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From the maker of Cops John Langley, this show goes full time where Cops has only gone a handful of times, inside the jails. Between arrest and trial comes 'American Jail' - an inside look at some of the world's toughest city and county jails, seen through the eyes of the Corrections Officers who work the front lines. In their own words, the officers will share their day-to-day experiences as well as the challenges and pressures they face 'inside the walls', dealing with a variety of inmates who are facing the reality of losing their freedom, some for the first time. It has the Cops style format - three segments, three different jails, following an officer in each one. They show them being brought in, booking, holding cells and the harder inmates in the big jails.
Get Me Out (Theme from Jail) by Jon Lee & Lil Droppa
Intro
Another night in the streets, another night in this hell
I've been kickin' and trippin the cops just threw me in jail
Shoved my fingers in ink, they got my head under lights
Dear Lord, please get me out of this jail tonight.
Get me out, just get me out.
End
And the doors open up and they lead me outside
And they hand me my clothes and the key to my ride
Now the night hits my face and it brings me to life
Oh, Lord now I'm out that jail tonight.
Another night in the streets, another night in my hair.
Now I'm kicking and tripping without the cops on my tail.
Now my hands on the wheel and my fingers grip tonight and I'm gonna go home to
my family tonight.
I been think' bout my home, I been thinkin' bout my needs. I don't wanna be
alone, Just get me outta here.
Get me out, just get me out.
| # | Description |
| 1 | Tampa, FL Orient Road Jail - Deputy Jesse Barber has been working there 25 years. It’s open booking without bars, they are the first one to make a jail like this. People come from all over the world to check it out. A cop calls for assistance. They go out and find Michael who assaulted a cop and is in a spit mask and leg irons. He says he’s not trying anything. They unlock his legs and lead him inside. #101. 8/2/07 |
| 2 | Las Vegas, NV Clark Co. Detention Center - Officer Jonathan Peterson says they deal with all kinds of people, some are kind, but it’s hard to walk around a room of 150 criminals who possibly want to hurt you. Vito is charged with trespassing is brought over to be printed and makes a fist. He says you are a pretty boy, you remember me from a last time. #102. 8/2/07 |
| 3 | Tampa, FL Orient Road Jail - Deputy Augusto Santos works on the floor right with the inmates. Deputy Shanna Marsh escorts a black man out who wet himself and they put him in a holding cell. He says, 'I ain't did nothing'. Deputy R. Hernandez brings in Paul who is drunk and disorderly. He says he had 2 six packs. He was fighting with bouncers at a strip club. He denies it. He was lying down and wouldn't talk before and now he can do both. They put him in a holding cell until he sobers up. When he's ready to follow the rules they'll let him out. Then Paul and a black guy start fighting in the cell. 6 cops run in to break it up and put them down and Paul keeps yelling, 'I didn't do nothing'. The black guy says he was lying down. Paul says he was hitting nothing. Right, he was hitting himself they say. Shanna got hit in the melee. Sgt. Timothy Bell has him put in a restraint chair, he's looking at additional charges, it's a third degree felony. He says he didn't mean to hit anyone. They strap him into a wheel chair and move him out. Tom shows his computer that can access any camera. Paul got in his face and then they started swinging. Cells are sound proof so a guard right next to it couldn't hear. Fort Worth, TX Tarrant Co. Green Bay Facility - Capt John Pilkington runs it and has been there 16 years. It's 5 acres under roof. He talks to a man in a cell, he says they cancelled his court because they couldn't find a victim. John says has to be a counselor. He stops a guy from doing pushups on a table because it is dangerous. Terrance preaches from his cell. Those around him tell John they listen to him. Anthony shows his new tattoo. John says he should go to the store where it's cleaner. 