>> america's prisons, dangerous, often deadly. there two million people doing time. every day is a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down on your feet! down! >> located in the deep south, holman correctional facility where most are serving life sentences. we spent months documenting life on the inside where the prisoners have nothing but time and nothing to lose. this is lockup, holman, extended stay.

>> holman correctional facility is say maximum security prison. with the officers out numbered 10-1. in an environment that sometimes breeds violence, inmates are constantly making weapons for protection. >> i keep knives. i always heard it was better to be caught with one than without one in prison. >> the officers must do anything they can to curb future attacks. >> keep your hands down. >> this is a secure level five and it went to security level six.

>> last year we had four major incidents that happened. that would be a stabbing type of a situation where it was very serious or life-threatening. over the last four or five years we averaged 3 1/2 to four of those events each year. for this type of facility, that's very good. >> in this type of facility, many of the inmates are armed to the teeth. >> they always think everyone needs a weapon. they take the smallest pieces of metal and make a real good weapon off of it. it doesn't have to be big. even the smallest item is dangerous. this is a small piece of wire from a chain link fence. this is the most popular weapon called a prison-made box cutter. it's a razor blade glued between two pieces of wood. sharp and easy to conceal.

it's the weapon of choice at this institution. this looks like they were trying to make a set of nun chucks. they find them anywhere and everywhere to hide them. you may pass an inmate walking up and down the hall way and the only way you know is to pat him down. >> the need to search more than 1,000 inmates is complicated by holman's shortage of staff. >> they don't want to be. >> take these guys over the line over here. stand on this line or one person comes back or two people can go. that will help you be in control right there. >> he was trying to do too much so i was trying to give him help to straighten back out. where is the idea?

he needed to be lead back here. it goes back to the same thing. you don't have the things they try to do. >> not enough staff and too many weapons can only lead to one thing. hours after the crew wrabed, the following morning it was the main topic of conversation among the inmates. >> two bets over and they wake up. i look and see it taking place. >> i was awakened saying stab me, stab me. >> naturally i jumped up and i get up and tim is putting his shirt around his arm and bleeding profusely.

i was standing there and like in a zone. in a dangerous place in his mind. he starts to come back and he has a knife in his hand. the blade is about 14 inches long. i immediately grab my towel off the bed and i approached him and said back up, man. as he was doing so, he ran in. >> instead of letting him keep that knife in the condition he was in, i felt i should take it. >> there was no officer in there. he was out doing something else. i felt like i didn't want to see nobody else get hurt with the knife. it was a pretty nice knife. i never seen a knife that nice. >> i never saw this wound, but when he raised his arm, blood was running like water. i made a tournequet out of his t-shirt and said man, you have to get you some help. let's go. as we were going up to the dorm, the officer came in and said what happened?

>> there should have been two people on duty. we were short of staff. we were covering that up by using overtime. one of my biggest headaches that night is how much longer we will be able to sustain the guys working as much overtime as they are working. >> the next day, a couple of these guys will hear about it. man, i was dreaming somebody got stabbed. they said no, it really happened. i'm thinking it was a dream because it was their doing. i told these guys, you are still in prison. no matter where you go. >> it's just difficult to try to keep going at the rate we are going with the amount of staff we have. >> coming up next on lock up, extended stay, the stack victim states his case.

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warden culver has initiated a skull scale investigation into the incident. >> they are raising the accused. >> i may even try to brief him on what i picked up in my

investigation. >> the incident happened at 2:00 a.m., june 4th, monday morning. 2:00 a.m. it was unit e. the victim is timothy mac neal. i don't have staff witnesses, but we have inmates in the area after it happened. one of them took it away and got the knife away from him. he stabbed him three times. he stabbed him once in the arm and twice in the side. the guy was asleep when he stand him. >> okay. i got enough to proceed. >> how are you doing? have a seat. how are you doing? >> doing all right. >> yeah? i'm here to investigate an incident that occurred where you

were the victim. i'm here to get your side of the story. >> at about 2:15 i believe it was in the morning, he was standing over me with a knife and with a knife and i hollered for help. that was it. >> you were asleep when he stabbed you? >> i was asleep. that's what woke me up, the knife. >> he stand you three times? >> i have four holes in my side. yes, sir. >> did you have any prior problem with him prior to this incident? >> i never had a problem with him whatsoever. >> i am trying to figure out why he out of the blue stabbed you. >> i don't know. i don't indulge in no -- i don't get high and nothing. i sit on my rack and i do what i'm supposed to do. that's it. it's all about going home. >> have you ever seen him with a knife? >> no. >> anyone else with weapons in

the dorm? >> that's the first weapon i seen. >> you telling me the whole story? >> that's the truth. >> i appreciate that because we do not tolerate this type of activity at the department of corrections. as far as the actions i want to take, it's pretty simple. we know the bad guy and who stabbed him, but there was a little bit more to the story than what he is admitting. we will interview the suspect. see what he's got to say. how are you doing, man? have a seat. this is an assault case and you know will being an assault case it can generate a free will case, you understand that, right?

