Behind Bars: Officer Cam

In Clayton County Jail, an inmate attacks another in handcuffs in one of the facility's most alarming acts of violence. Elsewhere, what looks like a fight reveals a far more complicated story once investigators piece together the full picture.

Inside two of America's most pressurized jails, the cameras are always rolling. In Clayton County, Georgia, crumbling infrastructure, limited shower access, and shrinking free time have pushed inmates to a breaking point.

In Clayton County Jail, an inmate attacks another in handcuffs in one of the facility's most alarming acts of violence. Elsewhere, what looks like a fight reveals a far more complicated story once investigators piece together the full picture.

Inside two of America's most pressurized jails, the cameras are always rolling; in Clayton County, Georgia, crumbling infrastructure, limited shower access, and shrinking free time have pushed inmates to a breaking point; tensions boil over into confrontations; officers are attacked. Inmates fashion weapons; what begins as frustration over living conditions escalates into every jail administrator's worst nightmare: an inmate uprising.

In Clayton County Jail, an inmate attacks another in handcuffs in one of the facility's most alarming acts of violence. Elsewhere, what looks like a fight reveals a far more complicated story once investigators piece together the full picture. And with contraband still flowing, Chief Green leads a sweeping shakedown that uncovers exactly how much is hiding in plain sight. Amid the chaos, officers defuse a tricky situation.