- 6/14/2025
Ruby Wax visits Arizona's Maricopa County Jail and Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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00:00In the dry desert of Arizona, lives the toughest sheriff in America, Joe Arpaio.
00:12He runs a jail with 7,000 inmates whose crimes range from simple traffic violations to drug abuse.
00:19His mission in life is making their lives as miserable as possible.
00:24Am I General Patton today or am I Wyatt Earm?
00:26Because one day they call me General Patton.
00:28Who do you want to be today?
00:30Who's your fantasy of who you are today?
00:32Today for England, I would be General Patton because they know General Patton in England.
00:39Well, we know Wyatt Earm, too.
00:39Oh, you do?
00:40Yeah.
00:40Are you in an Earm mood?
00:42I'm in a general mood.
00:45Sheriff Joe likes to save his taxpayers money.
00:48He keeps 2,000 of his convicts outdoors in secondhand tents, gives them stale food,
00:53and if they don't like that, they can always work on the chain gang.
00:57You like it here?
00:59No, I don't.
00:59Good.
01:00At least he's a...
01:01You give him two sandwiches.
01:02I don't like people to say on camera that they like this place.
01:05You're supposed to say you hate it?
01:06Yeah.
01:07Nobody said that.
01:08Good.
01:08Yeah.
01:08Do you eat bologna here?
01:10Usually if it's not discolored.
01:12Is it ever discolored?
01:13Oh, yes.
01:14You've said it yourself.
01:15No, forget what I said.
01:16Is it discolored?
01:17Be honest.
01:17I want to know.
01:18Occasionally it's discolored.
01:19Okay, so I'm not lying then when I say it.
01:21No, you're not lying.
01:22It's discolored.
01:22I never liked to lie.
01:23No, we believe that you give them discolored bologna.
01:25So what is it?
01:25Green or purple?
01:26Sometimes it's green, yeah.
01:27But it's not bad.
01:28Huh?
01:28When it hits the air, the air makes it change colors.
01:31You know that?
01:32That happens.
01:32That happens sometimes.
01:33Green turn it up.
01:34Policies are a little severe, I would say.
01:35Close to that shirt there.
01:36Yeah, you like it.
01:37They're severe.
01:37They're severe.
01:38Why are they severe?
01:39Huh?
01:39Please, who wants to eat rancid bologna?
01:41Even I have to agree with this man.
01:43No, but...
01:43Do you guys miss girls?
01:45A lot.
01:46A lot.
01:47What?
01:47What's worse, the lack of women or the rancid bologna?
01:55Rancid bologna.
01:56In fact, it costs more to feed our police dogs than it does the inmates.
02:01And are they happy with him?
02:03No, are they happy?
02:04We make them pay for their food.
02:06Started that four months ago.
02:07Get out of here.
02:07Yeah.
02:07What, they have to go in their wallets and pay for this garbage?
02:09Why not pay for their food?
02:11You are a cruel taskmaster.
02:12Four months ago.
02:13You are a cruel, cruel taskmaster.
02:13Raised over $300,000 already.
02:16That's a money-saving thing there.
02:17That's right.
02:17That's a money-saving thing.
02:19I'm thinking.
02:19$1.10 for the dogs.
02:20Well, the dogs must like you anyway.
02:21Well, the dogs...
02:22Sheriff Joe, like, do you think this is a little austere here?
02:29Austere?
02:29Yeah.
02:30No, I think it should be worse.
02:33Why would that be then?
02:34Well, first of all, these tents...
02:36Yeah.
02:37...were put up for $100,000 versus a $60,000, $70 million jail.
02:42So I know the tents are near the dump and the dog pound and the waste disposal plant,
02:46but it's free land.
02:47This is not a hotel.
02:48This is a jail.
02:49People forget that this is a jail.
02:51They want chocolates on their pillows.
02:54They want the cigars and the cigarettes and the coffee and steak.
02:58They don't get nothing.
02:59Well, I'll tell you, they don't need new magazines in jail.
03:02It's out.
03:02Took it out four years ago.
03:04They sued me.
03:04It's up before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal, and I'll go to the Supreme Court
03:09before I ever put those magazines back.
03:11Why should you have 16% of people in jail for sex crimes and giving them porno?
