is placed in the jail's restraint chair. >> i can't breathe. >> now staff must unravel the mystery of what has him so upset. >> please. >> how much time have you done in this jail? >> 31 year