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experience.' The method carried out in finding individuals that offered talent and an eye-opening story involved constantly filming and communicating with the prisoners until the best candidate was found. This was explained by the president of 44 Blue
Productions in that 'someone from the team was usually in prison everyday film' looking for the few people who are willing to share their story. The team revealed that the required bond with inmates took months to generate whereby the crew developed strong relationships with the prisoners build on trust and approval, enabling the documentation of various prison origins and experiences.
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wedded in a court room surrounded by family with Jay as an inmate witness and then returned to their respective cells. This unique relationship is described as long distance, however having the possibility of no physical contact following the wedding ceremony. The audience is also presented through the experiences of Jay the difficulties of trying to maintain a loving relationship with one partner being confined to a prison cell and the other living as a free man. She is struggling to detoxify from drugs, relying on the few visits from her partner Kadin and on the hope that he has remained loyal to her from the outside.
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violence. This violence results in a full investigation with several inner prison hearings, isolated inmates and additional days placed upon sentences. The audience including various online medias have developed speculations regarding the current whereabouts of these inmates seen on the show with no official statements from the production or the
Sacramento County Jail. Finally, the series concludes with footage revealing some of the prisoners connecting with one another outside the prison after serving out the remainder of their sentence.
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Katrina take advantage of the vertical piping network to communicate through their 'bowls' (toilets) as well as transfer notes in a practice called 'fishing' from which crafted rope is flushed between cells. The episode also introduces a new location within the prison known by inmates as 'Female AD-SEG' (administrative segregation) whereby prisoners are placed in single-inmate pods that are separated from the general population.
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prison staff being aware. This is presented within the show in episode five 'She Swung at Me, I Swung Back' where a male inmate nicknamed 'Squeeze' encourages Noonie to physically attack Ebony repeating 'green light Noonie green light,' which say her get into a heated brawl with Ebony that sent the prison into lockdown.
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who is known as 'Squeeze' for his use of guns is introduced to the audience in episode five as a twenty-four-year-old male prisoner who is charged with theft and unlawful driving of a vehicle with no bail. The show explores his start into a lifestyle of crime for the ages of fourteen given his lack
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of a father figure and exposure from his mother who couldn't pay the rent and resorted to hard drug use. He is shown 'toilet talking' to a female inmate called Noonie who is falling for him; however, David is constantly questioning the thought of being in a long-term relationship whilst in prison.
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nicknamed 'Baby Girl' came onto the show as an administratively segregated inmate. The show describes her victimisation at a young age with her mother resorting to drug use which placed
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The fifth episode in the series explores the nuances of being in a relationship within the restrictions of prison. In the beginning of the episode, two inmates from the branch and main jail Brianna Tibayan and Bianca are getting married requiring a prison style marriage whereby they are quickly
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nicknamed 'Monster' is an inmate interviewed in episode three, revealing her origins as an East Coast tattoo artist who turned to a life of crime. Whilst transferring to the Sacramento County Branch, she revealed to the cameras that she was facing sentences for 'check fraud, grand theft auto,
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production crew were able to convince the heads of faculty to enable filming on the premises whereby 99% of correctional facilities would deny the opportunity to produce a documentary.
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