get through the doors is a challenge. >> go to the west gates, see officer von reagan. >> the maricopa county jail has been the subject of more media attention than probably any other jail in america. in recent years it's been due to the county's policies toward illegal immigrants. before that, much of the coverage centered on its practices. such as constructing an outdoor housing facility with tents. the striped uniforms and pink underwear inmates are required to wear. and the use of chain gangs to perform everything from maintenance work to burying the indigent. behind it all is the man who has run the jail since 1992. sheriff joe arpaio. >> one of my philosophies is you should never live better in jail than you do on the outside. >> you purposely want your jails to be tough, correct? >> well, i sure don't want it to be a hilton hotel like some other prisons around the nation. it's all this rehabilitation, education. we have all that in our jails, nobody talks about, but we punish our children, take away certain things from them, privileges. why can't we punish people who committed crimes a

. ♪ >> the maricopa county jail is divided between two distinct worlds, the first is an outdoor worldthe jail is internationally famous for tent city, a cluster of outdoor housing yards for both men and women. >> ladies, fall in. i'm not talking to the fence, am i? >> life here sucks. i mean it's terrible. i don't even think this place should exist, to be honest with you. >> but the vast majority of maricopa inmates live in one of five different indoor facilities where they will rarely, if ever, experience any time outdoors. >> i'm cousin ashton, i come out blastin', i'm about as hungry as a taliban fasting so just like the clumps i'll fill my plate, ghetto grinding all day it's a crime of fate. >> in one of maricopa's primary men's facilities, the fourth avenue jail, when inmates are not in their small two-person cells, they can work out in an indoor rec room or in the common area between their cells. but every afternoon many of the inmates shift focus from their bodies to their bank accounts. >> this is how i make my money. i get 50 or 60 bucks every week. i got money coming off the

alter lives. >>> at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, the average stay is 26 days.en dailey has been here for six months while she and her attorney attempt to reach a plea deal with her prosecutor. >> you're in a little box all day, either by yourself or with a stranger that you don't know anything about. you don't know why they're there. and you can't have fun in jail. you can try, but you're here to do time and leave. >> but now at least the end is in sight. dailey decided to sign a plea deal reducing her charge of sexual misconduct with a minor to attempted sexual misconduct with a minor. as a result, she will serve another six months at maricopa before going home, but she will also face lifelong probation and must register as a sex offender, adhering to the long list of restrictions that come with it. >> the fear i have once i leave is the fact that every time i see someone younger than me or younger than 18, i'm going to have to -- i'm going to have to turn and basically run away. i'm going to be labeled as a sex offender the rest of my life. and it's really ha

. >>> life inside the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, is constantly changing. due to a steady influx of nearly 400 inmates per day. unlike prison, where all the inmates have been convicted of a crime, the majority of jail inmates have either been accused of a crime or are awaiting sentencing. most of these new arrivals will stay a day or two before leaving on bond or dismissal of charges. others might stay for years, until their cases are settled. but no matter how long they're here, jail has a way of changing people. the dorms at maricopa's women's facility can be as transformative a setting as any. and one dorm in particular has earned a reputation. >> this particular dorm, "g" dorm, houses a lot of different inmates. a lot of them are repeat offenders and they come back in and see each other and they begin these relationships that are unauthorized or that we don't allow. so it can get pretty wild here in "g" dorm. >> one of those repeat offenders, kelley mcnaughton, is better known by her nickname. >> mcnaughty. as every officer here knows me. the sergeants.

at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, for some, even these precautions were not sufficienthere a pod that would normally hold 32 inmates was cleared in order to manage just four female inmates with violent reputations. >> it limits their ability to threaten other staff to go after the officers. it's a very, very controlled setting. >> when i first went in, i was surprised to see there were only four inmates housed in the area. once i met them all individually, my impression quickly changed and realized there was a reason why these four women are kept away from the rest of the population. >> the four inhabit ants were well-known throughout mare cope a but none had a more notorious reputation than ro sal va. >> if you cross me, i will give it to you. i'm a good [ bleep ]. i will respect you and give you loyalty and everything in one package. if you [ bleep ] up little by little and disrespect me, i will beat your as. >> she spent the last six years in maricopa fighting a murder charge that could have earned her the death penalty. during that time she was involved in numerous