03:16That doesn't make sense.
03:17No, I'll tell you, because, Joe, can I just give you my philosophy?
03:20My philosophy is, like, let them get it out of their system.
03:23Get what out of their system?
03:24Well, do you want me to be graphic?
03:26Yeah.
03:26There's a certain hormonal buildup.
03:28Yeah, so...
03:28Even I can feel the tension.
03:30Yeah, they don't need new magazines.
03:31Well, where are they going to relieve themselves?
03:33Where?
03:33I don't know.
03:35What do you mean, where?
03:35There must be a place.
03:37Do they need nude magazines?
03:38Well, where are they...
03:38Is that good for women, to use women as, uh...
03:42Better a magazine than a piece of flesh.
03:44I mean, somebody's going to get it, don't you think?
03:46Well, I...
03:47Just another philosophy for you.
03:48I don't know.
03:48I'm not a sex therapist or psychologist.
03:51You're asking me things.
03:52I'm a cop.
03:53I'm not a social worker.
03:54Yeah.
03:54I'm not going to let my female detention officers be abused in the jail.
03:59So I wiped them all out.
04:01Wiped you all out?
04:02The nude magazines.
04:05Just a question.
04:06Did you ever study psychology or you think that's sort of dumb?
04:09No, you know, I don't like to study psychology because most of them don't know what they're
04:12talking about anyway.
04:13I just use common sense.
04:15You've got a bug here.
04:16Did you get, like, a degree from the university?
04:17No, I didn't get a degree.
04:18Right.
04:19You know why?
04:19I was a cop in Washington for four years locking people up.
04:23I never had a chance.
04:24I had to go to court every morning because I made so many arrests.
04:27And I became a federal agent.
04:28Right.
04:29And I'm up in the boondocks in Turkey.
04:31I'm working in Chicago.
04:32So how did you know how to start a jail?
04:33Don't you need a degree?
04:35Or am I...
04:35Why do you need a degree?
04:36Right.
04:37You see, they're free.
04:39So how hot does this get in the...
04:40Are you here in the summer?
04:41Hot.
04:42It's very hot.
04:42120.
04:43120.
04:43120?
04:45That's the wrong one.
04:46What is that in England?
04:47120.
04:48I don't know.
04:49It seems to get real pleasure out of the suffering.
04:52So maybe I'm just...
04:53I don't want to be on the...
04:54Ah, shit.
04:56We're talking about a sadomasochist kind of thing here.
04:59Okay.
05:00Okay, another thing.
05:01You get this stuff free donated.
05:02Why are you charging for it?
05:04Because it's my philosophy that when you're living free, room and board,
05:08you ought to pay a dollar for your food.
05:10You're lucky it's only a dollar.
05:11You're lucky it's only a dollar.
05:13We better keep our mouth shut.
05:14It's usually $6.
05:14You'll find that you got a tip, too.
05:16This guy didn't actually get a degree.
05:18So, you know, forget him for this logic.
05:19Well, let's not keep harping on that.
05:20No, I'm sorry.
05:21I did go to college, but I never finished it, too.
05:23You guys, so what?
05:24I didn't get a degree.
05:25So what?
05:26No, no, no.
05:26I was a federal agent, a director.
05:28I can...
05:29You don't always have to have a degree to become somebody.
05:32Right, you guys?
05:33I got a degree.
05:35You got a degree in what?
05:36Pastor in architecture.
05:37What the hell are you doing here?
05:38Got drunk at a bar.
05:39You got a fight.
05:40Anyway.
05:40Look, here's always going to be the thing.
05:42Do you, like, train him to...
05:43Or do you humiliate him here?
05:45Because if you humiliate him here, they may go and kick somebody's ass.
05:48Why is this humiliating?
05:48It's humiliating.
05:49Oh, it is.
05:50Are you guys humiliated?
05:53Yes, sir.
05:54Even what we're wearing.
05:55Very.
05:56You should.
05:56Thanks for saying that.
06:00You want a riot here?
06:01I'm one to ten of humiliation.
06:03Where are we?
06:04Haven't changed your clothes in four days.
06:06Ten?
06:07Nine.
06:09Are you going to do...
06:10Do your crimes again when you get out?
