aspects of intake. the strip search. our intake officer will take them one at a time back into a strip room, do a visual cavity search. searching all that too? yep. they try to do it with a level of dignity and respect to not make the person uncomfortable. bend over and spread your butt cheeks. thank you. what size of underwear? because utah receives a relatively small number of new arrivals on intake days, officers can make the process more comfortable for inmates. we found a very different atmosphere at the sprawling and constantly bustling los angeles county jail. stand up, spread your feet. shoulder width apart. lift up your left foot, wiggle your toes. l.a. county, which is probably one of the largest jail systems in the world, is a completely different experience. drop them, turn around. and the inmate reception center is gigantic. you know, they get 400 guys a day. 2,000 a week. hands up. hands over in place. reach back. no talking. no laughing.
to me that s taking my life away. that will be three adult felons instead of just one. i have three pending. aaron admits he has an unquenchable thirst for taking cars that aren t his own. his other vice, playing escape artist. my staff called me to let me know that he was trying to be a trickster and had a detention officer bring him up sunday night for the release for the weekenders. and our intake officer elizabeth noticed that no, he s not a weekender. he s not supposed to be leaving. he tried to convince her, yes, i am. i m a weekender. i don t belong here. i m supposed to go home. i came in on friday, i need to go home. my mom is going to be picking me up. he tried to really convince her. if for some reason staff let you walk out the door they would be coming for me. and my job would be on the line. you ve got to understand, the decisions that you make have consequences that don t affect you, but affect everybody else around you. stop being slick, okay. the staff made a m
anything you are allowed to have, you ll get back. it will be letters, photos, legal papers. basically, that s it. our intake officer will take them one at a time back into a strip room and strip them down, do a visual cavity search. searching all that too? yep. they try to do it with a level of dignity and respect so as not to make the person uncomfortable. bend over. spread your butt cheeks. okay. thank you. what size of underwear? after receiving their prison-issued jumpsuit, shoes, socks, and toilet kit, each inmate s property is inventoried. i honestly don t think my life was that messed up. i lived a basic, normal life of an everyday, normal human being. i had a problem with drugs. galin sisneros is at usp for possession of a controlled substance. i don t want to come in here with no chip on my shoulder. thinking i m going to take on everybody, because i know that s not going to happen. i just really want to keep my head down, stay out of trouble, and try to g
aaron has already been warned that the prosecutor s office is looking at waiving him to the adult system. i ve got a bad record. so i ll probably beg please don t let take my life away from me. to me that s taking my life away. that will be three adult felons instead of just one. i have three pending. aaron admits he has an unquenchable thirst for taking cars that aren t his own. his other vice, playing escape artist. my staff called me to let me know that he was trying to be a trickster and had a detention officer bring him up sunday night for the release for the weekenders. and our intake officer elizabeth noticed that no, he s not a weekender. he s not supposed to be leaving. he tried to convince her, yes, i am. i m a weekender. i don t belong here. i m supposed to go home. i came in on friday, i need to go home. my mom is going to be picking me up. he tried to really convince her. if for some reason staff let you walk out the door they would be coming for me. and my job wou
to happen. we ve accompanied these inmates and many others through one of the more discomforting aspects of intake. the strip search. our intake officer will take them one at a time back into a strip room, do a visual cavity search. searching all that too? yep. they try to do it with a level of dignity and respect to not make the person uncomfortable. bend over and spread your butt cheeks. thank you. what size of underwear? because utah receives a relatively small number of new arrivals on intake days, officers can make the process more comfortable for inmates. we found a very different atmosphere at the sprawling and constantly bustling los angeles county jail. stand up, spread your feet. shoulder width apart. lift up your left foot, wiggle your toes.