. >> one of the maricopa county jail's most notorious inmates solidifies her reputation by entering into a forbidden relationship. >> yeah, they wrote me up for being with an officer. by bright eyes you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... inspiration. great power. iconic design. exhilarating performance. [ race announcer ] audi once again has created le mans history! [ male announcer ] and once in a great while... all of the above. take your seat in the incomparable audi a8. the highest-ranked vehicle appeal among large premium cars by j.d. power and associates. ♪ >>> at every prison or jail we visit, the safe management of the inmate population is the staff's number one priority. violent inmates are usually confined to their cells least 23 hours a day. when movement throughout the facility is necessary, it's usually under close supervision. and with the inmate

y claramente estamos muy preocupados con lo que esta pasando en maricopa county porque ya son 2 traduccionesque en ingles la informacion esta correcta y en espanol no lo esta.representant partidos se han quejado de estos esfuerzos, pero organizaciones hispanas dicen que hay que estar alerta. clarissa martinez, con. nac. de la raza puede votar temprano, puede votar por correo o puede votar el dia de la eleccion. para asegurarse que tiene informaicon lo que en su estado esta disponible puede llamar al 1888-ve y vota. la asociacion nacional de funcionarios electos latinos le comunicara denuncias al departamento federal de justicia.max sevillia, naleo nuestro hotline recibimos informacion, recibimos quejas que van directo al gobierno federal para que pueda intervenir de manera legal. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. el mensaje mas importante para los votantes hispanos es que reporten a las autoridades pertinentes cualquier intento intimidatorio o de evitar que voten. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. y a menos de dos semanas de las elecciones, sectores religiosos podrian j

this dark political art comes courtesy of the elections office for maricopa county, arizona, in phoenixthe most populist county in arizona by far. more people in the state live there than anywhere else in the state. in maricopa county the elections department handed out in their office voter registration cards with the wrong date for voting in spanish only. they say they're not sure how many voters got this wrong information. maybe 50 people, maybe fewer, maybe more. they say they do not know. will those people get the right information somehow? nobody knows. whether it's by mistake or lack of effort or outright intent, creating confusion is its own form of voter suppression. now check this out. in pennsylvania on october 2nd, a judge ruled pennsylvania voters will not have to show i.d. in order to vote in november. he put that law on ice back on october 2nd. look at this. almost two weeks later a billboard in spanish in northeast philadelphia, si quieres votar muestrala. if you want to vote, show it. show i.d. especially if you live in the latino part of philly. it takes time. but seri

>> the minute we met josh pike at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, he stood out. >> look at this. give us a fricken -- this is all we have to cut our fingernails and sharpen our pencils. that's what the black stuff is on there. after you emery board your nails you have a little sashay action going on. you know what i mean? stop. you know what i mean? >> josh pike was a firehose on full open throttle that was uncontrollable. was whipping around and you just -- you couldn't contain the stream that was josh pike. >> i have to say the dinners have gotten better. i don't know what they did. i guess they have a new nutritionist or something like that that's coming through here and shaking things up. the dinners are a little bit better. i mean, they're edible. >> josh pike is great for tv. huge personality. however, i didn't quite realize he was going to be such a difficult interview subject. >> what's going on with you? you're getting a little approaching over there, huh? what's going on? i see you out of my peripheral, i'm on you like that. i know what's going on, pal. 50, 50

know where the border is and i have an interest in the problems that the border that comes in to maricopa countywe just arrested five more smugglers here. they are still coming in from the border. and we still have to do something about it. >> geraldo: the one beef i had with you, is that the impression is that arizona is like getting this tsunami of illegal immigrants and that it is causing all kind of property crime and crimes against people in arizona and look at the statistics and you guys are having another great year. way down over the last five years. everything almost cut in half. i think you are doing a hell of a job in terms of effective law enforcement. you never brag on it. seems ass if you think of arizona you think of this brown wave washing over the grand canyon state where i went to college? >> i'm not going brag about it. maybe i should start if i'm a good politician. i just do my job. let me say since i started the crime is suppression and all these arrests, 50,000 my office has made, crime has gone down 29% in the county. but we still have a big problem in immigration and drug

maricopa county it turns out is saying it handed out voter information book marks in the phoenix areabook marks that also told spanish speaking voters to turn up after the election day was over. northwest ohio, a county outside toledo mailed postcards to 2,000 voters with the wrong election date on them. again, like in arizona the date they are telling people to show up and vote is two days after the election. when the election will be over. this is a county where president obama beat john mccain by only 1,400 votes in 2008. but hey, it's not like ohio is expected to be close again this year. every day there are new stories about this of sketchy dealings in critical states and critical counties that all seem to err on the side of tricking people of having their vote cast. they never tell people to turn up early, right? the errors tell people to turn up late when the election will already be over. you know what, there is a time to be -- there's a time to fight this and there's a time to be mad about this. but there's also a time to just get it done. right? just make your plans. if they

