Just graduated the academy and my new post
is level two, so it's a minimal restrict unit.
It's pretty much just like a huge dormitory,
each one having about anywhere from 45 to 50 inmates.
Ramos.
Your hat, sir.
It's kind of like parenting 150 kids that don't like to listen.
I've told you, like, five times.
You have a short memory, smoking all that [BLEEP]..
Right now, day one, there's no respect from them.
You know what I'm saying?
I'll ask nicely only several times, man.
After that, I'm going to--
I'm going to get 'loc.
I'm sorry, it's who I am.
I am Officer Cordova, so I do it my way.
I went to Albuquerque High.
It's not a bad school, but I kind of
would hang out with a lot of dudes that were thugged out.
I was kind of a troublemaker.
You know, getting into fights and stuff.
I never actually was in a gang, but a lot of my friends were.
As soon as I got into corrections,
I started seeing it from the other side.
Just kind of started thinking like, wow, like,
there's so many things I could have done
to end up where these guys are.
INMATE: Hey, could you not put my [BLEEP] pillow on the floor?
You have two.
Why do you have two?
For my back.
You got a medical slip?
Yeah.
Let me see it.
I don't trust any of these guys.
I don't care how petty their crimes are.
Hey.
No.
You're just renting.
I'll be here even when you're gone, man.
My house.
The smell?
When the [BLEEP] are smoking.
Gotta pat you guys real quick.
Gotta check the area.
You can tell some people try to cover
their anger with humor.
Well, he's rolling through, and he smells a little bit
of cigarette smoke or something, and everybody's
kicking back and relaxing--
keep moving, man.
Let some stuff go.
Pick and choose your battles.
You wanna be next, or what?
[BLEEP] gastol.
I'm not disrespecting you, so don't [BLEEP] call me a gastol.
I've never disrespected you.
Don't like making little comments.
You don't need to do that, dude.
I don't disrespect you, so don't disrespect me.
Clear it out!
I'm gonna snatch this [BLEEP] up.
I already got approval to lock all these [BLEEP]
doors down if we don't clear this [BLEEP] hallway.
Clear it out.
Dude, clear the hallway.
Clear the hallway. - Talk to us like--
Clear the [BLEEP] hallway.
I'll ask you nicely twice.
After that, I'm gonna [BLEEP] raise my voice.
[BLEEP]
So get the [BLEEP] out of here.
[BLEEP] you.
You ain't hard, mother [BLEEP].
Don't bow up.
Take off the badge?
You have-- let's go.
Let's go talk.
I'm on the phone.
Get off the phone call.
Get off your phone call.
Don't hang up my phone.
- Get off your phone. - [BLEEP]
Get off your phone.
[INAUDIBLE] hang up my [BLEEP] phone call, it's gonna be on.
- What are you going to do? - I ain't [BLEEP] playing, man.
Get off your [BLEEP] phone.
[BLEEP] you, bitch.
Get off your phone.
[BLEEP] you, bitch.
Get off your [BLEEP] phone.
I've talked to you several times.
- Don't talk to me like that. - I'm talking to you.
Chill out.
He's in my face, disrespecting me.
I show you guys nothing but the utmost [BLEEP] respect.
You guys never had a problem with me,
and when he's trying to talk to me like I'm a [BLEEP] child--
- When I gotta tell you over-- - Over the [BLEEP] phone?
I'm not talking to you like that at all.
Call the county and see what the [BLEEP] I'm about.
They'll tell you.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm just trying to keep the hallways clear, man.
And they're like, well, you need to [BLEEP]
learn how to talk to people.
And they're-- I was like, dude, I'm only going to talk to you
nicely three or four times.
After that, I'm going to get pissed off.
There are certain things that we can't do here.
We just have to kind of watch what we're saying.
They think that you don't know what you're doing,
and all it is is because they see you as new.
Mhm.
They don't like the fact that you're authoritative,
and you're doing your job.
They don't like that.
Well, that's because they're not used to it, man.
Exactly.
That's what I'm saying.
Take a step back, be a little bit more respectful.
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Rodriguez did me that I
was a little aggressive with the inmates,
so I'll make a couple of changes.
[BLEEP].
Our work detail is the one bringing it in.
You'll have a guy working the highway.
Hey, honey, tomorrow at mile marker 14,
put some drugs in some balloons and throw them off to me.
They'll usually make balloons out of gloves or a condom,
and they'll put it in their anal cavity.
There are risks that come with work details.
But to the extent we follow those systems of control,
we reduce the risk and make the outcomes worth it.
Keep an eye on those inmates.
They like to do drug drop offs up there,
and they like to bring them in.
Yes, sir.
You know?
So I want you to be, you know, very attentive.
You stay right there with them.
You don't never leave your sight.
- Yes, sir. - All right.
Thank you.
Both of the gentlemen I have, the last names are [INAUDIBLE]..
But they're actually cousins.
They're also from Roswell, and I believe
they are both members of CTR, which is Crazy Town Roswell.
I'm taking them out into the world
with no cuffs, no leg restraints.
It could be very easy for one of them to do a drug pick up.
Even if they weren't members of the gang,
I would still make sure to watch my back and stay on my toes,
because you know, you can't trust any of these guys.
You've got to be careful, because you
don't want contraband getting back into the facility.
See him trying to pick stuff up every now and then,
so you're just kind of, hey.
That's enough, because they don't want to lose this.
This is a sweet gig.
My supervisor told me that while working with these inmates,
I need to watch them and be very careful with them.
Especially when they're around other people.
Are you guys about to head out, or no?
Nice.
Must be nice, man.
Yo!
You know where I'm going.
I'm going [INAUDIBLE], dude.
Need to use the bathroom?
Yep.
Hey, meet us down at the next one.
Because you're [BLEEP] taking forever.
Been way too long, though.
The guys I've got are pretty good workers.
Really didn't have any issues.
Overall, a good day.
So hopefully it continues.
[INAUDIBLE]
All righty.
It is definitely good working with a classmate that
was in the academy with me.
Even in the academy, we would see
eye to eye on a lot of stuff.
If you can't trust your partner, it can be
kind of scary coming to work.
This morning we let out our tier time,
and there was a little bit of tension.
Things were just weird.
Things were just off.
Open 'em.
We've been having issues with our gang unit,
with the gang members.
They haven't really been responding well
to the rules and regulations.
There was a little bit of tension
already there, because one inmate was whispering
to a couple other inmates.
And they were kind of plotting something.
Maybe there's an issue amongst each other,
or maybe it's an issue amongst the officers and the inmates.
So it could possibly be that they're
trying to prepare for battle.
Hey!
Get back!
Move, move, move, move!
[SHOUTING]
[GUNFIRE]
Let's go, badges.
Let's go.
Turn around.
Get on the ground.
Look out, look out!
[INAUDIBLE],, I need backup and medical.
As far as the SNM leaders being removed
and put in federal custody.
I mean, word travels really fast in prison.
They may just act out on their own a little bit more,
but regardless, at the end of the day,
we're going to do our job the same way.
Yeah, brother.
I've had some incidents working in level two.
Get off your [BLEEP] phone.
[BLEEP] you, bitch.
Get off your phone.
- [BLEEP] you, bitch. - Get off your [BLEEP] phone.
Bitch.
The inmates here are more volatile.
But I've learned from previous experiences to keep my cool.
We've grown a lot, and we've learned a lot.
But there's still more to learn, still more to grow from.
But that just comes in time.