bulk of general population is housed in what is called the wasatch facility. with its four tiers and old-fashioned, crank sliding doors, this unit is a flashback to the past. i like the old school. you ve got the noises that you re used to. sergeant dan herring is in charge of a-block east. it was the first block built and used. used to be the old max. now, it houses medium security. this one is better because it s single cell. and there s a more relaxed atmosphere. jessie walker is serving up to five years for aggravated sexual assault. he s known as jazz by his fellow tier mates. my first couple of months, i didn t think i could make it this long. i never seen myself be here for a year. i thought i was going to crumble up and die, you know. on a-east, there are only two
housed in what is called the wasatch facility. with its four tiers and old-fashioned, crank sliding doors, this unit is a flashback to the past. i like the old school. you ve got the noises that you re used to. sergeant dan herring is in charge of a-block east. it was the first block built and used. used to be the old max. now, it houses medium security. this one is better because it s single cell. and there s a more relaxed atmosphere. jessie walker is serving up to five years for aggravated sexual assault. he s known as jazz by his fellow tier mates. my first couple of months, i didn t think i could make it this long. i never seen myself be here for a year. i thought i was going to crumble up and die, you know.
the inmates are going to have their own language. they re going to have their own body language. they re going to have their own set of rules. at utah state prison, the bulk of general population is housed in what is called the wasatch facility. with its four tiers and old-fashioned, crank sliding doors, this unit is a flashback to the past. i like the old school. you ve got the noises that you re used to. sergeant dan herring is in charge of a-block east. it was the first block built and used. used to be the old max. now, it houses medium security. this one is better because it s single cell. and there s a more relaxed atmosphere. jessie walker is serving up to five years for aggravated sexual assault. he s known as jazz by his fellow tier mates. my first couple of months, i didn t think i could make it
a prison is a society within a society. the inmates are going to have their own language. they re going to have their own body language. they re going to have their own set of rules. at utah state prison, the bulk of general population is housed in what is called the wasatch facility. with its four tiers and old-fashioned, crank sliding doors, this unit is a flashback to the past. i like the old school. you ve got the noises that you re used to. sergeant dan herring is in charge of a-block east. it was the first block built and used. used to be the old max. now, it houses medium security. this one is better because it s single cell. and there s a more relaxed atmosphere. jessie walker is serving up to five years for aggravated sexual assault. he s known as jazz by his fellow tier mates.
south facility is an outside jail for low to medium security inmates. north facility is a modern-looking maximum security jail. east facility, or old max, is the oldest jail in los angeles. and lastly, the crown jewel of the l.a. county jail system is the north county correctional facility, or nccf, which houses murderers, rapists and drug offenders. we find that the linear jail doesn t work for us anymore. what we have here is more of a podular design, with the staff in the middle and the inmates around the outside. a single facility comprised of five jails housing 3,800 inmates, nccf was designed in 1983. nccf first made headlines in march of 1990 when the first president bush helped dedicate the jail s opening.