Murderer after three people. I done blown that one out of the water quite a few times. Orange county, california, is well known for its sunkissed beaches and familyfriendly tourist attractions. But sometimes fantasy gives way to reality. And when crime is committed here, suspects will usually find themselves booked into the Orange County jail. What are you in for . Disturbing the peace. Have you been in jail before . No, sir. All right. Look here at the camera for me. The Orange County jail is comprised of five separate jail facilities. The largest of these is the theo lacey jail, with an average daily population of 2,800 male inmates. Theo lacey alone dwarfs many state prisons. I have an assistant sheriff at theo lacey. He always likes to say we dont have andy of mayberry. We dont have otis coming into the jail tank. Thats not the kind of county jail inmate weve got. We have 400 people in custody for murder today. We dont have people in jail for simple possession of marijuana, like so
camaraderie in jail. due to his classification by the state prison system as a gang member with a violent past, albert briceno is locked in a single cell 22 hours a day. here we have albert briceno and he s down here on appeal for his 150 years, the eight counts of robbery. right, right. he s the one that s trying to get some of the gang enhancements dropped so he can get some time shredded off. yeah. my guess is the gang enhancements are probably going to stick because it was found true during the jury trial. a lot of new tattoos, too. yeah. he got those up at delano. because he didn t have them back in 2001 when he was with us. he didn t have the horns. he didn t have the star. he didn t have any of his neck work done. wow. almost looks like a different guy in those two. you take a look at the two pictures. it s definitely a difference. but, then, again, when you get accustomed to that lifestyle,
it s only a natural progression. down for the cause. both his mom and dad no longer are alive. and his son is in juvie right now. we are looking at potentially a third generation. it s very close. depending on which route the son ends up going. i was busted when jesse was born. though his 15-year-old son, jesse, is only a short distance away in the county s juvenile facility, brecino can only communicate with him through letters. they write to each other frequently. said what s up, dad. said he s working out. he wants me to make him a list of exercises so he can get healthy. he requested some legs and some arms. i think in juvenile hall they still got weights to work out on. briceno says he hopes jesse will follow his workout routine but not his life as a gang-banger.
inside the armory at theo lacey, the emergency response team suits up to confront an inmate considered to be a dangerous threat. i m sending you guys into danger, i know. this is not a drill. this is an ad seg inmate. we all know what that means. correct? that means he s assaultive not only to other inmates but he s also assaultive possibly to staff. all right? that kind of amps it up a little bit. the inmate is albert briceno. he has been transferred to orange county from a maximum security state prison, in order to appeal his current sentence of more than 150 years on multiple counts of gang-related armed robbery. albert briceno is a gang member from hard times. that s a street gang out of the city of garden grove. he goes by the moniker of capone. he was mainly brought up into the gang life through his family. through his mom and surrounding family members. he was basically born into the gangs.
these precautions just to protect ourselves. with briceno safely restrained, deputies descend on his cell searching for contraband, like weapons or drugs. and equally as important, gang intelligence. sometimes they will hide kites in between the papers. if it is legal mail or legal paperwork they think we can t search it. we can search it. but we can t read it. does that happen a lot to you? what, this? yeah. yeah. how come? just procedure, their jobs, you know. within minutes, the deputies make a hit and discover gang-related documents. i m not really at liberty to say exactly how it could help us. it s sensitive material. but it s probably going to help investigations further down the road. this was a good one. any time we get decent intelligence, it s a good search. while authorities still consider briceno to be a powerful gang leader, his time