2nd shift briefing - John says they are going to do a shakedown because of the tattoo, there must be a needle. They go in and search the people and benches until they find shaved down metal and tattoo ink. Officer S. Baker finds a needle stuck under the bunk. They even find the tattoo trace. They pull Anthony out into a separate cell. He won't give up the guy who did it. It was his decision. He's been lied too his whole life, how can he trust him? John says he has no reason to lie and nothing to gain. Las Vegas, NV Clark Co Detention Center - Officer Nicole Sittre says it's a real challenge and very intimidating because guys aren't scared of her. She has to use her voice and gets to be a girl on the weekend because here she is dressed down and in uniform. She tells one woman she didn't listen and will lose her privileges. Ann comes in drunk after Officer James Bertuccini stopped her. She was driving and wouldn't stop, but she's really a guy. He says he was the tall blonde in pink in the movie Beach Blanket Bingo. Nic says she'll have to watch it now. They take blood for BAC. They have to check downstairs to make sure it is a guy. He wants out, has never been to jail. She makes a note in the computer that it's a man for next time. Peter is brought in for being drunk, he's from Russia. He's with his friend Mikey. Peter says they are like brothers, Mikey says not so much. He has one tooth, says it's like paradise in jail here, they need to see a Russian jail. He doesn't think he has a drinking problem though he's been there a few times. They need to sober up before they can leave. He laughs about having dental problems, since he has one gold tooth, that's it. They are waiting for a room and know exactly which one they are getting. They are happy and laughing about it. #103. 8/9/07 |
| 4 | Las Vegas, NV Clark Co. Detention Center - Officer Nicole Sittre cuffs whores. Cops fill a wagon with whores before they come in and all are dressed to impress. They have to spilt the men and women up and are getting large amounts of whores and have to go through their purses. They find condoms and dildos as they freak out cops are going through their stuff. Desarae got busted with Alyssa (18) who is a big fat white girl that is photographed. #104. 8/9/07 |
| 5 | Tampa, FL Orient Road Jail – Deputy Laura Alvarez says check in is hard, the most dangerous part is when the cuffs come off, you don’t know how they will act. She searches James who is brought in for DWI. She says he reeks of pot and checks his shoes and mouth. He tries to eat the pot and drops it on the table. She finds pot in his pocket so he got another felony for bringing it into jail. #105. 8/16/07 |
| 6 | Phoenix, AZ Maricopa County 4th Avenue Jail - Sgt. Anthony Scheffener meets all kinds of people - drug addicts, alcoholics, combatives. He has 5 kids, wants to make a difference, make them feel safe and briefs them on what to expect. Then Rudolphe starts fights nearby and cops have to take him down and hold him. #106. 8/16/07 |
| 7 | Paterson, NJ Passaic Co. Jail - Officer Kevin Morales has been there 13 years, in booking 10 years. They get all kinds, when you’ve seen it all…then an alarm goes off. It’s a code red call in the dorm of a fight, everyone has to go including K-9. They have to lock the door behind them. Two guys are going at it and they shoot them with pepper bullets. #107. 8/23/07 |
| 8 | Las Vegas, NV Clark Co. Detention Center - Officer Nicole Sittre has been there 3 years and loves it. She’s seen a lot, it doesn’t surprise her. Diana is charged with domestic violence and screams to let go of her arm. She wails and moans about her arm so they take her to a nurse. #108. 8/23/07 |
| 9 | Tampa, FL Orient Road Jail - Cpl Dawn Bryant says there’s a lot of males there and they need to be treated with respect. Richie is brought in for disorderly conduct. He’s white with a shaved head and acts black. He says he was wrongly arrested and is tired of all the people talking to him, but will talk to the nurse. #109. 8/30/07 |
| 10 | Tampa, FL Orient Road Jail - Deputy Laura Alvarez says the most dangerous part is when they come in because they could be high, you never know what to expect. Troy is brought in for DWI and he wanders around. She tells him no one has his car keys, he can’t be coming up to them. Deputy Derek Shaw says they aren’t supposed to come back there. #110. 9/8/07 |
| 11 | Tampa, FL Orient Road Jail - Deputy Augusto Santos says some night it could be rough and tumble, lots of fights, people won’t comply and some nights are nice and slow. If not the holding cells get full with 13-14 people each. They go out to see Deputy Beau Dobson who has a drunk woman named Connie. She wants her lawyer, they say no. #111. 9/13/07 |
