From 2017, Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the use of jailhouse informants in Orange County, California. From 2015, Lesley Stahl investigates the controversial use of young confidential informants by law enforcement in dangerous and sometimes deadly drug cases. And also from 2017, Stahl goes inside one of the largest jails in the country to examine Sheriff Tom Dart's unconventional management.

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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Snitches
14:16 Confidential Informants (Part 1)
28:05 Confidential Informants (Part 2)
41:04 Cook County Jail