probably about two dozen cell extractions to where i ve had people jump on my back when we re going in and trying to get them. nothing i haven t healed from, but you ve just got to understand that there is always potential to be hurt in this job, and that s basically what you re getting paid for, too come in here and do that. a lot of times these inmates just don t get along with each other. you know, they didn t get along with people on the outside. that s why they re here. and you put them all in the same setting in a small cell, you have the ability to be volatile. for the inmates who demonstrate good behavior, there are areas of folsom prison that appear more like scenes outside the wall where inmates are able to learn things like landscaping, how to rebuild computer systems, study in the law library if they choose to appeal their sentence, learn about carpentry, or the most prized job among inmates is making license plates.
removed from their cells. for legal reasons, these extractions are always videotaped by prison staff. we can have something that can happen two, three times a week, sometimes even two a day, three a day, and then there s other times where we ll go months without anything going on. step back to the door. step back to be handcuffed. these cell extractions are dangerous for the officers involved. this is the third and final directive. as soon as you go to restrain them, they might have a shank, try to pull it out, stab one of the officers that are actually on the extraction team. so every every situation like this is somewhat volatile. in the most stubborn cases, officers lower the inmate s resistance with pepper spray. but the gas also has an effect on the extraction team. this is the end of the line when it comes to high-security or high-profile inmates. back off in the cell. cell open. so it takes a special type of
everywhere you go, handcuffed, handcuffed to go in the shower. you have no human contact with nobody at all. but roy slagle has had more contact than most inmates here. it s just been all the wrong kind. at the time of our shoot, he held a dubious record. he had had more cell extractions than any other inmate at the prison. cell extractions occur when inmates violate rules. and refuse orders to cuff up and vacate their cells. it s then up to a specially trained emergency response team to forcibly remove them. and in slagle s case, the extractions are always intense.
after determining he is not going to be combative, officers allow slagle to shower off the burning gas. one of the really amazing things about the cell extractions is that sometimes afterwards, the inmate and the officers seem to have a camaraderie, almost like pro athletes standing around the locker room at the end of a really tough game. and that was the case with slagle as he was recovering from his pepper spray. yeah, [ bleep ]. first time for that. i don t know. next on lockup: raw. spent 18 long years in this old cold prison one inmate s way of dealing
identified him in numerous cell extractions. he will fight us. he will try to get out of his cell. determined to make a stand, slagle mounts a defense with the few meager items he has in his cell. he has jammed his door with a hardened papier-mache-like mixture with wet newspapers and toothpaste. but with the extraction team on its way, the conflict is about to come to a head. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. he s on the floor.