06:13No.
06:13Well, there's no word.
06:14Well, what did it tell you?
06:15You answered that question?
06:16Tell me you're doing a fabulous thing there, Joe.
06:17Jesus.
06:18Assaulting the sheriff.
06:19You see that?
06:20Assaulting.
06:21She assaulted me.
06:22Put her in a tent.
06:24Don't put me in that tent.
06:25Or put me in with the cute guys, okay?
06:27Can I just make a request?
06:29So where are we going?
06:30I had Amnesty International after me from London.
06:35They came down here.
06:36I told them to go back to Iraq, where they came from.
06:38I've had the Justice Department.
06:40I've had civil liberties.
06:41They come after me for years.
06:43Why are they coming here to tell me how to run my jail system?
06:47What's their problem?
06:48Is Amnesty's problem that you're not being maybe humane?
06:51That's right.
06:51Right.
06:52And they went before the United Nations and complained about me.
06:55That's an honor.
06:57See, I think we should wear it at a rakish angle.
07:00Trust me on this.
07:01I know how.
07:01Like that.
07:02That's good.
07:03Do I have to put this on?
07:05Oh, that's disgusting.
07:07No, that is disgusting.
07:08It's like somebody sneaks.
07:11Right next door to the men's camp is the women's jail, separated by a mere fence.
07:17How far is it between the female camp and the male camp?
07:19Oh, it's just like, right here?
07:21Like, I'll show you.
07:22What, did you just hear their voice?
07:23Yeah, just hear their voice.
07:24No.
07:24So how did you hear you open the fence?
07:26And you saw him?
07:27I sure do.
07:28And what, did your eyes clap through the fence and you said,
07:30Oh, no, it was a flash.
07:31It was a sight really basic.
07:33See what it is?
07:34Do you know what it is?
07:34It's like, okay, we're doing time, right?
07:37Yeah.
07:37And it's the attention.
07:38You bond because of the words and the letter.
07:41Like, from what I've got here.
07:42Right.
07:42What do they call fence whores?
07:43No, no.
07:44They're fangs or lizards.
07:46I call them fence traps.
07:47Or lizards.
07:47Here, lizard, lizard, lizards.
07:49Because we're like lizards on a fence.
07:51What is your say to your boyfriend?
07:52What's his name?
07:53To laughing boy.
07:54Park to the penis.
07:55Park to the penis?
07:56Yeah, for the penis.
07:57I think that's Spanish for something.
07:59Oh, my baby.
08:00Oh, being away from you is killing me.
08:03Killing me that it hurts.
08:04We missed a word.
08:05Yeah.
08:05I miss our late night dates.
08:07Hey, come and pick me up so we can go cruising in the moonlight.
08:11Spelled wrong.
08:12And look at the stars and make beautiful love all night long.
08:16How can you see the guys?
08:19Right here.
08:19What?
08:20And you're allowed to come here?
08:21Yeah.
08:24What, you're getting some guys now?
08:25Yeah.
08:27Oh, because you can see Dr. Rock in there.
08:29Hey.
08:30What's up, y'all?
08:31Hey, it's Bernadette.
08:32I miss you guys.
08:34Hey.
08:35That's my homeboy right there.
08:36Where?
08:37Let's see.
08:37Here.
08:38Is this how you met your boyfriend here?
08:39Yeah, that's how I met my boyfriend.
08:40That's my boyfriend's homeboy.
08:42And so, and so, this is where the girls meet, guys?
08:45This is where the girls meet the guys at.
08:46Just this little crack?
08:47Yeah.
08:47And what do you do, Bernadette?
08:48So they rip.
08:49Don't get scared.
08:50It's okay.
08:51So go on, show me how you do a, is it fencing?
08:53Yeah, this is A.
08:54All right, so you just, don't you throw it that way?
08:56Yeah.
08:56I gotta go back right here.
08:57Hey, I'm gonna throw a wheel-o over.
08:59A wheel-o?
09:00A wheel-o.
09:00Is that better for heights?
09:02All right.
09:02Watch her do it.
09:04Báralo!
09:06It's like a love story.
09:09And then he throws it back?
09:11Yeah.