| 12 | Austin, TX Travis County Criminal Justice Complex - Officer Steve Witt has been there 18 years, it’s a good place to work, a variety of cons, drugs, alcohol, assault & family violence. The hardest are DUIs and little people give them a hard time. James is brought in for public intoxication to see the judge later. #112. 9/20/07 |
| 13 | Las Vegas, NV Clark Co. Detention Center - Officer Jonathan Peterson says he’s been there 5 ½ years and in booking 5 years. It’s interesting, fun to see, every night is different. Bruce is brought in for trespassing. He’s been there 100 times for alcohol and they all thought he was dead. #113. 9/27/07 |
| 14 | Austin, TX Travis County Criminal Justice Complex - Officer Vincente Jaramillo says his peeve is the person that wants his phone call, a lawyer and their dad is a lawyer. Cops go through anger training so they don’t go to their level. He has to calm down so it doesn’t escalate. Rachel charged with public intoxication. She kicks her shoes off. They say there’s a 27 in her. She asks what’s that, a light in her vagina? No. #114. 10/4/07 |
After a month the show started rerunning on My9. For season 2 the new episodes started airing on My9 first and the show is shortened to the better name of - Jail, one word like Cops. After 3 months these episodes started airing on truTV under the old title.
| 15 | Fort Myers, FL - Lee Co Justice Center - Deputy Vince Amoroso says it’s the downtown jail, maximum security, murders, kidnappers, people like that, they have as many as 700 inmates a night. He goes to the garage to see Deputy Kenneth Ellis. Joseph has a domestic battery, burglary and 3 separate batteries who is mouthing off. He has pepper spray on his face, is loud and says he’s no killer, doesn’t do drugs, just put me in the shower. He keeps cursing and yells slurs at the black men inside. He says he has more mace for him if he doesn’t stop. He doesn't and gets sprayed, keeps talking, gets sprayed again, then again. He slams into the door and fights and they take him down. They put him in a cell. Sgt. James Whitney says he tried to break out of the car and tried to flee, he continued from there. He shows the recording of him yelling at people and trying to break away. Christopher just turned 18 and is brought in to the adult side. He is charged with drugs. They make him kneel and he says they threw him against the wall. They say he’s holding and will have a nurse check him before the cuffs come off. Deputy Marsha Suthpin calls for a nurse to cover them. He says this is wrong, they are abusing him, he’ll file a complaint. He just had surgery on his arm 2 days ago. He has stitches, why is he out doing this at 1am? He wasn’t. He violated juvenile charges, now he can go to adult jail. He's been released to mommy & daddy before, but no more. He says he needs to call his dad, nope, you’ll have to wait to make the call. Las Vegas, NV Clark Co. Detention Center/Modesto, CA Stanislaus Co Men’s Jail #201. 1/29/08 |
| 16 | Austin, TX Travis County Criminal Justice Center - Officer Ben Medrando has been there 5 years, 90% of people come in drunk. It doesn’t discriminate between old, new, educated or not. Justin comes for public intox, he’s drunk and they take his sunglasses off. Modesto, CA Stanislaus Co Men’s Jail/Memphis, TN Shelby County Jail #202. 1/29/08 |
| 17 | Modesto, CA - Stanislaus Co Men’s Jail - Deputy Monte Sanders works intake, one of the more dangerous jobs because they are fresh off the street, angry, high or whatever. Benny is charged with hit & run/DUI. He hit a parked car because someone swerved behind him, someone passed him, he was blindsided and hit, swerved, he almost hit the car, he wishes he died. Money will buy his way out of freedom, his dad’s money. He’s not on drugs, just vicadin for his back. He’s 20 and has been in and out of there plenty of times since 2004. He got out of a robbery charge before. He passes out in the cell and they check on him, he’s unresponsive and they have to put him in detox to watch him. He can barely walk, says he’s tired. Yeah, right. He lays on the ground, says he’ll see him on the street and will wave with his .357. Monte says being called names is part of the job. James is charged with domestic violence. He says he tries to be the best dad he can. He’s a white racist and wants to be on the third floor away from any blacks. They don’t have the third floor anymore, it’s integrated. We can put you in PC. I’ll get raped there. It’s his sister’s idea, she called him. He was trying to discipline his daughter who ran away. CPS says he could hit his kid if he didn’t leave a mark. You must’ve left a mark. He didn’t. He asks the cop who was there who didn’t see it, they didn’t take pictures. He won’t sign the papers and says to put it in his ass and bite it. They put him in a cell. He wants GP and won’t kill himself. They say they have to watch him. He starts screaming about getting some, then cries. He’s in for kicking his wife and he’s drunk, they have low tolerance for him. Portland, OR (Also in 205)/Austin, TX #203. 2/5/08 |
