day-to-day security at the maricopa county jail in phoenix is handled by detention officers. sheriff s deputies assigned to the jail and who are the front line in maintaining order. they re backed up by the jail s 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. all right. the fourth avenue jail s intelligence division suspects one of its maximum security inmates of having a homemade handcuff key. do the cells in four bravo 200, 100, 3, 4. do they have the back windows into the water wells? yes, 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,
to validate is essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. i found that hanging here on his vent. once he s validated a member, he ll never be able to go to a level-b facility. so it has a lot of bearing on an inmate s future 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 potential street gang member and we ll start a file on him if one has not already been created. and that way, wherever he goes, whether it s to another facility or goes out into the streets, he ll be identified as a suspected gang member. what officer archuletta found in the letters here in the cell, she found a looks like a diagram or a pattern of a handcuff key. the crude makings, the beginning of it.
a disciplinary report. i ve had possession of a weapon dr, possession of a handcuff key. you know several disrespects. a couple fighting drs. during my seven years since i been incarcerated i felt about four of them confined. bowden was already in the prison s close management system when he was caught with the cuff key. stand right here. 0052. now he must face the institutional classification team or ict who could they 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. your 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. yes, sir. for $15 or $20, not only to you but to other inmates and staff,as well? yes, sir. you realize the consequences? yes, sir. step out. bowden will wait outside, but it only take a 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.