a downtown inside the sedgwick county jail that's not necessarily a good thing. >> welcome to sedgwick county. >> most of the 1150 inmates here are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. samuel wesson says he tries to fly under the radar both in jail and on the outside. but all too often, he pops up. >> i actually got caught doing something from my cell. i went to a store called von maur and i had a $200 pair of jeans and $270 shirt and i was leaving with it. the guy that worked there had actually been trying to find me for four years and had never been able to catch me. but he saw me on camera and got me. he knew who i was by name. that's all i have ever been arrested for is petty theft. taking stuff from walmart or wherever. >> wesson has a long history of stealing and getting caught. he has nine prior theft convictions and recently pled guilty to felony theft, and is now awaiting sentencing. >> the objective is to be in and out fast. go in, get what you got to get and go out the door. tvs, computers, stuff like that. i don't run out or anyt

human trafficking is a significant problem in sedgwick county, across the country, but here in sedgwicknty in particular. it has devastating impact on the victims and on our community. in this case, we had a victim that was a minor, 17 years old, a child. you know, we all make mistakes. that's what you're here admitting. none of us are perfect. the fact that somebody makes a mistake doesn't mean you just throw them away, that well, they prostituted one time so a little more prostitution's just not a big deal, or it's less severe. mr. bacon, this is the bottom line. you exploited and pimped a 17-year-old child, you have a significant criminal history and you committed this offense while on post-release supervision. this provides little legitimate options available to the court. due to the fact that this was a limited period of time in which you were found guilty, limited exposure rather than it being days, weeks and months, for that reason i will grant 14 months off the mitigated or 20 months off the standard sentence in this case and impose 100 months in prison. >> in addition to more t

. ♪ >>> wichita, kansas, and surrounding sedgwick county take pride in their wild west roots.awmen like wyatt earp spend time here, as did billy the kid. but in the modern age, billy's gang would be seriously outgunned. >> we're at a crossroads in the middle of the country. you know, we're getting not just the west coast gangs like the crips, the bloods, the upper midwest gangs, chicago, milwaukee, east coast stuff. it's all coming through here. >> in 2007, a lieutenant put a major dent in the area's gang population. he led a task force that landed dozens of gang members in federal prison. today, he's the sheriff of sedgwick county. >> we did about a year and a half investigation with atf and fbi. we were the lead agency on it. we were able to convict about 50 crip gang members for various charges from distribution of cocaine to rico, rico conspiracies, homicide, just a whole plethora of things. kind of eradicated the crip gang here, which was the largest gang we had. >> along with other duties, he oversees the sedgwick county jail. most here are only accused of crimes and are

for that. >> lean up genagainst the count. >> because he lives locally delaney was picked up by sedgwick county to the reno county jail for his court appearance. >> i am beyond frustrated but this is that point where frustration and anger are just melding together. i get out, i'll probably have to go for a walk in a field for a while, and i do. >> while delaney has multiple issues pending across two counties, amanda lynch recently learned her case has been resolved. her judge sentenced her to ten months in state prison and not to a drug rehabilitation program as she had hoped. >> i was pissed. i was furious. you're sentencing me to prison to punish me. you're not rehabilitating my problem. i'll probably go to prison, i'll probably do drugs honestly. it's going to be readily available. i'm an addict in a closed setting. hill yeah, i'm probably going to do drugs, period. not rehabilitating my drug problem, no, not even kind of. >> lynch will soon transfer to a state fridays on about 150 miles north in topeka, kansas. she says her girlfriend leah greenfield plans to follow her thereafter giving bi

wichita, kansas and surrounding sedgwick county take pride in the wild west roots. law men like wyatt earp spent a lot of time here like billy the kid. billy's gang would be seriously outgunned. >> we're in the crossroads in the middle of the country. we're getting not just the west coast gangs, we're also getting some of the upper midwest gangs like from chicago and milwaukee, east coast stuff. it's all coming through here. >> in 2007 lieutenant with the wichita police department put a major dent in the area's gang population. he led a task force that landed dozens of gang members in federal prison. today he's the sheriff of sedgwick county. >> we did about a year and a half investigation along with atf and fbi. we were the lead agency on it. we were able to convict about 50 crip gang members for various charges from distribution of cocaine to ric owe, to rico societies, a plethora of things. eradicated the crip gang, the largest gang we had. >> along with other duties, sheriff jeff easter over sees the sedgwick county jail. most of the 1200 inmates here are only a