| 18 | Las Vegas, NV - Clark Co. Detention Center - Lupe is charged with burglary. He stole a little TV monitor, he doesn’t know, kinda like a security camera, something like that. Have any priors? No. Sgt. Tom Richards talks to him. First time, he’s never been there, he’s from Kansas, came to visit his kids. He got stuck out here for gambling, lost his money, he wanted to make money to get back. Sgt. Kevin Gelter says it’s a felony, not being cited, you are being booked. He says it’s only $289. Did they charge you with larceny or burglary? Burglary, then that’s a felony. He doesn’t know why he did it, something that was really dumb, he’ll never ever do it again. They get a call that Mr. Simpson is on the way. They have to escort O.J. Simpson in, like anyone else, no special treatment. It’s 6:50pm, the media is all over. They will walk him in and put him in belly chains. OJ is charged with violating a court order. He’s cuffed and it’s chaos outside. He's wearing a white visor. They will process him like a regular bondsman, When the cuffs come off, put them on your head. He didn’t expect to be back here so soon. They ask him how everything’s going. He says his dog had 7 puppies, a couple died, for the first time in a month he was playing golf, couldn’t wait to get out there. Did you get the same attention as before? Yeah. Officer Barry Redmon says he will be screened fast because he’s high profile. Give him any medication he needs. They take his picture. Sgt. Jeff Morse shows his previous photo. They check his charges, he wasn’t doing what he was supposed to, so he’s back. He asks what his charges are, the same ones, nothing new. He was felling great, had a poker game at his house, was working on his golf swing. They must’ve known he was doing well. He says he’s back, they say they’ll give him room 32 upstairs. What’s the significance of that? Anything you need? He wants something to read, but his guy took him too fast. He said he was going to Vegas and he didn’t want to go back. He used to like going there. They always treat him nice here, it’s his second time, everyone is always professional to him. He knows the truth will set him free. It’s not their job to judge him, it’s to get him through the system. He’ll will be with them for a week until he goes to court. It’s ironic he’s put in cell #32, same as his football number, chances of that are slim to none.Tulsa, OK – David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center/Hillsboro, OR – Washington County Jail #204. 2/12/08 |
| 19 | Portland, OR – Multnomah Co Justice Center - Sgt. Catherine Gorton says being a female is an advantage when a lot of men come through who are agitated and calm down with a woman. Then they are times it doesn’t happen, so they bring it down. Tulsa, OK – David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center/Austin, TX Travis County Criminal Justice Center #205. 2/19/08 |
| 20 | Tulsa, OK - David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center Sheriff’s Office - Officer Jonathon Pursley says has been there 14 months, deals with all kinds from drunks to the polite upstanding citizen, if you break the law in Tulsa you end up here. Portland, OR – Multnomah Co Justice Center/Austin, TX Travis County Criminal Justice Center #206. 2/26/08 |
| 21 | Portland, OR - Multnomah Co Justice Center Sheriff’s Office - Sgt. Catherine Gorton says what she likes most is the coworkers and different people who come through the door. They all have different behaviors, which is a challenge to them. These are the people normal people don’t want to deal with. Tim is charged with public drinking and littering and flips out when an alarm sounds. Santa Ana, CA/Tampa, FL #207. 4/29/08 |