09:11Do you ever say, hey, isn't it like if you want to get, hey, gracias, if you want
09:15to get cigarettes or something that you flash your breasts?
09:17I can just go like that.
09:20And what do you get for that?
09:21What do you get for that?
09:22Well, I don't, we don't have to.
09:23It's music, the white girls that do it.
09:25Oh!
09:26And what do they get?
09:27What do you get for?
09:28One flash?
09:29I've never done it.
09:30Hey, I'll be straight up.
09:31Yeah, but what do you get?
09:31I have some of my own, man.
09:33Yeah, 30 days in the hole.
09:34That's what we get.
09:35What if you show your whole self?
09:37What do you get that?
09:37Oh, but you get a lot.
09:38A whole cart of cigarettes.
09:40The guy's here.
09:40Only when it rains.
09:42See?
09:43Like this, only when it rains.
09:44Why when it rains?
09:45When it rains.
09:45Hey, homeboy.
09:47Can you make sure that her boyfriend gets that letter?
09:50It's two pages.
09:52Homeboy.
09:53Homeboy.
09:54Check her out.
09:55Check her out.
09:56She gang, wake up.
10:06Time for three hours out.
10:08No!
10:08No!
10:09No!
10:09Hi!
10:11Okay, where's that?
10:11Sarah.
10:14I'm an equal opportunity incarcerator.
10:17You want me to say that now?
10:18Yes, say it now.
10:19Equal opportunity incarcerator.
10:21It's a beautiful sentence.
10:22Women should be treated the same way as men.
10:25It's early in the morning.
10:26I just want to get full credit for that.
10:27We can have that five.
10:28Five o'clock in the morning.
10:29Yeah.
10:30What are you doing with that thing?
10:31Oh, I got my magazine.
10:32Yeah.
10:33And I take the color.
10:34Yeah.
10:34And I use it for eye shadow.
10:36No.
10:37Does it work?
10:38Yeah.
10:38Get the right color.
10:40What are we looking for today?
10:42Um, let's see if I go with the forest green.
10:46I mean, you're all attractive girls.
10:48Do you know what I mean?
10:48Like, isn't it weird that you're, like, going out there to dig ditches and stuff?
10:52And do you feel embarrassed when you go out there?
10:54Not anymore.
10:55What did you actually do to deserve this?
10:58I got caught with the hacksaw blade in my locker.
11:01Hacksaw blade?
11:02Yeah.
11:02And what were you doing with that?
11:03Was that for makeup reasons?
11:05No.
11:06Right?
11:06I found it when I was walking back to my tent one day.
11:09A hacksaw?
11:10Yeah, the blade.
11:11Yeah.
11:11And, um, I just didn't have time to get rid of it.
11:14You're a liar.
11:15No.
11:15Even I know you're lying.
11:17No.
11:17Like, you happened to find a hacksaw and you're a prisoner?
11:19Well, it was thrown over from the other side of the fence.
11:21From the guy's side?
11:22Yeah.
11:22Right.
11:22And, um, I just happened to be the one that found it.
11:26So what was it?
11:26I was here in 97 when the men broke over to the other side.
11:29Get out.
11:29They had to write it.
11:30My friend did it, yeah.
11:32Get out.
11:33What, the men broke over here?
11:34Yeah, they did.
11:35I remember when they came in, they go, the men came over to the other side.
11:37Well, how?
11:38What, the men, like, got hacksaws?
11:39Yeah.
11:41Yeah, they did.
11:41Like, oops, I didn't know it was a weapon.
11:43And what, yeah.
11:44And saw them threw their weights with the fence?
11:46Yes.
11:46No.
11:46There was like 10 of them that made it through.
11:48The girls got scared and ran up and told.
11:49They go, oh, the men are here, the men are here, the men are here.
11:51My friend did have sex with one guy.
11:54He broke through and she had sex with him?
11:56Yeah.
11:56Had she ever met him before?
11:57No.
11:57There was no official courtship?
11:59You said, bend over, baby.
12:00That was it.
12:01Whoa, you guys are right to the point.
12:04That was it.
12:05Was she upset?
12:06Was she upset?
12:07No.
12:08She was the one who squared her legs.
12:09She wanted it.
12:10She's all, yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:10You, girl, you are wild girls in here.
