. >>> when we decided to shoot "lockup: extended stay" at maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, we knew we were going to a place where most of america had heard about. it's a controversial jail with a controversial sheriff. our approach was to embed our crew for four months, i mean, really spend a lot of time and tell the true story of america's toughest jail. >> on any given day, there are more than 9,000 male and female inmates incarcerated at maricopa. most have not been convicted of the crimes with which they've been charged, but are on or are awaiting trial. they're housed in six different facilities. >> i would describe maricopa county jail as, like, no other jail i've ever seen before. first of all, the sheer volume of it is staggering. so just walking in there and figuring out who's important, how the systems work, even how you 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 pol

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 that have committed crimes

built for business. >>> at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, the average stay is 26 days.t brayden 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 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 h

jail. >>> located on the top floor of maricopa county's 4th avenue >>> located on the top floor of maricopa county's 4th avenue jail facility are the highest security male housing units. >> these are the worst in maricopa county. get them out of gp and stuff downstairs. those are the shock collars out there. get them out there, stuff calms down for a while. >> these inmates have either committed violent attacks in the jail or have been identified as gang members. some are awaiting trial while others have been convicted and are appealing their verdicts or sentences. they are isolated in very stark cells, 23 hours a day and get one hour of rec time in an empty concrete room with a skylight located right next door to their cells. >> the rec pen is the same size as the cell so you go from one cell to another to walk in circles. it's life in solitary confinement. no cellmates, no card games, no chess, but that's life. >> without the distraction of television, radio or cellmates, even the most hardened criminals can break under the pressure. >> every 25 minutes we do our walks to check on inmates

. >>> 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.

. >>> day-to-day security at the maricopa county jail in phoenix is handled by detention officers. puties assigned to the jail and who are the front line in maintaining order. they're backed up by the jail's intelligence division, which is constantly gathering information on potential problems before they can escalate. >> the key's going to look like this. >> okay. >> it's going to be pretty much just etched out of the toothbrush. >> okay. >> all right. >> but we've got to hit them quick because if not he'll swallow it. >> all right. >> the fourth avenue jail's intelligence division suspects one of its maximum security inmates of having a homemade handcuff key. >> do the cells in four bravo 200, 100, 3, 4. do they have the back windows into the water wells? >> yes, they do. >> okay, they do. we will be monkeying around in your water wells. if you call the briefing room and i don't answer right away, give me a couple minutes to get back here. >> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they

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>> 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

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fischer endured claustrophobia -- and fought despair -- in his temporary cell over at the maricopa county jailended. he worked around the clock and straight through the holidays. >> you know this was my christmas vacation. okay? was writing this motion. >> reporter: cates based the motion for a new trial on two central complaints. number one, an allegation of prosecutorial misconduct, accusing the other side of using unfair language during the trial. and unfair tactics even before it started. >> they played hard with the discovery. getting us discovery. getting us notes after i do the interview, instead of before the interview. >> reporter: they could have been more forthcoming? >> you know, the practice of law doesn't have to be as hard as it was in this case. >> reporter: so there was that. a common complaint though which, frankly, doesn't often go anywhere. but, something else, too. cates argued that the jury's verdict was contrary to weight of the evidence which is a pretty big deal -- and also a pretty big stretch. >> the judge can reweigh the evidence, because the judge was there. the ju

. >> the maricopa county jail is one of the busiest in the country, housing about 120,000 inmates a year. run by the outspoken sheriff joe arpaio, it's one of the most violent and controversial. june 7, 2006, violence erupts in a crowded holding cell. >> this is the entry point for every inmate other than a few very small jails for some small communities. >> chief of detention, jack mcintyre, oversees the 4th avenue jail. >> generally in the holding tank, we're looking at people who have an array of various felony charges. could be a burglary, could be a car theft, could be stealing 12-packs of beer from your local circle k. >> after arrest, suspects wait in the small cement cell for hours. too many prisoners and not enough space is a common scenario. on this day, there are more than two dozen sandwiched in together, including rick herman. >> rick herman was arrested for a number of charges by the phoenix police department. >> the 35-year-old receives a card that lifts his charges, and then his clothes are taken away. >> the phoenix police department took them into evidence and issued hi