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 kill bawd they made escape handcuff keys. we don t want that to happen. coming up lionel bowden answers to authorities, and i consider myself a woman. an inmate deals with his identity. sentenced as male. that s the way he s treated, as a male inmate. um. listen, gary.
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. bowden will wait outside, but it only take as matter of moments for the classification team to reach a decision. inmate, the institution classification team, we re going to recommend upgrading close management one. this recommendation goes to said classification, and they have the final decision. we re also approving a two-year visitation suspension. is there anything else you d like to tell us? no, ma am. already considered a high security inmate, an upgrade to level one means that bowden s
once he gets validated. you can take that and i ll write him up for possession of gang paraphernalia. he ll be documented as a suspected street gang member. we ll start a file on him if one hasn t already been created and wherever he goes whether it s to another facility or out on the streets, he ll be identified as a suspected gang member. the letters here in the cell, she found what looks like a diagram or pattern of handcuff key. the crude making, the beginning of it. the manufacturing stages. what he s doing is, he has all these bars of soap. what he ll start doing is cut
intelligence division, which is constantly gathering information on potential problems before they can escalate. the key s going to look like this. okay. it s going to be pretty much just etched out of the toothbrush. okay. all right. but we ve got to hit them quick because if not he ll swallow it. the fourth avenue jail s intelligence division suspects one of its maximum security inmates of having a homemade handcuff key. do the cells in 4 bravo 200, 100, 3, 4, do they have the back windows into the water wells? they do. okay, they do. we will be monkeying around in your water wells. if you call the briefing room and i don t answer right away, give me a couple minutes to get back here. sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. let s go to the water well. what water well is, it s basically a plumber s access, you know, the toilets are mou
the first one, went to texas. you know? loved 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 escapes from another florida prison. no one has of escaped from santa rosa, but escape was one of the first things that crosses the minds of the staff. when they discovered a handcuff key. handcuff key is like you know, mainly for my defense. you know? having a handcuff key is not really unusual, but sometimes it s necessary. you know. theoretically speaking, you