Louis Theroux Miami Mega Jail: Held in large cage-like dwellings, holding up to 24 men, the inmates have developed a strange and violent jail culture. The men remain in the cells almost all the time and may only leave for yard time twice a week, leading to their living under the sway of a gladiatorial code known as “GABOS” (“Game ain’t based on sympathy”) where, “The most powerful inmate rules by sheer force of strength.”They fight each other for food, for status and often just to pass the endless hours of confinement. Trips to the infirmary for the wounded are a frequent occurrence as inmates viciously attack and beat each other, but the guards say they are powerless to end the abuse. Theroux also follows a couple of men who are transferred out to the Metro West Detention Center.

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