12:13Shane Gaines.
12:14Shane, fall in.
12:17That's better.
12:18I think that's better.
12:22Looking good.
12:24Very good.
12:25That smirk off your face.
12:28I'll put it back on.
12:29Come on, Skruller, put the smirk back on.
12:31Chain one, fall in.
12:34Right face.
12:36Forward march.
12:38You used to be in the army beginning of the assembly.
12:40Is this where you got your training?
12:42Yes.
12:42Did you used to have to do this?
12:44Yes, I was a girl.
12:45Sunday, what do I call you?
12:47Ma'am?
12:48Officer Sunday?
12:49You call me Officer Sunday.
12:50Officer Sunday.
12:51Okay, call me.
12:53What would you call me if I was like a prisoner here?
12:57I would call you inmate, whatever your last name is.
13:00Inmate Ruby.
13:00Inmate Wax.
13:01Inmate Wax.
13:01That would be fine.
13:12I think it's good for us to get our self-discipline back, respect and all that.
13:18Well, you respect yourself more because you're in chains?
13:20Uh-huh.
13:21Why?
13:21Because, see, the type of life I had lived, it was real dangerous, you know, with game-banging
13:27and all of that.
13:28So I feel kind of safe like this.
13:30Oh, really?
13:30What do you mean, game-banging?
13:32Like, colors, red and blue.
13:34Oh, you weren't gags?
13:35Uh-huh.
13:36Is that really scary out there?
13:37Yes.
13:38Yeah.
13:38I mean, was your life threatened quite a lot?
13:40Uh-huh.
13:41Yeah, I got stabbed.
13:42Oh, dang, dang.
13:44A lot?
13:45I got stabbed and shot.
13:47A lot?
13:48No, about twice.
13:50So you're better off in here?
13:51Uh-huh.
13:52She doesn't feel well?
13:53Not at all.
13:54What's wrong with you?
13:55I've been sick for a couple of days.
13:57Is it from the food?
13:59No.
13:59Is it from the food?
14:00Three.
14:01Three.
14:02Anybody else sick?
14:05Okay, your chain step on me.
14:06You know what?
14:07I could take her place.
14:08Because otherwise there's a gap in the market.
14:10You want to get dressed?
14:13Girls, what do you think?
14:14Because there could be a gap here.
14:17I'm going to say she should get dressed.
14:19Sunday.
14:20Sunday thinks I should get dressed.
14:22Okay, will I be wearing the stripes in this position?
14:24Yes.
14:24You haven't got any of those.
14:25I've got a spot for you right here.
14:27All right.
14:31So what do I have to do?
14:32Tuck in your pink shirt, please.
14:33Okay.
14:34All I have to tuck in, it's not flaring on me.
14:36I know.
14:37It's not flaring on anyone.
14:38No, I know, but still.
14:40I'll put that one in.
14:41Okay.
14:41But do I still look attractive?
14:42You look great.
14:43You sure?
14:44It matches the hair, the color, and the pink.
14:45You think the whole thing brings out the...
14:47It doesn't.
14:47I feel like I'm a horse.
14:50It's a very horse-like effect, isn't it?
14:52With Officer Sunday here in control, saddling me up.
14:56I'm going to ask a question here.
14:57Rule number one is what?
14:58I want to be a model inmate.
15:00Somebody is not awake.
15:02What is rule number one?
15:03I want to be a model inmate.
15:06We need to be facing the front still.
15:08Oops.
15:11We will work together today.
15:13What's the reason for the change?
15:15Because we're bad.
15:16No.
15:17What is the reason for the change?
15:18Are you leaning against the wall, ma'am?
15:20Yes.
15:21I'm sorry.
15:22Attention.
15:23Your hand's next to you.
15:24If you want to be part of this change, you will follow the rules.
15:27Okay.
15:29Mark time.
15:32March.
15:32Left.
15:33Left.
15:34Left.
15:35Right.
15:35Left.
15:36Left.
15:36Forward.
15:37Left.
15:38Left.
15:38Right.
15:39Left.
15:39Left.
15:40Right.
15:41Left.
15:41Left.
15:43I can't hear you, ladies.
15:45That doesn't mean go faster.
15:49Back.
15:49Left.
