black box. the black box is a security device placed over bowden s handcuffs to cover the key hole to prevent him from tampering with the lock. you understand you re being placed on heightened security, this will be required every time you leave your cell. right? him having a handcuff key is pretty scary. he can turn around, hurt a staff member or being on a transport try and escape on the transport. there s been officers in other states that have gotten killed because of inhates escaping and they had handcuff keys. we don t want that to happen. coming up lionel bowden answers to authorities, and i know i m a man but i consider myself a woman. an inmate deals with his identity. inmate williams was sent temsed as a male, so that s the way he s treated, as a male inmate. so, what hap
i don t want to you leave. okay. let s go. right? jump in the car, we didn t come back. that was my first escape, big escape. i got caught that night down the road. a real crash dummy. a year later hill was back on work release. met another girl and hit the road again. from that point on until they got me, it was rock n roll, i was on the road almost a year. well, first went to texas, you know, left texas, went to vegas. left vegas. went to california. left california, went back to vegas. went to florida. left florida, come to california, then to alabama and s.w.a.t. team got me. hill s escapes are from another florida price op. no one has of escaped from santa rosa, but escape was one of the first things that crossed the minds of correction staff when they discovered a handcuff key.
now he must face the institutional classification team, or ict. they could change his status from close management level two to level one. the highest security level in the entire prison. you re currently in class management 2. classification officer is recommending upgrade to class management 1. what were you planning to do with the handcuff key? sell it. had you sold one before? yes, ma am. how much do you make for a handcuff key? about $15, $20. you do realize the danger that represents in a high security facility for $15 or $20, not only to you but to other inmates and staff as well? yes, sir. you realize the consequences? yes, sir. anything else on that? no, sir. bowden will wait outside, but
having a handcuff key is mainly for my defense, you know? having a handcuff key is not really unusual, but sometimes it s necessary. theoretically speaking, you know? serving a 21 year sentence for armed robbery, says this isn t the first time he s received a dr during his time in prison. i have possession of a weapon dr, possession of a hand cuff key. several disrespects. a couple fighting drs. he was already in the close management unit when he was caught with the cuff key.