tobacco in here or drugs and light it off that. disciplinary action is given to the inmates caught with illegal items. what we will do is these guys that have razor blades on their bunk, they said it was mine. okay, what we do is we write an incident form out and we send them down to the justice center, down to the 900 building. for inmate perry scranton, the dorm search is just part of being a prisoner. actually it don t feel too well. nobody likes people going through their personal property, but it s something that has to be done. it s their job. they have to make sure everything is right. after the search, inmates return to their cells to clean up the mess. next, lockup takes you inside old max, l.a. county s 50-year-old maximum security facility, and we ll see how two new inmates are dealing with the first week of being behind bars.
east facility is the oldest operating jail in los angeles. otherwise known as old max, it was built in 1951 to handle overcrowding. the 15 dormitories inside the jail can house approximately 2,000 inmates. with the nation s jail population becoming more middle aged, facilities like l.a. county s east jail are trying to accommodate older inmates and keep them away from more violent younger ones. this is the old man s dorm. it s a privileged dorm. you have to be 45 and older to be in this dorm. if you mess up here, you go back to the regular population. for almost 40 years, 51-year-old inmate will williamson has been committing crimes that land him in jail. it s sickening. it s something, you know, you just have to put up with that, you know, i did it to myself
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.
once you get behind this fence, the whole world stops. it can get pretty nasty. this is life. 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.
what we ll do is like these guys that have razor blades on their bunk, ask somebody, yeah, it was mine. okay. we write an incident form out and we send them to our adjustment center down in the 900 building. for 37-year-old inmate terry scranton the dorm search is just part of being a prisoner. well, actually, it don t feel too well because nobody likes people going through their personal property. but it s stuff that has to be done. it s their job. you know, they ve got to make sure that everything is right. after the search inmates return to their cells to clean up the mess. next lockup takes you inside old max, l.a. county s 50-year-old maximum security facility. and we ll see how two new inmates are dealing with their first week of being behind bars. x beds and now beds infused with gel? but through all the fads, 6 million people have found their best night s sleep on something else. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how fast i fall asleep.