15:50You're out of step.
15:51I'm totally in.
15:52Oh, they're off.
15:52They're off.
15:53I'm right.
15:53Left.
15:53Left.
15:54Left.
15:54I've taken dancing for 10 years.
15:56I know what I'm doing.
15:57Left.
15:58Left.
15:58Left.
15:59Left.
15:59Left.
15:59Left.
16:00Left.
16:03Everywhere we go.
16:05Everywhere we go.
16:07People want to know.
16:08People want to know.
16:10Who we are.
16:12Who we are.
16:13Who we are.
16:15What have you ever had a boyfriend whose hobby was breaking into other people's houses?
16:28No, is that you?
16:29And left you running?
16:30He was all running and left you all in the bag.
16:32That's what your boyfriend did?
16:33Yeah.
16:34He broke and entered and you didn't even do it?
16:36His hobby was breaking and entering.
16:37He's gone to prison for a long, long time.
16:39Did you report him and say, wait a minute, it wasn't me?
16:42They called him.
16:43Wow.
16:44Cause after that incident, then he was stupid enough to break into a pawn shop.
16:47Duh.
16:48Well, you picked him.
16:49Okay.
16:52Now that's true.
16:53What's our work today?
16:54We're gonna be walking and picking up garbage.
16:57Garbage picking.
16:57What is my faves?
16:59We'll walk about eight, nine miles.
17:01Right, girls?
17:01Right.
17:02Yes.
17:03Look at that.
17:04Are we allowed to take taxis?
17:06I left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day, and I never lost a minute of sleep, thinking about the things things might have been, big wheels keep on turning.
17:34I just want to talk to Officer Sunday, someone, because I find her strangely alluring.
17:55Officer Sunday, did you get that burrito down you?
17:57That's behind me right now.
17:58Oh, right.
17:59You can eat it.
18:00What?
18:00I don't eat on camera.
18:02What?
18:02You don't eat on camera?
18:03Just chew on camera.
18:04What are the other things here?
18:05I just want to know, just because you've got a whole world here.
18:08I've got a little more than some other people.
18:09What's this?
18:10Those are...
18:11This is your leg razor, in case you need to shake your legs.
18:13No, this is actually some more bullets than a handgun.
18:17And then I've got handcuffs, I've got a stun device.
18:21Here's your gun.
18:22I don't play with weapons.
18:24All right.
18:24Weapons are not for playing.
18:26That's okay.
18:26Here's your burrito.
18:28I can identify that.
18:29Wouldn't it be terrible if somebody tried to escape and pull out your burrito?
18:32I'm just like, I don't want to alarm you, but it could be a horrible thing.
18:35So when you draw, and it's like a chicken enchilada, it wouldn't be good?
18:38Oh, no, I've had enough practice.
18:41Okay, I understand.
18:44And then she realizes it's just shredded cheese.
18:47We usually have one or two.
18:48What exactly are we looking for?
18:49We're going to go pick up dirt and garbage and crash them.
18:52But we do not pick up cigarette butts.
18:54Well, if I find a butt, what do I do with it?
18:56Nothing, you leave it alone.
18:58I just walk away.
18:59You don't pick up lighters, cigarettes, anything.
19:01Drugs is out of the question.
19:03If you find anything like that, you point it out to us, and we'll take care of it.
19:06Okay.
19:08Watch the curb, ladies.
19:11Stay away from the curb.
19:12I see a cigarette butt.
19:14I see a cigarette butt.
19:18I was supposed to like that.
19:19She's eating again.
19:24All the woman does is eat.
19:25She's snorting the whole state of Arizona.
19:29You guys are missing everything.
19:30Look at this.
19:32Officer Sunday, they're missing everything.
19:35It's because you're the rookie.
19:36You're supposed to work.
19:38What did you come in here for?
19:38Well, originally, I rented a motel room for a friend of mine.
19:43Well, the father to my kid.
19:44And he was manufacturing methamphetamines.
19:48And the cops were called to the room because of the smell.
19:52Were you doing crystal meth?
19:53Yeah, I was.
19:54You were doing it?
19:55Yeah.
19:55Does it make you crazy?
19:56Yeah.
19:58I was out of control.
19:59In what way?
20:00What were you doing?
