>>> boston's suffolk county jail is comprised of two facilities.se of correction, for inmate whose have been convicted, and the nashua street jail for detainees awaiting trial. for the past ten months, delshaun bloodworth has been incarcerated at nashua. awaiting trial on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery but now he's about to make the move to the house. he's accepted a plea bargain and has been sentenced to two and a half years. >> the judge said this is a gift to me and i should appreciate it because i could have easily got more time. people don't know, armed robbery is a serious, serious charge. so i gladly took it. >> but the plea deal, he admitted his role in the robbery of a woman in downtown boston. >> we roll up behind her and i told her not to yell. people like to yell and then we run off, no, she didn't yell because i told her not to. she might have if didn't said anything or if she didn't see the gun. but told her to give me everything you got. give me everything. i want everything. i don't want just your money, i wan ever

every year more than 12,000 people are brought through the doors of the city's suffolk county jail after being arrested. >> all the way up, lift your tongue up. >> the intake center is located at one of the jail's two facilities. the nashua street jail. >> this ain't wall street. this ain't bourbon street. it sure ain't rodeo drive. this is nashua street. >> the new arrivals have not been convicted of the crimes for which they were arrested and considered innocent until proven guilty. >> step in. >> those who are not quickly released or bailed out will be housed at nashua until their cases are closed. and every year, thousands of men and women undergo a demanding application process to secure and manage inmates while they're in jail. less than 1% will make it to the final stage, cadet training. >> there was 40 people, 40 candidates that were brought into this academy class. there were upwards of 10,000 applications for the job. >> the cadets must pass a series of difficult tests to become suffolk county jail deputies. >> we teach them everything from combatives which is defensive tactics

but when certain bostonians take territorial pride a little too far, they could wind up in the suffolk countyail. >> approximately 180 or so street gangs within boston. just neighborhood street gangs. they're all comprised of a couple of blocks, sometimes a project, sometimes an entire neighborhood, certainly. almost every case, every group has some sort of serious feud with at least four to five other groups with in the city of boston. >> and over the past 10 years, the structure of those gangs has changed and that's had a serious impact on the jail. >> such as it was, there was a bit of a code about what you did and what you didn't do. and that seems to have gone by the wayside, and what that translates into is some of this wild west mentality and sort of shooting for any slight, real or imagined. >> that's just how it is. bank robber robs banks, a nurse helps patients, gang members shoot each other. >> back to the [ bleep ]. >> 22-year-old delshaun bloodworth says he spent the last ten years as a member of boston's local street gangs. >> i really, really liked the lifestyle. i like the lif

even behind the walls of the city's primary detention facility, the suffolk county jail. >> which is our neighborhood, not far from the facility. within seven years of this job i found numerous people that i should know from childhood, from high school, and just from the neighborhood itself. >> inmates, too, often find themselves among friends and relatives. >> we're brothers, that's right. >> though not all inmates are housed in the same facility. those who have only been charged with a crime and are awaiting trial are held at the nashua street jail until the resolution of their case. those who are convicted and receive sentences of two and a half years or less will usually serve their time four miles away at the house of correction. >> top of the world. 15 minutes! i told you. i told you. i was going to be knocking. >> it's a place sal guiliano has become very familiar with over the years. [ bleep ] >> keep a small circle. >> my buddy shayne, mini me. >> south boston in the house over here. >> we got one for you. >> what's up? >> these guys i grew up with them, from the same hometo

located just outside downtown is a key landmark in that battle, the suffolk county jail. >> the jaila maximum security facility, it holds anyone who is arrested and held on a bail they can't make. that could be someone charged with shoplifting and it is very frequently someone charged with homicide. >> unlike prison where all inmates have been convicted and sentenced, most jail inmates have only been charged with crimes and are innocent until proven guilty. suffolk county has an average daily population of 700 such detainees, along with nearly 2,000 other inmates who have been convicted and are serving short sentences. >> we're the largest sheriff's department in the northeast. so we're moving a lot of people in and out of here and trying to do a lot with them in the relatively short period of time we have them. the people who get that job done every single day, do a remarkable job. >> in some units, a lone officer supervises inmates, like a beat cop on the streets, it allows him to build rapport and actually has been proven to reduce fighting. >> i'll talk to you later. >> but in ja

