but that extra space is sitting there hopefully not to be used any time soon. housing units in the new parts of the jail use a modern method called direct supervision. where inmates remain in the officer s line of sight any time they re out of their cells. but that s not how things work in unit five. the old jail, unit five was the original jail built on this site. it could hold a maximum of about 300 inmates. unit five is a little different than other units. we have linear supervision. we have to walk the hall to monitor the inmates. we look in the windows as opposed to seeing everyone all at once. you kind of have to walk the hall to pay attention to everything that s going on. brandon agner has been in unit five for the past two and a half months. unit five, it s like the forgotten unit. it s the dungeon.
one day i might cook dope all day long. we might move from one city to the next city. if my girl s tired of walking, i steal a car. every day is never the same. normal people could not live my lifestyle. i ve had friends try to hang out with me and lasted 45 minutes to an hour and they re like [ bleep ] y all, no, i m done. agner says that one of the benefits of the reduced oversight in unit five is the availability of contraband cigarettes. you come back there tonight, i ll be smoking a cigarette. i promise you. i ll be smoking a cigarette. i m waiting on a package now. we have not had a major problem with contraband. the largest problem probably would be cigarettes. inmates will attempt to smuggle cigarettes in. we do unannounced shakedowns all over the facility continually where we re looking for contraband, cigarettes. while cigarettes may make their way into the jail, lighters are harder to come by. but agner says he knows a workaround. i ve got two pieces of wire
while billiter can look forward to his graduation day, brandon agner is looking forward as well. his current stay in the jail is the latest in a long string of arrests and convictions that have left him concerned about what the future might hold. during my crime spree, all i ve done is about five years total. that s it. i ve been very lucky. god has blessed me. how many chances do you really think you have left in you? if you do anything long enough, you re going to get jammed up on it. i want to straighten out but is it a price i m willing to pay? yeah, i m willing to pay that price. do i want to? no. i m looking for somebody to tell me how to change. i don t know how to change this [ bleep ]. i can t figure that out. agner will soon have the chance to confront his future head-on. his girlfriend has bonded him out. i m hoping i can go and be with my girl. that s what i m hoping. full name?
it s like walking in a jungle. everything is everything. just be a grown man when you come back here. i love it. i wouldn t want to be nowhere else. agner is charged with possession of a controlled substance. he has pled not guilty. he has previous convictions for theft, first-degree forgery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon that he says is as a result of beating a man during a home invasion robbery. i did beat a dude in the face with a gun. i don t know if there s a time limit on how long you re supposed to beat somebody in the face but i did it til he couldn t move. he was beat bad. it was awful. it was an awful beating. while agner has done time in jail and prison, he says it would be hard to give up a life that has led to his inkars vasion. certain things people do that would have remorse for, i do not. i m addicted to it because it s never a dull moment. always something happening.
housing units in the new parts of the jail is a modern method called direct supervision where inmates remain in the officer s line of sight any time they re out of their cells. but that s not how things work in unit five. the old jail, unit five was the original jail built on this site. it could hold a maximum of about 300 inmates. unit five is a little different than other units. we have linear supervision. we have to walk the hall to monitor the inmates. we look in the windows as opposed to seeing everyone all at once. you have to walk the halls to pay attention to everything that s going on. brandon agner has been in unit five for the past two and a half months. it s the forgotten unit. it s the dungeon. ain t no rules back here.