. >> it is interesting, this news just came out today, greg, came out of sheriff arpaio's maricopa countyarizona that spanish copies of the election information were sent out with the wrong election date abc 15 reports that the error appears on a document containing a voter i.d. card. in addition to the id card, the piece of paper it comes and lists of other information such as important election dates. in the corner of the document, is as november 6. in english. but in spanish, it reads november 8. of course, election date is november 6, not november 8. >> district has been going on for by the way, in my book, you'll see a picture of me going into joe arpaio's infamous tent city prison because he claims that he is not profiling mexican-americans to charge them with crimes or the act of illegal voting. so we went into his prison to see who he was gathering up. there's a big sign a walk by the says "no aliens allowance when i went in with my chief investigator, my assistant. she is not an american citizen, but she did bring her white spend so the did not ask her for her papers. to say they

easy >> the company has created technology for elections in france, is and other countries. >>> maricopa countyofficials made a big mistake on election material telling spanish speaking voters the wrong date for the election. about 2,000 book marks and mailers show the date of the election as november 8th instead of the 6 president. officials addressed it yesterday with state latino leaders. the department will spend $30,000 printing new flyersers. >> i feel very badly that it was made. we have to do something to solve that. we have a few days left. >> the officials say that printing the wrong date was a mistake, not on purpose and an investigation as to how it happened is underway. >> 11 people have been arrested on suspicious of terrorist attacks. police say they got a number of bombs and ammunition. it's not clear how far plans had advanced. >>> a al-qaeda leader is urging muslims to kidnap westenner. he said that kidnapping them is the only way to free jihadist's captives. >>> senators demanding the white house release video of the attack that killed chris stevens. they believe the obama ad

. >>> and in arizona, maricopa county, to be exact, this county listed the wrong election date on theing november 6th, the cards erroneously read november 8th. officials say the error

. >>> and in arizona, maricopa county, to be exact, this county listed the wrong election date on thevember 6th, the cards erroneously read november 8th. officials say the error affected approximately 50 cards out of 2 million and the error has since been corrected. thanks so much for being with me here. here we go, 19 days until election day. wolf blitzer is all over politics. everything else happening here. thanks so much for being with me. let's go to wolf blitzer in washington. hey, wolf. >>> thanks very much. happening now, the presidential candidates' wives make a pitch to a vital block of undecided voters, women. we're getting new details now about the man accused of plotting to bomb the new york building that holds more gold than ft. knox. >>> and a reason to take the window seat. we have the amazing story this hour of how an airline passenger -- or a few passengers, spotted and helped save a man who had been stranded at sea for nine days. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."

we could buy the county's explanation it was an honest mistake even if maricopa county, home of sheriffeek it was 2,000 book marks with the wrong election day printed in spanish. the excuse was they used a template from last year and forgot to update it to november 6th. more benefit of the doubt. when that same excuse was used to explain a simmer record across the county in a battleground state that could decide the election, we're a little less tolerant. mailers were sent out to more than 2,300 voters in three pre tingts in ohio's ottawa county that got not one, but two critical pieces of information wrong. one was the same error in arizona, telling voters election day was november 8th instead of november 6. additionally voters were also directed to the wrong polling place at a local high school. at the table, ben cohen, co-founder of ben & jerry's, auburn seminary's valerie kore and lesley sanchez and mir nah perez senior counsel for the democracy program at the brennan center for justice. mir nah, i'm not a conspiracy theorist, but when not one, not two, but both in arizona and ohio

maric maricopa county election officials handed out voter election cards in spanish, saying the election is on november 8th. of course, the election is really on the 6th of november. county officials say about 50 cards were handed out and the error has now been fixed. local rights group says the damage has already been done. >>> turning now to the economy, we just got these numbers in. sharp rise in jobless claims. the labor department says the number of first-time filers jumped by 46,000 to 388,000 people. that's up from a four-year low set just last week. >>> after 80 years as a newsstand staim, "newsweek" is ending its print version and going all digital. alison kosik is join iing us wi that story. from the new york stock exchange. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it's going all digital. you'll only be able to get "newsweek online after that. the world is going digital if it's not there already. we want our news now not on a weekly basis. but "newsweek" is doing this for a couple of reasons. tablets are being used to get their news. from a business standpoint, they can reduce costs b