do you wish to give me a statement as to what happened? >> i want a lawyer present. >> you do not choose to give a statement? >> no, sir. >> okay. so this interview is now concluded. >> okay. >> have a good day. >> you too, sir. . >> the next step will be the grand jury. you obviously will be indicted. >> you are going to pick up the weapon today? >> in a few minutes. >> okay. >> nothing unusual. i expected that. that's kind of expected. >> a pretty nice knife. >> it is. he was a lucky man. you can do a lot of damage there. it's a lot better than most of

them i have seen. >> he could have killed him with that. >> they are filing a charge more than anything. i feel pretty sure they will, yeah. >> a lot more to the story though. >> oh, yeah. >> violent attacks like this one are not common in the honor dorm despite the fact that many of the residents are serving time for violent crimes. >> i came to prison for murder, right? however my brother killed a man, right? >> he was with me. he just guilted me in the eyes of the law. >> i was there. i refused to turn stakes on my brother. they gave me a murder case,

right? >> trying to get drugs and didn't have any money. his girlfriend, it was her daddy. the subject kachl up with him having some money. that's the reason i went there. it just turned into when i walked in the house, he was at home. back in the bedroom, when i come in, i told him to get the money. i had no intention of hurting him. i didn't have the intention. he reached up under a pillow on the other side of the bed and he must have got a gun under there and that led to me killing him. >> how did he die? >> i stabbed him. >> both bookers continue to be violent in prison, but after numerous injuries and lengthy stays in administrative segregation, they recognized the need for change. >> for this wouldn't have happened that night, it would have eventually happened or one

of us would have gotten killed. robbing people and stuff. that's really a road to a grave yard or even in here. there is only one place that leads. >> our way of doing things was not working, period. it's obvious. he came to the realization. look around. this was the result of our best thinking. it's time for a change. during the process, we have been an inspiration for other guys, right? to follow suit. >> i made a mistake, man. the mistake cost me the majority of my life and the majority of his. >> i have been in a lot of trouble. manslaughter, other convicts here. i have four cases. very violent history here, right? this one right here was far worse than that was. i saw him change, it was a major

shock to me. because i never thought i would see the day that he would be able to. turn his back and walk off. to lay dope down. >> i live in the honor dorm now. the last four or five years, i tried to get my ged. >> my brother stayed on me. he was like look, the honor dorm, this is help. you have to want to help yourself. that is what that is designed to do. to help you, but only if you help yourself. >> next on lock up extended stay, as wallace booker's violent nature caught up with him -- >> this was found under the locker box here. >> yet another inmate is caught with a knife, but he is not going down without a fight. >> he told me he found on on your bed under your pillow. >> you believe i leave a knife

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inmates usually go to great lengths to conceal their weapons. antonio had a knife found under his pillow. >> i'm down here because i got a bed in the block. that's what everybody likes to do their dirt. everybody wants that bed. everybody wants that spot. they used to go down like the

homosexuals do their thing, but i wouldn't go for it. i would be shutout, you know what i'm saying? about a week and a half ago they found a knife under my pillow. they are trying to set me up and get me. it don't matter until i go to court. it ain't nothing. they can't say it's mine, you know what i'm saying? >> what is the worst case scenario? >> three years in lock up and possibly a 15-year sentence. >> still proclaiming his innocence, easter eagerly anticipates his disciplinary hearing. >> you never find one of my knives. not to say i don't. i wouldn't have one, but you would never find one of my knives because if i did, i will use it. ain't nobody going to been it.

then in my position and where i stand, if gi anywhere, nine times out of ten, you will be following them. by me having what i have, you know what i'm saying, i kant carrying no knives. that's what i got security for. like y'all got security, we got security too. you know what i'm saying? >> i understand that. >> if i got it i have to have it on me. you antonio easter, 186614? >> yes, sir. >> you have been sent to disciplinary for a rule violation, specifically possession of a weapon. do you swear that you will give the truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> mr. jackson, what happened? >> went to search the back and

checked under easter's pillow and picked it up and there was a knife there. >> you have any written questions for mr. jackson? >> yes, sir. >> mr. jackson, was antonio easter present when you conducted the shake down in his living area? >> no. >> officer jackson, were you aware you were conducting the shake down of the living area of antonio easter? >> yes. >> officer jackson, do you know that it can be and must be present when the inmate is being shook down? >> no, but the suspect was something in the area. i continued on with it.