20:01Well, when we would argue, we'd ram into each other's cars.
20:06What?
20:06And you'd get in a car?
20:08Yeah.
20:08We'd play ball for cars.
20:11With real cars?
20:12Yeah.
20:13And you'd smash into each other?
20:14Yeah.
20:15You guys were crazy.
20:16Yeah.
20:16We were totally out of control.
20:18How long have you been on crystal meth?
20:20Since I was 13 and I'm 23.
20:22Oh, my God.
20:23And you're still alive?
20:24Yeah.
20:25Chain two.
20:26Step to the nail.
20:27Are you looking to get married?
20:29Yes.
20:30I never wanted to because I was always in love with this one guy and he got out last year.
20:35He had there 15 years.
20:36Right.
20:37For premeditated murder.
20:38Isn't that hard to, like, be in love with somebody who murdered somebody?
20:41No, because what they really said was more or less self-defense.
20:44Oh, right.
20:44Okay.
20:45You know, of course, me being there, seeing what actually happened.
20:48You were there?
20:49Yeah.
20:49You saw him murder the person?
20:50Yes.
20:51What was the story?
20:52My boyfriend came home.
20:53And found you with?
20:55It wasn't sexually involved.
20:56When he came, he just thought that I was messing with that guy.
20:58And he was like, what's going on?
21:01They both had been drinking, got into it with each other.
21:04And one stabbed him in the face.
21:07And he turned around about him leaving the scene.
21:08That's why they called him premeditated murder because he left and came back.
21:11He came back and he stabbed the guy.
21:14That he thought you were sleeping with?
21:15Yeah.
21:16Did the man die in front of you?
21:17Yeah.
21:18He died in front of you?
21:19How long does it take for a man to die?
21:21It was just, it was nasty.
21:22But as soon as he hit the floor, he was like, it was over.
21:26Wow.
21:26You know, just to see the blood, to see, yeah.
21:30This is something that happened.
21:31Now we're on the chain gang.
21:32Yeah.
21:33Boy, you've got a life like a mini-series.
21:43What are we doing now?
21:45Yeah.
21:45Always leave with your left foot first.
21:47What are we doing now?
21:49We're going to bury, we're going to go bury body.
21:51Yeah.
21:51You're going to bury, like, dead bodies?
21:56Yes.
21:58These that are dead we're burying?
21:59Yeah.
21:59I thought we're just, like, the sanitation committee.
22:02No.
22:02I thought we're just picking up like dead.
22:04We're going to bury them.
22:05Dead.
22:06These are the name tags.
22:07This is somebody's grave?
22:09Yes.
22:09That's somebody's grave?
22:10Yes.
22:10That's all they have?
22:12Yeah.
22:12The last time we were here, we buried eight bodies.
22:15They're all along here.
22:16Watch it.
22:17Watch it.
22:17Watch it.
22:19What do you mean eight bodies?
22:19Are they in boxes?
22:20Like, yeah.
22:21Yeah, they're in caskets.
22:22They're in caskets.
22:23Don't you feel it's got these?
22:24Isn't that smoky?
22:26It's more sad than it is smoky.
22:28Does it make you scared about your own death?
22:30Not so much about death, but just how it might happen.
22:36Like, how might it happen?
22:37How do you picture yourself dying?
22:39I...
22:40Alone?
22:42Oh, my God.
22:44How many people are we burying today?
22:47Jackson, take a deep breath.
22:49Oh, help me.
22:50Get through it.
22:51You'll do fine.
22:52Okay, come on, you guys.
22:53If you need to cry or do whatever you do it.
22:55What?
22:55Okay, sit down.
23:02Slide it.
23:03Slide it.
23:05Ow!
23:06They'll fall.
23:07They'll come right off.
23:08They're just for show.
23:09Oh, my God.
23:10They're just for show.
23:13It's moving.
23:15It is in a row.
23:16Your hands.
23:17Your hands, ladies.
23:18Everybody take their hands off.
23:19It is a sad day when somebody dies
23:23and there is no family, no one
23:26to bid them goodbye.
23:28I, myself, okay,
23:30have not been a minister all my life.
23:35If anything,
23:36there was a time when I was a liar and a thief.
23:39A drunkard.
