US voters deliver verdict after bitter race, The Countdown: Election anxiety? Try these moments, In pictures: Trump and Biden through the years. In America, jails are distinct from prisons in that they hold people who are pre-trial and therefore unconvicted. Video, Rescuers rush to save beached pilot whales, Bushfire koalas going back to the wild. And yet, the first surprise was a sense that up close and without the protective bars the men were actually less loud and less menacing - they seemed nonplussed by my being among them and unsure of how to act. I visited the cell and was told by several inmates that the victim had been testifying on other people's cases. But it was also clearly a side-effect of the oppressive and dehumanising physical environment the inmates found themselves in. US Election 2020: When will we get a result and could it be contested? The place has to be seen to be believed. Not surprisingly, having been told by the officers that for safety reasons it was "inadvisable" for me to enter a cell, I was somewhat nervous when I did so - chaperoned by a couple of officers, it must be said. Try these moments, In pictures: Trump and Biden through the years. VideoRescuers rush to save beached pilot whales, Finding positivity in lockdown through photography, Bushfire koalas going back to the wild. He said his cellmates had taken it in turns to fight him, one after another, six or seven in a row - a practice called "line-up". His eyes swollen shut, he looked as though he’d just gone 10 rounds with Wladimir Klitschko. The production team approached large jails all over the States. But close to the heart of downtown Miami is a much older, smaller building: the Pre-Trial Detention Centre, better known as Main Jail. Until then, he suggested, the strange code of the fifth and sixth floors will continue to hold sway. He'd noticed that some personal items were missing and, even though he had no idea who was responsible, jailhouse rules dictated that he had to ask his bunk-mate to "strap up" - put his shoes on for a fight. He said his cellmates had taken it in turns to fight him, one after another, six or seven in a row - a practice called "line-up". They are supposed to keep an eye on the inmates as they patrol the walk. Early in my visit, while filming on the fourth floor, an inmate in a ‘safety cell’ — separated from other inmates because he’d committed a stabbing while incarcerated — called me over. Americans head to polls to choose their president, with nearly 100 million early votes already cast. There was an odd moment when one inmate, a young man named Shug, pulled his trousers down. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Video, Three elders reveal what it takes to be a leader. The cells are dark and the facility as a whole is decrepit. A collection of Louis Theroux's wide array of gripping documentaries. Some inmates had been inside for five years or more, still technically innocent, putting up with the most brutal conditions, for a chance of a better sentence. ShortList is now ad free and supported by you, the users. With around 7,000 inmates, the Miami jail system is one of the biggest in America - a so-called "mega-jail". And yet, even this I came to see as symptomatic of the strange conditions of the cells in the Main Jail. With around 7,000 inmates, the Miami County Jail is one of the largest in America. From the off I was keen to get inside the cells. They professed to be shocked by what they saw. The two-part documentary, Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail starts on BBC Two at 21.00 BST on Sunday 22 May 2011 with part two on Sunday 29 May 2011. After seeing the documentary, one Miami-Dade county commissioner called for an investigation into conditions at the jail. VideoThree elders reveal what it takes to be a leader. Another inmate, called Rodney Pearson, who went by the nickname ‘Hot Rod’, went further. US presidential race reaches climax, What does developing a Covid-19 vaccine look like? They fight each other for food, for status, and often just to pass the endless hours of confinement. They are clean, well-lit places where the inmates walk around in direct contact with the officers. Read about our approach to external linking. Hi, I’m Louis’s series producer and I also directed the two Miami Mega-Jail films, Part 1 and 2. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. Facing murder charges and prosecutors keen to give them life or even a death sentence, they figure that their odds of a better outcome at trial will improve the longer they wait, as witnesses die or disappear and memories fade. Weakness is seen as something worthy of punishment. Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail goes behind bars to take an in-person look at the way that the prison system is run. He assured me that his case was for driving on a suspended licence, making the idea that he’d cooperated with the authorities — or ‘snitched’ — rather unlikely. VideoWhat does developing a Covid-19 vaccine look like? Louis Theroux: The Odd, The Bad And The Godly is available now on BBC DVD. And without privacy, sharing a single shower, many of the men had lost their sense of the normal social barriers - they were around each other continuously, using the toilets, speaking to loved ones on the phone, and, presumably, indulging in other physical functions. Read more. Rescuers rush to save beached pilot whales. "Snitches get stitches," one said. It seemed to be a way for the inmates to police themselves, without getting officers involved, an extension of the ghetto code of not trusting conventional authority. As is usual in these situations, before filming could commence, my producer flew out for a meeting with the Miami authorities and a visit to its jails. US presidential race reaches climax. I tracked down the victim, who'd just arrived back from the clinic, his eyes swollen shut, looking as though he'd just gone 10 rounds with Vitali Klitschko. Tosta was sporting a black eye and he explained that he'd been in a fight with a man in his cell. Gingerly, I raised the possibility that he might have aroused the ire of his compadres by co-operating with the state on his case, maybe against his co-defendants? Louis visits the 4th floor of the prison where some of the most violent and dangerous prisoners are kept. Early in our visit, I heard whispers from the officers accompanying us that some of the inmates were being "disrespectful" during interviews. They say it is the choice of the incarcerated men to participate in the code of the jail and that the inmate policy of no snitching means they can very rarely identify the chief culprits. Officers say there is little they can do to stamp out the fighting among inmates. Most of these inmates are on remand - awaiting bail or being held until their trial dates - usually for fairly minor offences. Here the inmates are kept behind metal bars in cells that sleep up to 24 men. And yet, strange as it is, fighting is far from being the only predatory behaviour that flourishes on the fifth and sixth floors of Main Jail. He told me that any man who came into his cell was expected to fight for his new bunk, to prove himself, unless the other cellmates already knew him. The Countdown: Lady Gaga, anti-fracking activist? Also, while prisons separate out their inmates so that the most serious cases are sent to "supermax" ultra-high security facilities, jails house the entire gamut of accused offenders. One of the corporals said he thought the county might be happy to make reforms as long as I was happy to stump up the $600m for a new building. One of the corporals said he thought the county might be happy to make reforms as long as I was happy to stump up the $600m for a new building. Undoubtedly the practice was strange and uncomfortable for all the members of our team. Filmmaker Louis Theroux spends time in the Pre-Trial Detention Center, where all inmates are theoretically treated as innocent, the “Main Jail” that houses some of the more violent offenders, and the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department Boot Camp Program, where young inmates who plead guilty are given a shot at a second chance—if they can endure the brutal, military-style training regimen. Most of these inmates are on remand - awaiting bail or being held until their trial dates - usually for fairly minor offences. And without privacy, sharing a single shower, many of the men had lost their sense of the normal social barriers - they were around each other continuously, using the toilets, speaking to loved ones on the phone, and, presumably, indulging in other physical functions.
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