| 22 | Las Vegas, NV - Clark Co. Detention Center - Sgt. William Lipski says he loves the job, has a great time working there no matter how hard it gets or how many people want to fight with you and get combative, always something different. They have Clement in a spit mask. His says his grandfather was the first king of Hawaii. Tulsa, OK/Austin, TX #208. 5/6/08 |
| 23 | Tulsa, OK - David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center Sheriff’s Office - Officer Rachel Berkowitz says it’s direct supervision, they are allowed to sit down, make calls, bond out or go up to a pod. They treat them like people, give them a chance to prove it before they are put in a cell. Malia is brought in for public intoxication and warrants. She yells not to touch me, I hate you, he’s a man, get him off of me. Las Vegas, NV/Portland, OR #209. 5/13/08 |
| 24 | Austin, TX - Travis County Criminal Justice Center - Officer Jeff Ford has been there 7 years and mostly in central booking. He searches people for things they can’t have. He talks to James in a room who won’t stop pounding on the door. He’ll stay there until he can comply. He says he’s knocking, but he isn’t. Santa Ana, CA/Las Vegas, NV #210. 5/20/08 |
| 25 | Austin, TX - Travis County Criminal Justice Center - Officer Jeff Ford says he loves it, gets to see different things every day, but will miss it since he’s going to go out on the street. He’s looking forward to it. Jose is brought in for public intoxication and doesn’t take medication, he’s just stupid and drunk. Las Vegas, NV/Austin, TX #211. 5/20/08 |
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| 26 | Austin, TX - Travis County Criminal Justice Center - Officer Vicente Jaramillo says it is capable of holding 300 people. They can house public intox to rapists, gangs, murderers, to high level. If you get arrested in Austin this is where you’ll stop and the process will let you out. Ronald is charged with trespassing and public intox. He's an old guy who is screaming and yelling. They tell him to calm down, then he spits on them and they slam him to the floor. He says you are breaking my ribs. You were cool all this time, now we need a restraint chair. He tries to spit, but it was mostly air. They wrap his face up and put a spit mask on. He says if he wasn’t tied up he would get them. He sees the chair and freaks out. They tell him to relax. He jerks his hand when they lock him in and put the mask on. His nose is all bloody. He says you hit me I defend myself. Joseph is charged with public intox and says he’s sorry he’ll do what he’s supposed to do and be a good boy, you got that? He repeats it all loud. Is that OK? You are doing wonderful. I definitely need to see the nurse, I don’t want to be exposed. You won’t. You’ve been here before and know the deal. They take his shoes and socks. He loves them, he knows them, doesn’t care about being cold. Is that it? He gets up and starts slamming his head against the window. They get the restraint chair for him. He says he’s a Marine Veteran from the Gulf War, you proud of yourself? They put a spit mask on him and he says he can’t breathe. If I hyper ventilate and go to the mental hospital you’ll be sorry. He’s still a little unstable, drunk, nurse will evaluate him, then will take him to where it’s quieter and won’t be able to incite people as much. They go back to Ronald and take him out of the chair. They take his picture. He’s calmed down quite a bit now, won’t take responsibility for what he did, that’s all right. Portland, OR - Multnomah Co Justice Center/Austin, TX #301. 9/9/08 |
| 27 | Tulsa, OK - David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center - Deputy Miranda Munson says it was built in 1999, capacity to bed 1714 people, they are at 1469, have a wide array of criminal offenders and they are able to deal with every single one of them. Sounds like we have someone that is getting a little combative. Rodrigo is charged with DUI, no license or insurance and screaming and fighting. Cops jump on him and hold him down. He speaks in Spanish and they warn he will get tased. They hold his harms back and lead him to a cell with the taser on him. He tried to grab and twist her hands and he broke her watch and it makes her mad. Gwendolyn was brought in on DUI and got belligerent. She will cool off and hopefully get booked and looks like an old man with shaved head. She licks the window. If only you knew what was on that window like bloody faces. Tell my life story, it all began in the beginning. Not now. Hands on the wall, stand