i found some contraband in the area and i decided to shake his bed. for the knife i found a glass bottle and dye and gang paraphernalia. >> all right. antonio, you are correct in as much as you can get a charge for this, but you can be held responsible for the weapon being in that aligned living area. i will find you guilty of the charge. put him back in the cell, mr. jackson. >> what fact? >> based on the fact that he told me he found it on your bed, under your pillow. i don't see any reason for him to lie. >> i don't doubt that, but the reason to doubt is that i wasn't in the cell and that anybody got access to that area. this is laying on top of my bed under my pillow. you believe i leave a knife

under my pillow? >> you should have looked before you left. >> i did. i cleaned my area before i left. we got to clean the area. >> i will hold you responsible for it. >> i think that's a bunch of bull [ bleep ]. not as far as your job. you are doing your job, but to be found guilty on that, you know what i'm saying, the bed that i got in the area that i got and that i'm in, who don't want that bed? that's the best bed. everybody want it. you see what i'm saying? that's reasonable doubt there. you know what i'm saying? >> yes, but -- >> now i have to go all the way to the federal court. i got to because it's in my

jacket. you see what i'm saying of. i went up for parole six months ago and they told me if i have anything else in my jacket when i come back up, they are going to deny me. now i have to go all the way from here to the federal court. to try to get it out of my jacket. you see what i'm saying? i can't have it in my file right now. you know what i'm saying? i can't afford it if you put it like that. >> an assault, man. >> yeah. they have you do all that paperwork. you feel it? i know they made you do it. you know what i'm saying? you are ready to help me, right? >> i gotcha.

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. >> warden's office. this is warden culver. yes, he is, but i don't know where he is right now. can i take a message for him? i can take a message? can i take a message? who is your son? what's your name? he will call you back.

yes, ma'am. >> you take messages, ward snen. >> yes, ma'am, we do it all here. >> who got a cigarette? >> response to the stabbing, the warden suspended inmate benefits and loss of the store affects everyone at holman. >> right now a pack will cost you a bag of coke. a bag of coke costs $3.39. >> i get a stabbing and all this type of stuff, i ain't going to the store or nothing. snack line or nothing. >> you got a cigarette? >> no matter how tense it gets, he is committed to keeping his

nose clean. >> you can't get in no trouble. you get in trouble, that's another case. you go back and forth and you lineup. i ain't running to the store. anticipate nobody got no cigarettes. >> despite his hopes to avoid trouble, his favorite way of coping with prison life puts him at risk. >> talk, listen to the radio. that's my type of relief. getting high and minding my own business. it anticipate hard. you come out and smoke more. >> the loss of store privileges is not the only change. the warden ordered a prison-wide shake down. >> we had this call out so we

can do a shake down search here at holman. the dogs go through first. anything they alert on and hit on, we will search at that time. we are here to try help solve a problem. they cannot come here to cause or create no problems. we are not here to prove we are tough guys. if a need for force arises, that's what we do. i don't expect any problems. as long as we conduct ourselves correctly, we won't have any. we go right out that way. on your rack. let's go. facedown on your bed. keep your head down and you will be better off. you don't need to see nothing. keep your head down.

>> that's to cut or something. >> it's from the drugstore or something. they can use these to get high off of. >> that's a good one right here.

>> never seen it like this before. there good ones. >> got something here you want to tell me about? you want to see if i can find it? >> after a narcotics dog alerts in his living area, wallace booker receives a concentrated shake down. >> the dogs alerted on the spot right here. >> i don't know. the dog must be crazy. >> the dog must be crazy? >> you might need you a new one. >> maybe he smelled what you have been smoking. >> keeping that in that book. >> this is an na class you are teaching that? >> it's the addiction handbook. >> that's what the bog was hitting on. >> i don't know. >> it got drugs on it?

what's he's pictures here have to do with that class? >> that dog hit on the drug book. i reckon that's what they did. the dog hit on the drug book? maybe that's what messed him up. maybe he can read. being back on the bed and they are finishing up. . >> hooker survives the initial search. the narcotics dog is relentless. >> this was where? >> willing to get shook down. >> so you found this was up

under the box? this has the residue smell on it? >> the dog alerted on it. >> the sticker was up on the box too? >> yes, sir. >> they had disciplinary action or the weapon. he doesn't know nothing about it. we should go through and charge it. they defend themselves. >> people allow him to get dressed. he will see what he wants. i will come back and pick him up. >> you know anything about that? >> this was found underneath the locker box here. they also pulled this up from under the box. the dog was hitting on the wrong one. what did you say? >> i hadn't owned one for 12

years. i hadn't had in 12 years. had to see how it shakes out. whatever i deal with. >> next on lock up extended stay, phase two has him in a tight spot. >> i don't want none of these. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance

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>> in the wake of a shake down. a random drug test.

