Johnathan Randles puts his body on the line for his article entitled "Bring on the heat."

“We a have a lot of violent people with anger issues.” Commander Bob Osborne said at a press conference in the North County Correctional Facility. Johnathan Randles puts his body on the line for his article entitled "Bring on the heat." The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department tested its latest non-lethal weapon at the Pitchess Detention Center on Mr. Osborne. He asked some interesting questions, Would I pop like a popcorn kernel? He didn’t know. The device is as horrifying as it sound he states. The device is called: Assault Intervention Device. He describes this device as a robotic laser gun that shoots an invisible “millimeter wave” from up to 85 feet at rowdy inmates causing them to feel like they’re burning. It’s intended to break up fighting inmates and prison riots. Facts: The North County Correctional Facility, which houses more than 4,000 inmates, had 395 inmate fights in 2009 and 19 assaults between inmates and prison staff. The machine was developed over 20 years and while the pain is intense, it doesn’t cause injuries, said Mike Booen, a vice president at Raytheon Company. How does it work: Millimeter waves penetrate a person’s skin and agitate their pain receptors — making it feel like your body is on fire. In order to make sure he knew exactly what getting zapped feels like (so he could faithfully report it), he let the deputies zap me two more times. I think he was actually having fun. His article was entertaining, fun and scary. There is only one thing anyone should come away with this, don't end up in prison...