back, not lean back. She says she wet her pants a little bit, needs to wash her feet, can I take a hot shower? Eventually. What is this on your head - drawings? I want to get tattoos, can’t decide to what to get. She has a dagger and cross. Officer Deanna Phillips says she’s homeless, has a warrant, no bond, gets a warm place to stay. She seems pretty happy, better than screaming and cursing. She sits on the floor trying to put her shoes on. She takes her pants off, but they tell her not to. They put her in a cell and says the security guard told her to. She exploded while they were trying to take her mugshot so she needs to cool off. Las Vegas, NV/Portland, OR #302. 9/9/08 |
| 28 | Fort Myers, FL - Lee Co Justice Center - Deputy Sean Mukkaddam says has been working there 2 ½ years, knew his entire life he wanted to be there, he applied when he was 19, now he is 22. He doesn’t know if he wants to go on the road, it’s a good department to work for, supervisors are really good. An inamte refuses to get locked down, they OC sprayed him and are waiting to get authorization for pepper balls. He doesn’t want to go, it’s jail, you don’t get to choose. Lt. Robert Reis says he has to go with the one guy, he’ll go in and pepper ball him if he has to. He gives him one last chance and they go in. They shoot him a couple times, then he goes down. They will tase him, but he listens and hacks and coughs. There is yellow spray on the wall. They bring the nurse down who says he’s OK. They strip him down and he complains. They take the cuffs off and put him in the new cell. He’s making the time here harder for himself. They have a new man, one who is highly drunk, but no charges. He puts him in the drunk tank and takes a portable BAC, they have to be under .005 to leave. Brooke is brought in and she’s fat in a grey tank top. Officer Diego Orjuela asks what she blew. A .101. She asks what she has to do, her brother’s girlfriend is crazy, she hasn’t pressed charges because she’s a criminal mastermind felon from Michigan, she is very very very smart and knows how to manipulate people, that’s the one you want, she’s a professional psychopath, it’s like Jerry Springer, She has all jailhouse tattoos, hers are all professional. They laugh. She can go if she gets a ride. Austin, TX/Paterson, NJ #303. 9/16/08 |
| 29 | Las Vegas, NV - Clark Co. Detention Center - Officer Jothan Peterson says every time he comes in it’s a different frame of mind from what you are at home to the way you are in jail dealing with criminal minds. He is ready to operate as a cop to deal with them. Amanda is charged with battery and domestic violence and is going around screaming and cursing. They put her in a room and she demands a phone call and there is one next door her. She asks are you going to beat me against the wall and make it bloody? She slams the phone against the wall. Sgt. Tom Richards says not to or you’ll be stripped down. She didn’t do anything. You fought with your aunt. Marlania is charged with soliciting. She says the drugs on her belong to her wife. They got married in Hawaii. Officer Mathew Downing says they caught her whoring, she’s been doing drugs, but says she’s clean a week. Her wife is in prison for transporting drugs. She has a 3 year old kid, her wife’s brother got her pregnant, just had sex for 2 minutes. She’s violent, she cut her throat, got 48 stitches. She’s still with her, she’s Sicilian, they stick with them. Amanda is put in a restraint chair and complains about the phone not working. Well banging it off the wall will do that. She complains she didn’t do anything wrong, call her aunt. She wants a cigarette and a drink. They put her in a room. Officer Amanda Byley says they need another female cop before they can handle her. Marlania has been arrested 50 times for it. She makes more money on weekends and when she gets out. Austin, TX/Las Vegas, NV #304. 9/23/08 |
