Hard Time

Get picked up on the Vegas strip and you'll end up in Clark County Detention Center -- the jail where many of the inmates arrive drunk or high.

Meet the jail mom. Older, wiser, steeped in the ways of the convict, the jail mom's influence can be benevolent or vengeful, nurturing or violent.

At Las Vegas's main jail, Clark County Detention Center, inmates try as hard as possible to retain a sense of normalcy. And for many, that means keeping up their gang lifestyle. Well go inside one of CCDCs most difficult dormsan open housing unit filled with high-security inmates, repeat offenders, felons and gang members where life on the inside can be just as tough as life on the outside.

Life, lust, and love continue on even after arrest.

At the Clark County Detention Center (CCDC) in Las Vegas, inmates all have one thing in common: They are waiting for their day in court.

The Clark County Detention Center (CCDC) receives scores of repeat offenders, most hooked on drugs and alcohol.

Las Vegas is a crossroads for the major gangs of California and the Southwest. And at the Clark County Detention Center, inmates and officers are constantly under pressure from gang activity.

The number of addicts and mentally ill people in prisons and jails is an issue throughout the country and Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas is no exception.

Las Vegas, Nevada draws in people from all walks of life, and its jail is no different.

Las Vegas can be full of vices - both legal and illegal. Break the law and you're hauled into the Clark County Detention Center.

Just like Sin City, the Clark County Detention Center never sleeps. It's a round the clock operation, where challenges come daily.

For the officers that handle the inmates on a daily basis at Last Vegas's Clark County Detention Center it can be hard to tell who is lying and who is telling the truth.