. >> just a half a mile from broadway's red light district is the sedgwick county jail. >> i've been robbed before, i've been jumped on, i've been maced. there's never a dull moment on broadway. >> somebody always getting stabbed, fighting shooting. it might sound weird but it's kind of like an adrenaline rush to me. >> walker says she has been a drug dealer on broadway for much of her young life and it was a confrontation with a man on that street that led to her arrest. she is charged with aggravated battery with the intent to cause great bodily harm. walker has pled not guilty but admits to stabbing her alleged victim but only in self-defense. >> i guess he don't have a spleen or a pancreas no more. and he lost two liters of blood. >> walker has a prior conviction of attempted aggravated battery as a juvenile. but has been back to jail as an adult on minor probation violations that date back to her original conviction. if she is found guilty on her current charge, she could be sent to prison for years. according to court documents, she and the victim knew each other and had prior

but it's a very different sort of drama inside the nearby sedgwick county jail.ed into admin segregation, backup to an inmate disturbance. the inmate is one they're all familiar with. adrian zongker. >> put your knees to your chest. i'm standing you up. jail surveillance footage captured the start of the incident as zongker is escorted by two deputies into a court hearing. he lunges for a styrofoam tray on a food cart before he was restrained. >> went for a cart with a bunch of hard trays on it that in the past we took away from him because we know he'll use it as a weapon. so they have to take that as a real threat anytime he's within reach of those trays. those are all potential weapons. >> zongker, who is awaiting sentencing on charges of aggravated assault and battery, is taken to the jail's medical clinic to be checked for injuries. standard procedure following any use of force. but zongker has a different concern. >> your ribs hurt? >> this is stupid. i just want to [ bleep ] man. [ bleep ]. i'm hungry. >> all right, you're good. >> he's hungry. and that's

. ♪ ♪ >>> wichita, kansas, and surrounding sedgwick county take pride in their wild west roots. like wyatt earp spend time here, as did billy the kid. >> we're at a cross roads in the middle of the country. we're getting not just the west coast gangs, like the crips, the bloods, serenos, the upper midwest gangs, chicago, milwaukee, east coast stuff, all coming through here. >> in 2007, a lieutenant put a major dent in the area's gang population. he led a task force that landed dozens of gang members in federal prison. today she's the sheriff ever sedgwick county. >> we did about a year and a half investigation, we were the lead agency on it, convicted about 50 crip gang members from distribution of cocaine, to rico, rico conspiracies, homicide, eradicated the crip gang. >> along with other duties, he oversees the sedgwick downtowny jail. most here are only accused of crimes and are awaiting trial and resolution of their cases. among them is a man regarded as wichita's most notorious gang leader. markle dean is known on the streets by his gang nim, c-3. >> he put fear in people's

but it's a very different sort of drama inside the nearby sedgwick county jail.eputies rushing to a segregated unit is back up to an inmate disturbance. the inmate is one they're all familiar with. adrian zongker. >> adrian, put your knees up to your chest. stand up. >> jail surveillance footage captured the start of the incident. as zongker was being escorted to deputies for a court hearing, he lungs for food on a trey cart before he is restrained. >> unfortunately he went for a cart that has hard draz on it. in the past we've taken it away from him because we know he'll use it as a weapon. they have to take it as a real threat. any time he's within reach of all of those trays, those are all potential weapons. >> zongker who is awaiting sentencing on charges of aggravated assault and battery is taken to the jail's medical clinic to be checked for injuries. a standard procedure following any use of force. but zongker is a different concern. >> [ bleep ]. >> it's not even -- i kind of just -- this is stupid. [ bleep ]. i want some food. i'm hungry. i want some [ b

but when there's trouble on the plains, it often gets sorted out downtown at the sedgwick county jail. most of the 1150 men and women incarcerated here are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. while the inmate population is usually near or at capacity, the same cannot be said for the staff. >> we have a staff shortage here that we haven't seen before, and now everybody's having to work a ton of overtime. we're really trying to figure out how to combat that problem right now. it's not a glamorous job. lot of folks have no idea what you do in here and the only time they do know something has occurred is because somebody got in trouble. they never know the good stuff that you do every day. >> sheriff jeff easter has dozens of job openings inside the jail. >> we graduated 25 recruits two weeks ago. that was for 67 openings. 67 openings is almost a whole shift. the deputies are strained beyond belief. i'm seeing them go to other jobs, sam's and walmart and those type of things because the pay's a little better, the benefits are a little better.