>> he willingly admitted he is a frequent drug user. >> i smoke marijuana and weed and whatever. >> she surprisingly unconcerned about the drug test. >> how do you think you are going to do? >> pass with flying colors.

>> despite his confidence in the results, ty has difficulty completing the drug test. >> what's the matter? why can't you pee? >> you have someone standing our your cell. >> really? performance anxiety? . >> you look that way and i start.

>> fill the cup. come on. that's all i want. >> finally!

didn't have nothing to work with. got me some good pencils. it's a big part of my life. they are playing with all that stuff. >> the shake down produced both weapons and drugs. the intense environment has also prompted the accused and the stabbing to make a statement. >> how were they trying to exto extort money out of you? >> he said i will beat you down that hall way and then i will store it and said i will beat your as. if i have to wait till then. it's not the first time it happened.

the only way i would do anything like this and that's the way it was. they are jumping on me and beating me up. they are taking the whole store back. everything i had. it's time you have to do something for yourself. if you know this, it's never going to stop. >> that was serious. you stabbed a guy pretty serious. how would you feel? >> horrible. >> huh? >> horrible. >> would you really? >> yeah, i would. yeah. >> would you change your story if i told you he died? >> no, what i told you is true. >> all right. >> i'm in this thing life

without parole. i have to stop some way. if i go to the police i'm a snitch and i can't live in population. >> still, why did you want to resort to it. the guy is not dead. he's not dead, but he could have been. it was a very serious incident. >> i never tried to kill him. >> now at the least you have an attempted murder case. it's not as simple as an assault. you know for a fact you will get a disciplinary hearing. they probably will. they got a weapon. where did you get the weapon? >> i bought that when i first got to this prison. i was scared to death.

>> you had the knife all along. nothing to pick up just to do this. the last few weeks or something. >> the bottom line is you felt like it was threatened enough. they will do something for and you you went ahead and done something to him before he done something to you? >> that's right. >> i'm sure we will be talking to you later on. >> coming up next on lock up extended stay, wallace booker said he was clean, but the warden is not buying it. >> is that your knife? >> no. i haven't had for 12 years. >> you don't believe me. we will let you be innocent until proven guilty. sometimes. aisle 10. nice. aisle 2. good. aisle 8. nice. trick question. walmart doesn't sell your mother. you're ready. [ male announcer ] black friday's here. deals start thursday 10 pm. but we're open all day and night so you don't have to wait outside. the only place to go on black friday. walmart.

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>> per after careful review, the investigation and intelligence department drops the knife charge against antonio easter and releases him from administrative segregation. >> i didn't have no business being here this long. i got the knife out of my bed, right? >> you pass up? >> no -- i told the warden and he wrote it up. they won't put me on anything like that.

>> no [inaudible]. >> the drug test results hangover the heads of many inmates. >> i got an inmail and more results back from drug screens we have done. we got 12 more positives we have to deal with today. a total of 17 out of the tests of 100 and about 130 people the other day. we suspect it to be thigh time. we have reports and quite a bit of drugs in the camp. mostly marijuana and some crack. we are working on the source. we are working on that now. we have leaves and we are working on that now. we try to prevent it from coming in. >> after a clean drug test, the

wards en forced to drop all charges despite his suspicions. >> the drugs here. >> i don't worry about that. >> i had him for over 12 years. >> he broke me from the habit of getting high. i will do a little. >> september and october. >> you and i. >> no. >> honestly, i don't know.

i reserve the right to -- you also took from him and we let you be in the prison until you are proven guilty. sometimes. >> if you want another one of them -- >> i get them. we will be back. i want it in writing. we will be back. >> we still got bad opinions of me. i can't tell you. you know what i mean? i have to get away from here. >> i thought he was hot. ty, who knows. ty may have had a chance to beat the test. i don't know. >> true to his word, ty ryan did beat the drug test and has no intention of changing his behavior. >> drug test results. >> i'm clean! >> how do you know? >> they don't come back and lock

the folks up that were dirty. >> you want to tell us how you pulled it off? >> nope. uh-uh. nope. you have to stay on your ps and qs. you'll pass. there is a way to get by anything. you have to be up on it. y'all know what happened. >> coming to terms with the consequences of his crime, he has a change of heart and agrees to appear on camera to discuss the stabbing. >> it doesn't have to happen and never should have taken place. we should have worked our problems out. talked them out instead of resorting to something like that.