sometimes it is hard for us as security to be able to determine which ones may have validity and which ones not. so, that s why we take them serious when they have to do with anything with escape or staff safety. but within a few more days, williams can put his current troubles behind him. he only has one week left on his sentence. this is a release handout, you know, just letting you know all the things that i have to do. like, i have to go register as a convicted felon in the county that i m going home to. right now, i m just, i m overwhelmed with excitement. i just want my freedom. i want to see my friends. i want to see my family, so it s kind of hard being, like, enclosed in here by myself, because i just want to, like, ahhh, go crazy. coming up all right, guys. get him up in the wheelchair. armando doctor prompts another emergency response. and later what were you planning to do with the handcuff key? lionel bowden faces a
all right, back out. kneel down. black box. the black box is a security device placed over bowden s handcuffs to cover the keyhole and prevent him from tampering with the lock. bowden, you understand you re being placed on heightened security and this will be required every time you exit your cell, right? him having a handcuff key, that s pretty scary. he can turn around and either hurt a staff member, or being on the transport, trying to escape on the transport, you know. there s been officers in other states that have gotten killed because inmates escaped them, and they ve had handcuff keys, and we don t want that to happen. coming up stand right there. lionel bowden answers to authorities. and i know i m a man, but i consider myself a woman. an inmate deals with his identity. he was sentenced as a male, so that s the way he s treated, is as a male inmate.
left california, come back to texas. left texas, come back to florida. left florida, went back to california, then come to alabama, and s.w.a.t. team got me. hill s escapes are from another florida prison. no one has ever escaped from santa rosa. but escape was one of the first things that crossed the minds of corrections staff when they discovered a homemade handcuff key inside lionel bowden s deodorant container. having a 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. periodically speaking, you know. bowden, who is serving a 21-year sentence for armed robbery, says this isn t the first time he s received a disciplinary report during his time in prison.
i ve had dr, possession of a weapon dr, possession of a handcuff key, several disrespect drs, a couple fight drs. during my seven years since i ve been incarcerated, i guess about four of them confined. bowden was already in the prison s close management unit when he was caught with the cuff key. stand right there. say your name. lionel bowden, 5502. now he must face the institutional classification team, or ict, who could change his status from close management level 2 to level 1, the highest security level in the entire prison. you re currently in close management 2. your classification officer is recommending upgrade to class management 1. what were you planning to do with the handcuff key? sell it.
it s essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. i found that hanging here. once it s validated, you ll never be able to go to a level-b facility. a lot bearing on the inmates future. you can take that and i ll write him up for possession of gang paraphernalia. he ll be documented as a potential street gang member and 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.