. >> the suffolk county jail is often the first stop for bostonians who find themselves under arrest. male inmates who are awaiting trial and have yet to make bail are detained at the nashua street facility, where the daily population averages about 700. if they have been convicted of a crime and are sentenced to less than two and a half years, most will transfer to the nearby house of correction, which averages 1, 00 inmates. while their charges vary, nearly all of them will need to confront the truths of their pasts if they hope to avoid coming back. >> it may be a history of abuse, and neglect, a lack of education, lack of job history, substance abuse issues, you name it. >> but there's another issue that is also bringing more people to jail. not only in boston but nationwide. >> the percentages of mental illness are off the charts. they are shocking. it's much harder once people begin to get older to tackle those deficits that have been growing and growing and growing over a period of time. >> though he was deemed competent enough to understand his charges and stand trial, a lifel

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>> yeah. >> bloodworth's stay at suffolk county was also marked by violence. he and his cell mate were both in the segregation unit after they attacked another inmate. >> you guys feeling like a real criminal here. >> and on the first day we met bloodworth he decided to put on another display of violence. though cuffed and shackled for his one hour recreation time per day, bloodworth attacked another inmate as we followed behind. >> usually when you're filming an inmate they're a little more cautious about what they're doing because they know they're on camera. this was blatant. this was right in front of us. it happened right there. he knew he was being filmed at the time he started this fight. >> central control we have two restrained -- >> you thought it was over, huh? you thought it was over. [ bleep ] >> we later learned that this fight was the result of a dispute that followed bloodworth from the streets into the jail. >> delshaun bloodworth has a distinction of trying to switch his gang affiliations. he was in a constant battle with different feuds and

>> above my eye. >> suffolk county deputies attempt to unravel the fight between maston and flowers. and another boston inmate shares jailhouse superstitions. >> i don't write my name anywhere in the jail because if you write your name in the jail, you're going to come back. >>> we'll hear a radio call. they usually have distinct signals when a disturbance breaks out and we just go. we don't have any idea how it's going to play out. it could be over by the time we get there, it could still be going on but we have to respond. most of the time we encounter the responding officers and in that case we follow in close behind and let the story unfold. >> during our weeks of shooting, "lockup: extended stay" in boston's suffolk county jail, we often trailed deputies as they responded to a multitude of inmate fights. >> other hand. slow everybody down. >> don't move. >> take him into his cell. >> stop running your mouth. >> okay? [ bleep ] >> what was that all about? >> i didn't even swing. >> what was that all about? >> basketball target. >> this fight was between inmates brad flowers and a

>> above my eye. >> suffolk county deputies attempt to unravel the fight between maston and flowers. and another boston inmate shares jailhouse superstitions. >> i don't write my name anywhere in the jail because if you write your name in the jail, you're going to come back. vo: always one step ahead with an intuitive motion activated lid and seat, bold makes sure you'll never have to ask him again. [ construction sounds ] ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine revs ] come in. ♪ got the coffee. that was fast. we're outta here. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. >>> we'll hear a radio call. they usually have distinct signals when a disturbance breaks out and we just go. we don't have any idea how it's going to play out. it could be over by the time we get there, it could still be going on but we have to respond. most of the time we encounter the responding officers and in that case we follow in close behind and let the story unfold.

at the suffolk county jail in boston, massachusetts, we encountered another program called jail breakwhat it is to be in jail. they're going to have you empty everything out of your pockets, put into locker. make sure you take everything out of your pockets, all right? hat, you take the hat off. show some respect. take everything out of your pockets. change, quarters, nickels, anything, bus passes. >> when we film in a prison or a jail, we do do our best to be a fly on the wall. in the case of jail break, you know, these kids came in, and yeah, they were definitely aware of the camera. >> you scared? are you scared? how about you? >> no. >> you're not scared right now? >> no. >> there's no reason to be scared, to tell you the truth. >> at the same time, i don't think it was necessarily the camera that affected them in the way that they had an attitude or they had this certain bravado. i think it was more relating to the age. >> everybody stand up. come right over here. right now all you got to do is empty your pockets, take your jackets off. nothing should be around your wrist, in you

suffolk county police say the driver appeared to be high on drugs and refused a breathalyzer test. truck hit a gas line, which triggered that explosion. firefighter michael cosgrove answered the call and got right to work on the fire. his wife and two young children escaped the flames unharmed. can you imagine that moment? >> yeah. i can't imagine that moment. >>> attack of the monster mosquitos coming soon to south florida. you thought you had problems? experts say floridians will be battling mosquitos as big as 20 times the normal size. >> oh, wow. >> during this summer's rainy season. they're said to feed day and night, and these mosquitos can sting through clothing. >> we're used to the little, tiny ones that go to the back of your knees, and this one's right in your face. it's aggressive. it's got a nasty bite. this thing's like a tar daxl ta the mosquito world. >> that's just what we need. a bite from the supersized mosquito taradactal is going to feel like a poke from a knife. >> oh, my goodness! >> they blame last year's tropical storm for this invasion. >> what are they ea