. >> prison julep, pruno, hooch, white lightning.e seen it, heard about it, smelled it. it exists in every prison we filmed in. >> alcohol is used daily. it's alcohol inside our correctional institutions are a very big problem. it only takes a small amount of time to make the alcohol and just about every does it. it's a constant cat and mouse game. >> this is a magna pr ufuno. you can smell the sweet smell. >> how much can that serve? >> actually, it will, i would say it will serve up to five or ten people. all depending. some inmates smell the pruno. >> you guys order a cocktail? >> i guess, if you call the right person you could. i don't know the particulars of it. i said i got caught with it. i don't know the make of it and how to do it. even if i did, i wouldn't divulge that. >> we met plenty of officers and inmates they would. >> we give them everything you need. fresh fruit we have to give them. something that has sugar in it. most fruit have some. extra sugar helps. we don't give them that. you can get candy. containers to kee

one of the most popular i was is drinking pruno, alcohol that inmates make in their cells with fruitggled from the chow hall. >> sometimes you can tell they have an apple. they're hidden in their sock or pant leg or back pocket, it's kind of sags down so you can kind of tell. so i usually the ones that do it on a frequent basis you kind of okay, that's the one. you pull them out. the reason why we pull out the apples is because they collect a certain amount and that's when they do pruno. >> you got an am, huh? it's manufactured alcohol. in the trash. we try to prevent them from taking them back to the units. >> when our producers checked back in with tim who has an affinity for pruno himself. >> that's my only vice. all i can do is drunk. i can't do drugs. >> officer heard him talking to our crew about his drinking, sparking a surprise search of his cell. >> they're not going to find nothing. there ain't nothing there that ain't supposed to be in there. maybe smell some wine -- >> there is a slight hint of an alcohol smell, so, doesn't really smell like there could necessarily be a b

the sugary juice, it will turn into pruno, which they're making one right here.his can be dangerous because there's no way that they can know what the alcohol content is on this. >> ryan abbey has never been caught with alcohol in jail, but it's gotten him into plenty of trouble on the outside. >> drink and i get aggressive, i guess, and i start arguing and, you know, it's pitiful. i hadn't had a drink in 16 months, so this -- this is actually the second time i've drinken in 16 months, and this is where it brought me back to so, yeah. i did five months here last time. i was here last year, and i said i wasn't going to drink again, and here we are. >> but alcohol is more than just a problem for abbey. it's also the foundation of his career. >> i'm an investor in a vodka company called boutay vodka. it's got a really good taste and it's smooth. >> dare i ask if that's what you were intoxicated on when you were -- >> oh, you are 100% correct. it sneaks up on you. let me just say that. it will sneak up on you, but, yeah. we had a few shots that night, and i was celeb