. >> when we first met co cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in level one desegregation. >>it's only me. it's like going totally other side of the spectrum. everything down here is observation, just watching, listening, getting the feel for the dorm and if you're always watching, you can tell when something's starting to go bad, hopefully stop it before it gets bad, but things happen down here all the time. you have a lot of drugs down here, partner found two hypodermic needles in this dorm about two days ago. you got the drugs, the inmate manufactured alcohol, you got the gangs, you got the weapons. so it can be real dangerous at times. do three searches a day so we just pick them randomly. this guy i haven't did yet. his lucky day. i'm going to get him to unlock the locker. . >> okay, you guys got me in trouble. >> unlock your locker, man. >> lock it? >> unlock it. >> that's yours right there. >> yeah. >> is he around. >> no. can i move something out of mine real quick. >> come on, come on. >> [ muted ]. >> this is the first time i think -- i got like nine days left. >> th

. >> to battle overcrowding, officer cavagnolo's donner unit houses inmates meant to be segregated from population within feet of mainline inmates. >> we have in this unit, we have 2 1/2 tiers of administrative segregation, and the bottom half is a reception center. it makes it really difficult for us, because inmates on the bottom half of the unit, they have access through a lot of different parts of the institution, and then our challenge we have in administrative segregation is the inmates make fish lines and they'll tie a little weight to it and pass it down and pass kites or weapons, so it's a constant battle. just controlling contraband and keep an eye on these inmates, keep them in order. you never know what you're going to get in here. you have to be prepared. just last week we had an inmate slashed from the second tier reception center and we just came off of lockdown from that. yesterday we had an inmate cut his wrist coming off the fifth tier. like i said, we're five tiers high. we do not have suicide bars in here. one of the inmates came out in handcuffs and we're in an alte