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. >> -- but at the tulsa county jail, oklahoma, where most of the only criminals are charged with crimes. they're awaiting resolution. we meant sergeant colette who says he understands why they have a propensity for trouble. >> their coping skill is to act out. that's the only way to get their issues solved. what are small issues for us are large issues for inmates. if someone is controlling you 24 hours a day, seven days a week, when you can get up, have the phone, visit, visit with your friends, yeah, we pretty much control every aspect, little things are important to these people. >> one of the hot beds for the jail is the booking department. most go through the lengthy process without incident. kenneth witty is already on probation. >> he falls into the category of someone who has poor coping skills. >> while awaiting to be processed, he moved a chair to the pay phone so he can sit while talking. it's a type of mild rule violation that's usually quickly resolved about a detention officer. >> sir, don't sit in the chair while you're on the phone. push it back. you want to go to a hold
. >> -- but at the tulsa county jail, oklahoma, where most of the only criminals are charged with crimes. they're awaiting resolution. we meant sergeant colette who says he understands why they have a propensity for trouble. >> their coping skill is to act out. that's the only way to get their issues solved. what are small issues for us are large issues for inmates. if someone is controlling you 24 hours a day, seven days a week, when you can get up, have the phone, visit, visit...
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but at the tulsa county jail, this inmate says he's given up on that concept. >> i have been in thisalmost two years now. they just -- when you be respectful and things like that they take advantage of you. >> chairs had recently pled guilty to shooting with intent to kill. we first encountered him as he was being transferred to a new housing unit. >> we happened to be following a mental health staff member one day as she was visiting the segregation unit. as we were heading toward medical, we saw inmate chairs being brought down. from that moment, things kept spiraling. >> he began to threaten that he was going to, you know, do whatever he could to manipulate his housing, to be put back where he wants to be. >> causing havoc down here. they might as well put me back in my cell. >> he's a manipulator. what he does is what we call supervisor shopping. if he doesn't get what he wants on one shift with a certain supervisor, he will wait until a shift change and start the same thing but put a spin on it, approach it in a different way to get that shift supervisor that's on to move him to
but at the tulsa county jail, this inmate says he's given up on that concept. >> i have been in thisalmost two years now. they just -- when you be respectful and things like that they take advantage of you. >> chairs had recently pled guilty to shooting with intent to kill. we first encountered him as he was being transferred to a new housing unit. >> we happened to be following a mental health staff member one day as she was visiting the segregation unit. as we were heading...
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at the tulsa county jail, in inmate says he's given up on that concept. >> i've been this this countytwo years now and they just, when you're respectful and things like that they take advantage of you. >> he had recently pled guilty to shooting with intent to kill. he was awaiting transfer to prison to begin a 12-year sentence. we first encountered him as he was being transferred to a new housing unit. >> we happened to be following a mental health staff member one day as she was visiting the segregation unit and as we were heading toward medical, we saw inmate chairs being brought down. and from that moment, things just kept spiralling. >> he began to threaten that he was going to with you you know, do whatever he could to manipulate his housinging to get put back to where he wanted to be. >> i'm going to have to cause havoc down here. they might as well put me in mitchell. >> he's a may nip lay tore. he does supervisor shopping. this he doesn't get what he wants on one shift with a certain supervisor he'll kwat for a shift chain and then he'll start the same thing and put a spin on
at the tulsa county jail, in inmate says he's given up on that concept. >> i've been this this countytwo years now and they just, when you're respectful and things like that they take advantage of you. >> he had recently pled guilty to shooting with intent to kill. he was awaiting transfer to prison to begin a 12-year sentence. we first encountered him as he was being transferred to a new housing unit. >> we happened to be following a mental health staff member one day as she...
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>> months after we left the cleveland jail, we were filming in tulsa county jail and suddenly this huge story broke. and this teenage girl, who had been the focus of robert wolford's story at the beginning, suddenly became international news. >> good evening. it came down to frantic 911 call. that was the start of it. soon after the world would learn three missing feared dead had been inside a cleveland, ohio, home were as long as a decade and was now free. >> this girl was amanda berry. the girl with two other girls had been held captive by ariel castro for ten years and we were all just shocked. we were completely shocked. >> amanda berry alive with her family. a picture some never thought they would see. finally safe but only after a harrowing escape and call to 911. >> help me. i'm amanda berry. >> do you need police, fire or ambulance. >> i need police. >> okay. and what's going on there? >> i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years. i'm here. i'm free now. >> we're sending them, okay? >> dozens of friends and even strangers who have followed the disappearance for ten
>> months after we left the cleveland jail, we were filming in tulsa county jail and suddenly this huge story broke. and this teenage girl, who had been the focus of robert wolford's story at the beginning, suddenly became international news. >> good evening. it came down to frantic 911 call. that was the start of it. soon after the world would learn three missing feared dead had been inside a cleveland, ohio, home were as long as a decade and was now free. >> this girl was...
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. >>> during or extended stay shoot at the tulsa county jail, we met tara goddard.e was about to serve four years in prison for a crime that often results in little more than a few nights in jail. >> ain't much to do up here. >> nothing at all. >> but read, comb out some hair, eat. >> argue. >> argue. >> though the technical term for her crime was illegal use of a computer, goddard's conviction resulted from her career as an online prostitute. prior convictions for prostitution and drugs contributed to the length of her sentence. >> i have probably been in this jail about ten times, but this is the second time i've been in orange. i always just get bailed out. >> goddard's last customer was an undercover cop. she had never served time in prison and was awaiting transfer there when we met her. >> girls will joke around, you know, you'll be somebody's bitch or something, which i'm a little nervous. i can fight, i can defend myself but i'm a little nervous. >> goddard says watching "lockup" has helped prepare her for what's ahead. >> i watch "lockup" all the time when
. >>> during or extended stay shoot at the tulsa county jail, we met tara goddard.e was about to serve four years in prison for a crime that often results in little more than a few nights in jail. >> ain't much to do up here. >> nothing at all. >> but read, comb out some hair, eat. >> argue. >> argue. >> though the technical term for her crime was illegal use of a computer, goddard's conviction resulted from her career as an online prostitute. prior...
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. >> i was filming at the tulsa county jail, and it was the middle of the day, and i get this e-mailwas telling all of us that ezekiel had been shot and killed. and i was shocked. i actually think i started to cry a little bit, but because i was in the midst of this other shoot, you know, i had to stay professional. but it just haunted me. >> a few days later, an article had been written that actually named a suspect, and i read this article and right after that, i received a text from the jail saying that the suspect had, in fact, been an inmate at the jail while we were filming. once i heard that, i decided to look at our release log for all the inmates that we had signed, and lo and behold, his name was on there. >> two months later, police arrested the prime suspect in ezekiel's death, michael souter. he was charged with murder and pled not guilty. >> we had known this man. i watched this man holding hands with the brothers during a prayer circle. >> in jesus' name we pray, amen. >> y'all ain't brothers. >> home video we were able to acquire showed ezekiel and souter together on
. >> i was filming at the tulsa county jail, and it was the middle of the day, and i get this e-mailwas telling all of us that ezekiel had been shot and killed. and i was shocked. i actually think i started to cry a little bit, but because i was in the midst of this other shoot, you know, i had to stay professional. but it just haunted me. >> a few days later, an article had been written that actually named a suspect, and i read this article and right after that, i received a text...