. >> more than 12,000 people a year pass through the doors of boston's suffolk county jail. though the jail also holds inmates who have already been convicted and are serving short sentences, most arrive here having only been accused of a crime. if they don't make bail they will stay until their cases are resolved. for some, that time can be measured in months if not years. >> traveling two to five, one in restraints. >> we're not necessarily housing people -- very violent crimes or people with completely non-violent crimes but it's a maximum security facility. if you're one of the non-violent ones, it's something you need to get used to. >> with an average daily population of 2,700 male and female inmates, someone reaches their boiling point virtually every day of the week. >> on the ground! >> put her back in her room. >> most common violation is fighting. it's common for detainees to fight over rivalries and gang differences. people get transferred into new units or new inmates come in, detainees come in and they go right at it and they end up here. >> "here" is the segre

as a result, he spent his first 30 days at suffolk county in segregation. he's on his way to general population where he will have more privileges and time outside his cell. >> today i'm getting out of the hole. i'm going go play with the big kids in the big box now. i'm pretty excited. when you go to a new unit, you don't know who's on that unit or whatever. could be a lot of small time units. so i'll see what's going on. 30 days since i got to put a pair of sneakers on. my new unit. see what's going to happen. >> 2-4, open. >> daniel esdale has spent the last four months living and working in the jail's infirmary hoping good behavior would convince jail officials to overlook his history of fighting and grant him a transfer to general population. >> he actually got to a point where he had a detail in medical where he served food to the other inmates and cleaned the unit, so he came a lot farther than we ever anticipated him coming. >> esdale did finally get a transfer, but definitely not the one he wanted. he's back in the box. >> i'm in segregation becaus

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

>>> boston's suffolk county jail is comprised of two facilities.e house 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

even behind the walls of the city's primary detention facility, the suffolk county jail. >> i grew up in the south end, part of the city of boston, which is our neighborhood, not far from the facility. within seven years of this job i found i knew most 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. it was going to be nothing. >> it's a place sal giuliano has become very familiar with over the years. [ bleep ] >> keep a small circle. >> my buddy shayne, mini me. >> south boston's in the house over here. >> we got one for you. >> what's

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 an 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 and 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. and 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 them to build rapport and actually has been proven to reduts fighting. >> all right, talk to you later.

. >> 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

at the suffolk county jail in boston, massachusetts, we encountered another program called jail breakhere you're going to get experience what 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

. >> but it was at boston's suffolk county jail that we met not just two but three siblings. the bonds they shared transcended the numerous troubles they faced. >> my sister's on that side. she'll be coming to the window like yo, yo, yeah, yeah. >> it didn't take long for the allen family to catch our attention. >> straight from the bloody beat, you know what i mean [ bleep ] ferocious. >> siblings corey, melissa and william were serving sentences at suffolk county's house of correctional facility. >> the allen family was definitely a family that definitely seemed they were having hard times. three siblings being locked up was certainly a lot coming from one family. even though they were all inside, they constantly were telling us about one another and stories about one another from home. >> my family is one of the dysfunctional families that's out here. i love my family. you know what i'm saying? there's something good about us, you know. >> my sister, melissa, is loving. she's kind. >> she took care of me. she made sure we eat when we didn't have food. >> my little brother,

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last week suffolk county, new york, became the largest municipality to adopt the app. >> government is usually behind when it comes to using new advances. i think in this case you see we are jumping onboard with technology that's out there to enhance our ability to respond to emergencies. >> county officials say you don't need to be certified in cpr to download the app. all it takes to save someone's life is 100 compressions a minute. pulse point is a nonprofit foundation. the app is being used in 17 states and more than 525 communities. while there are hundreds of apps like it, this is really the first of its kind. >> definitely worth taking a look at. thanks, brian. >>> we are following russia poised for action. will it bring out all its military might into ukraine? >>> plus giving a shout out to indian immigrants. how the smithsonian is recognizing their contributions to america beyond the dream. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it

suffolk county officials and pulse point say, you don't necessarily need to be certified in cpr to download the app. all it takes to save someone's life is 100 compressions per minute. any pressure is god as long as it's at the center of the chest. it's a nonprofit foundation. the app is currently being used in 17 states and more than 525 communities and the hope is that the technology will continue to spread. >> that's got to be the best app ever, right? >> i can't argue with that. >> yes. >> it's fantastic. >> it's really smart. it's really helpful. >> save lives. >> it's so great. >> i agree with you. >> brian, thanks very much. >>> okay. we're going to move on. russia's parliament is getting the go-ahead for troops to move into ukraine as ukraine's own military is put on high alert. we'll have white house reaction coming up next. >>> also, a court backs the california school that told students to turn their american flag t-shirts inside out or go home fearing it would incite violence with latino students on s cinco de mayo. >> our boys being teenagers were proud of their team. it had no

. >> at the suffolk county jail in boston, we encountered one group of inmates who found working outm kept them more motivated than working out alone. >> get that ab workout. get it toned up. this crew right here, that's what we do all day. six day workout, one day rest. every day, every rep we're out here. we out here. >> man, it's not that big but twice this week, man. i take it for granted, man. big things come in small packages. rise against these walls and these bars. >> definitely. got to do something with your time. >> always working out. always working on my mind, my body, my soul. >> that's pretty much it. >> in another section of the jail, we discovered a group of women also working on mind, body, and soul. but in the most unexpected way. >> lift the buttocks up any amount, excellent. move the inner thighs through the back wall. >> we found out that once a week a professional yoga instructor would come inside the jail and teach yoga to the women. we decided to cover it and when we got there we saw a normal classroom environment had been transformed into a yoga studio. they

. >> reporter: suffolk county prosecutor with specialized training of fatal fires joined a team of investigatorsluding boston police department and boston fire investigators because this is a death investigation. they want to make it clear it doesn't necessarily mean anything suspicious has happened. that is just the protocol in the event of a fatality. jenna. jenna: most of us likely haven't heard or heard of a nine-alarm fire, poly. we have a understand just how dire the situation was and how heroic these firefighters were. can you tell us a little bit the two men who lost their lives? >> reporter: firefighter michael kennedy was 36 years old. a six 1/2 year veteran. a marine corps veteran who served in iraq. he was among the first responders to rush in during the boston marathon bombing last april. lieutenant edward walsh, jr. was assigned to engine company 33, located on boylston street. he was 43 years old. a nine 1/2 year veteran. a son of a water town, firefighter from a big family of firefighters. married with children. two boys, one girl. all of the kids are under 10 years old. jenna. j