23:41A doper.
23:42But,
23:44by the grace of God,
23:45I am no more.
23:46And I know that if I can turn my life around,
23:49you can too.
23:50And you can become,
23:52you can become sanctified,
23:54righteous women of God.
23:57You can.
23:58You can do it.
23:59Amen?
24:00Amen.
24:00Okay.
24:01Why does it make everybody so sad?
24:03Because these people have nobody.
24:06Oh, I'm sorry.
24:06And do people here kind of identify with that?
24:08Yeah.
24:09Nobody has anybody?
24:10Yeah.
24:11Could you imagine dying and having nobody,
24:13no money?
24:13It would be very likely to have the chain gang.
24:15Is it too close?
24:16Like, you know,
24:16you feel scared by it?
24:17Yeah.
24:18Are you okay?
24:21Why are you so spooked out?
24:22Ladies,
24:23hello.
24:23My baby is out.
24:25My baby is out.
24:26She's over here.
24:28Okay,
24:28so we go over here.
24:29I'm sorry.
24:32Is her baby alive?
24:33I can't do it.
24:38She's okay.
24:39She'll be okay.
24:40What happened to her baby?
24:42I think she said that she was on drugs
24:44and her baby died
24:45and she feels it's her fault.
24:46So I guess this brings it right to home.
24:49Doesn't it?
24:50Yeah, more or less.
24:51This is like before time out.
24:52But this must be guilt.
24:53It is.
24:54Don't you get it?
24:55Oh, no.
24:59I'm attached to the thing.
25:01I was so gone on drugs
25:04that I didn't care about myself anymore.
25:06But I can't say
25:08since I've been on the chain gang,
25:09the chain gang has helped me
25:10build up my self-esteem.
25:11Yeah.
25:12You know what I'm saying?
25:13Yeah.
25:13And being out here today
25:15and seeing this
25:15and doing this
25:16and knowing that today
25:17is my birthday
25:18and it could have been me
25:19in this grave.
25:21You couldn't...
25:22God is on my side.
25:24He is on my side.
25:26Every time you feel like shooting up,
25:54you better remember
25:54this dirt going on.
25:59This is just awful.
26:02I hope this teaches you girls a lesson.
26:04Crime doesn't pay.
26:08Run!
26:09Come on, run!
26:10Run!
26:11Run!
26:24Run!
26:28Oh, oh, oh, oh!
26:29Oh, oh, oh, oh!
26:31Sheriff Joe, don't you know?
26:33Sheriff Joe, don't you know?
26:35My back is aching,
26:36my feet are sore!
26:37My back is aching,
26:38my feet are sore!
26:39And I won't break the law no more!
26:40And I won't break the law no more!
26:43Oh, oh, oh, ee!
26:44Oh, oh, oh, oh, ee!
26:46Don't you dare pity me!
26:48Don't you dare pity me!
26:50No chains, no locks, no boots, no keys No chains, no locks, no boots, no keys
26:54In 30 days I will be free In 30 days I will be free
26:58Go foot up.
26:59Officer Sunday and Officer Maltz.
27:02Hey Maltz, we got a problem, this lock doesn't work.
27:05So, a little comedy there from Officer Sunday, a little comedy.
27:11What happens now?
27:15Spread, cough.
27:18Okay, next.
27:20Can I just say that...
27:22Top needs to come off.
27:23Check your hair, find your fingers through your hair, turn around.
27:26Spread them.
27:27I know we're going to spread them and cough.
27:29We'll just...
27:30It's an intimate moment between Officer Sunday and I.
27:33Please respect that, thank you.
27:36Straight from Tenth City, where there's always vacancies,
27:40the man who put the word pink in boxers,
27:44Sheriff working on the chain, getting Joe Arpaio.
27:47I planned each charted course, each careful step along the highway, and more, much more than this.
28:08I did my way.
28:16Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,
28:22And when I'd been off, more than I could chew.
28:28But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up, and spit it out.
28:41I faced it all, and I stood tall, and did it my way.
28:53It was my way.
28:59Really?
29:03I got it.
29:04I got it.
29:05Bravo!
29:07Yes, there was my way.
29:14I got it.
29:19I got it.
29:21That's it, that's it.
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