the wrong date for the spanish language in maricopa county. really?heorist would have a field day with that one. not me. just saying. just pointing it out. >>> just like the big bird remark at the first debate in denver, a simple four-word phrase became a sensation overnight. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that would be qualified to be part of our cabinet. i went to a number of groups and asked if they could help us find stuffs and they brought us binders full of women. >> a tumbler site called binders fe full of women. it has now received nearly 5,000 original submissions since tuesday night. what stuck out to you during the dough bait about that phrase? we were sitting there, listening to it and i remember thinking it sounded aawkward but other people jumped on it because it triggered something. >> it was awkward, your right. it was funny, which was really struck me about it. i giggled. i was sitting on my couch, with a left hipt -- my lap top on my lap. it took its life from there. >> did you immediately

a new congressional district located entirely maricopa county was tempi and parts of phoenix, chandlermesa, scottsdale and paradise valley. three candidates in the race to represent cd nine. there is libertarian, a retired microbiologist is making his fifth run for congress. each candidate will have the opportunity for one minute opening statement. reach her numbers to see you go first. >> i differ because i'm not here to rule over you, but advocate for personal freedom. as if a single principle, but his front to initiate force or fraud on others. and expect everyone else to live by the same standard. that is what the founding father was trying to us, a system that maximizes purse of liberty and profit and minimizes the cost of optimize our life by providing the freedom to keep and enjoy the fruits of the labors. and not to let a bunch of thugs and sciences, long and steal from those labors by roland confiscation. so tonight is really about the only two choices you have. you choosing who rules over you or your choosing not to participate in that process. it is hard to initiate force or

from the ninth congressional district located in maricopa county includes tempe, parts of phoenix, chandlermesa and third as valid. three candidates are in the race to represent. democrat kyrsten sinema, republican vernon parker a current and former mayor of paradise valley and libertarian, a retired microbiologist who is making a fifth run for congress. each candidate will have the opportunity for a one minute opening statement and beecher numbers to see who goes first and out of those two -- >> i differ from the other two candidates because i'm not here to rule over you but to advocate for personal freedom. i live by a single principle, that it is wrong to initiate force or fraud on others. and i expect everyone else to live in that same standard. that is what the founding fathers are trying to give us, a system that maximizes personal liberty and minimizes the cost to optimize our life by providing the freedom to keep and enjoy the fruits of our labors and not to let a bunch of thugscome along and steal from those labors by ruling confiscations so tonight is really about the only two cho

the new congressional district located in maricopa county includes phoenix, chandler, mazar, scottsdale and paradise valley. three candidates are in the race to represent. they are democrat krysten sinema a former state legislator, republican vernon parker a current councilman and former mayor of paradise valley and libertarian paul gammill retired microbiologist making his fifth run for congress. each candidate will have an opportunity for a one minute opening statement. we drew numbers to see who goes first and the honor goes to paul gammill. gammill: nine different because i'm not here to rule over you but to advocate for personal freedom. i live by a single principle that it is wrong to initiate force or fraud on others and i expect everyone else to live by that same standard. that is what the founding fathers were trying to give us, a system that maximizes personal liberty and profit and minimizes the cost to optimize our life by providing the freedom to keep and enjoy the fruits of our labors and not to let a bunch of thugs in suits come along and steal from the labors by rule and

county puts wrong date only in spanish. >> i guess only about 300 cards won't out before they caught it. but that could be the difference in maricopa stephanie: yes, right. that's my point. i always get the tenses wrong. >> stephanie: how do you talk to concepcion. stop it. wayne good morning. >> caller: stephanie i have been watching current tv for a little bit now. and yesterday i got on. and i got cut off. i live here in south carolina. i'm 56 years old. spent 21 years retired in the military. love this country to death. my father was military i have sons that were military. i have a gay son that lives in washington, d.c. i'm very proud. people need to see -- last night i watched eliot spitzer, and "war room," it's called the koch brothers exposed. >> stephanie: yes. >> that show turned my insides out. i mean, i was so upset with all of these eta regulations that they are getting away with. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: and i'm standing outside right now walking my dogs, beautiful, just rained here, beautiful. the air is crisp. a number of nip in the air. our kids are being born today with so many things wrong with them. >> step