| 30 | Austin, TX - Travis County Criminal Justice Center - Officer Jeff Ford says they are downtown, central booking on any night gets a wide variety of folks from traffic tickets, assault or murder, can be easy or tough depending on how many they get or quality. He goes to an uncooperative woman. She yells you are not going to put me someplace, fights, they take her to the ground and cuff her. She’s going to tell somebody the truth. Don’t grab my hand. I’m not going to let me treat me bad. Virginia is charged with assault & family violence. She keeps saying she promises she hasn’t done anything and will sit there, my mother is in, my husband is doing this to me because he doesn’t want her to. They put her in a restraint chair and mask and she still fights. She yells she is innocent and then screams loud. It’s alcohol. Later they need to get prints and ask if there will be any problems. No. I don’t have any diseases. She doesn’t understand why she can be arrested if she didn’t do anything. You haven’t been found guilty yet. They were at my house, I didn’t do anything. Officer Rebecca Meador takes her picture. She should be able to go home. They print her. Do you need to use the phone? I want to go home! Tell me what I did! She turns red and they have to hold and cuff her again. I can fight harder than anyone else out here! Please! I didn’t do anything!! They bring out the restraint chair again and hold her face. You didn’t have to make it this difficult. Did I hit anyone? You have to give me a reason for being here. I swear I will prosecute you people for this, I don’t hit people. Sgt. Edward Sewell talks to her. Remember resisting with the officer? Where? Downstairs. Why did they grab me out of my house? Do you know where you are? She won’t listen. It’s not illegal to smell like alcohol in your own house. She’ll go to court when she calms down and maybe get released. Santa Ana, CA/Las Vegas, NV #305. 9/30/08 |
| 31 | Salt Lake City, UT - Metropolitan Jail - Sgt. Michael DeNiro says he wanted to get into law enforcement, went through the academy to work there a couple years, but liked it so much. He likes the organization and the controlled environment. Glenn is charged with public intox & trespassing saying he’s superstar. He’s cuffed to a bench and hops over it. Officer Richard Chipping says to remember what he said. He tells him not to talk to him. He’s trying to hurt himself so they need to put him in a body restraint. They go to stop him and he grabs his throat with his hands after he flips himself around. He fights and says he won’t hurt them. They put a bag on his head and he wants to get on his knees. He says to take the bag off his head or he’ll freak out. He does freak out and begs them to take it off. It takes 7 people to hold him down and put the wrap around him. He begs them to stop and says he’s sorry. He’s put on a stretcher and is wheeled into a cell where he is locked up and he says he can't see and his back hurts. It keeps them sitting, they can breath, will check him later. Rich says he went into someone’s house drunk, they asked him to leave and he came back fighting. He was yelling at the cops, was hitting his head on the door and trying to choke himself out. They go back to Glenn and he’s moaning and says he’s been locked up for 6 hours, he can’t move or breathe. He crawled toward the door and cries he ruined his life, he’s so sorry. They start to unwrap him and he says they shouldn’t have done that before. It was agitated and not calming down. He was in it for 34 minutes, but to him it felt like hours. Austin, TX/Tulsa, OK #306. 10/7/08 |
| 32 | Tulsa, OK - David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center - Deputy John Burks says he’s been there a year and half, wanted a job that was exciting, wanted it different every day, helping the people and public. He gets an alarm for an inmate fight. They go over and two black guys are fighting. They won’t break up so they are tased. Antonio got FTA and drugs. Joey FTA and drug charges. John shows the wire and prongs from the taser for evidence. Sgt. Deana Wood says it was code blue, don’t know why, it was over the phone. Officer Theron Richardville talks to Joey, he says he was on the phone, hung up got back on over and over. There was a big line for the phone with 100 people there and 4 on line. He yelled at him, then it went to a fight. Ant says he grabbed at him, he stopped him, he wasn’t swinging at him, doesn’t know if he did or not. Joey wanted to call his mom, the line got longer and he wanted to jump the line to use the phone and got into it in front of anybody. He hit me first, he hit him after that. He got up to defend himself and then he got electrocuted. He wasn’t trying to get in trouble, just doing his time, he didn’t say anything to him. He jumped the whole line in front of 4 people. You are looking at 30 days in segregation. Even if it’s self-defense? Yes. Austin, TX/Paterson, NJ #307. 11/18/08 |
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