guy to touch it for me and throw it away. i have been here a while a i it's disgusting. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> msnbc takes you behind the scenes of the most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger, now, the scenes you've never seen, "lock up raw." if you were to describe prison life, it definitely would not be lol. it could be wtf. but that doesn't mean what you think it means. >> sorry mom. >> it stands for workouts,

tattoos. >> i got a tattoo on my pants. >> the most painful one would be the one i got in the middle of my armpit. >> and food. >> [ bleep ] animals. >> this is the jungle. if you want to eat, you came to the wrong place. >> hey, yo, listen, it's going down just like this. >> you never know when it's going to pay to be the stronger man. >> you never know when you're going to get into a may lace here. there's no room for slouches. >> to survive behind bars, an inmate really has to pose strength. either through lifting or exercise regimen, they look like they can throw you apart. other inmates survive through their intelligence or through their self-confidence because

the bottom line is, you have to be strong to survive. you're either predator or prey. >> we've had plenty of inmates eager to proof they are anything but prey. >> the bitch is that way, right? >> the way they achieve those results varies. >> oh. that's all right, though. >> the facilities and equipment available at the maximum security prisons and jails that we've visited varies widely from state to state, from county to county. some come with modern gyms and free weights. while others provide only the most basic equipment. often a workout is only as good as the inmate's creativity. >> some of the exercises that they do are pretty ingenius. pushups with their cell mates on their back. >> it's like riding a bull. >> different exercises that

include their cell mates, hand stand pushups, i've seen. but really the creativity, the things they are able to achieve with so little, the positions that they are able to get into in these little cells to get multiple exercise is all pretty interesting. >> at the orange county prison, we followed whose sweat was covered in condensation. >> can you see me? >> yeah. >> and sure enough he wiped the steam away and it made a dynamic shot. >> brian kelly was invited in to show mattress curling. >> take it to a squat. >> guarantee that will [ bleep ] you up quick. >> it's heavy. >> oh, yeah.

>> mine are bigger than his. >> it was as if i was doing a barbell curl. i don't know what the weight was but there was some resistance there and it was an effective exercise for them to work their biceps. >> while prisons are full of male inmates, sweating and grunting through their workouts, we've noticed female inmates take a more lax approach to fitness. >> it's very rare to see a male inmate that doesn't work out, just like it's kind of rare to see a female inmate that works out a lot. >> but there are exceptions. >> and that's all me. all day long. >> this is a cage fighter right here. >> not anymore. i got a felony now. but, yeah. >> inside the famous tent city housing complex, the maricopa

county jail in phoenix, arizona. we found one group of women determined to tackle a common problem. >> ready, set? and one, two, three. >> just like freshmen in college dorms, many new inmates put on extra pounds. >> we don't want to get fat from the bread. >> we want to fit into size one again. >> healthy, right? >> we do laps around the yard, squats. >> pushups. >> pushups and everything. >> we just did ten. >> i do ee legal ven. >> the women also had a few unconventional routines they developed inside their tent, including something akin to driving an 18 cheeler. >> this is ridiculous. >> i saw the ladies in the tebt actually doing a lot of exercise, pilometrics and not much equipment trying to make do with what they got.

but i think at one point they were perhaps putting me on because i saw a workout where they were pretending to drive a big truck. i couldn't see how that was going to help them stay in shape while inside. >> while many women gain weight from the predominantly starchy food served in jail, proved to be an exception. >> i know when you first came in you were weighing about 210 pounds. >> uh-huh. >> what are you down to now? what? >> oh, i'm down to under 150. >> really? >> when i came in, i weighed 250. when i first -- >> 250? >> yes. i've lost a hundred dread pounds since i've been here. >> moore was in a high profile murder trial to which she pled not guilty. >> i run, i run in place, i do it for 30 minutes to an hour. i do leg lifts.

i do the six inch. i do scissors. i do the pushups, the situps, the jumping jacks. >> this is the biggest loser contest and i got the public humiliation to go along with it but now i'm skinny. coming up, some of the wildest tattoos you have ever seen. >> get that on camera, baby, showing off your work, son. plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common.

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it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. sometimes shooting inside a prison or jail is a bit like attending a tattoo convention. they are everywhere you look and cross all lines of gender, race, and age. >> every day you come into corrections you see something different that you thought you'd never see before. >> a lot of nails pried open at different angles. >> on my chest is a concrete jungle. it really is like a run are up

in the jungle because you never know what is going to happen. >> i think tattoos are extremely important to most inmates. they are history books of sort, places that they have been, things they have been through, relationships, you name it. >> and brilliant tattoo displays are not limited to inmates. we've met correctional staff with plenty of their own. >> you've got quite a lot of art on you. >> my tattoos are personal reference. most of them are religious. it's just something i like. latin writing on there for my grandmother. a little greek god on the back which is my son's birth greek god. a lot of them look. a lot of the inmates don't really talk to us a whole lot unless they need something. >> while inmates also bear religious tattoos --

>> on my back i've got my cross guy watching my back every day is how i look at it. >> a lot of what we see represents neighborhoods, gang membership, or other affiliations. >> why did you get a swastica. >> it doesn't mean i'm a racist type person. while i'm in here, it's either here or over here. i'm right with my race. >> ten dots with three swirls in the middle means protection. you put these tattoos showing what you represent. >> this is my neighborhood. >> 719. everyone's got that. you know? the area code where they are from. >> i'm from the east side. i'm from the west side. who gives a [ bleep ]. east side, west side don't.

hell, they are happy now that you're gone. so why are you here representing? you're just here representing yourself. >> when it comes to tattoos, the is truly in the eye of the beholder. >> when he showed me his hitler tattoos, i thought it was so poorly done and i couldn't help myself. >> what's so weird about it? >> his face looks funny. >> no it's not. >> i could tell that ronnie didn't actually appreciate my criticism of his tattoo. i think he was a little stunned that i would actually say anything. he probably had a lot of pride in it but i thought it was very silly looking. >> then there are the tattoos in the category of their own. >> i'm a felon obviously because i'm a felon. >> i liked them, put them on.

as far as my tattoos go, the most painful one i would probably have to say the one i got in the middle of the armpit t was like a burning pain. it almost felt like it was burning with a torch rather than a gun. it was real hot. s you can tell, i made it through and i got it done. >> kelly mcnut was one of the more colorful inmates we met at the maricopa county jail and her tattoos were some of the most provocative a we've ever seen on a female inmate. >> and then the moon doing something to the lady. >> and look it -- see how the moon doesn't look happy doing it but she's still like getting hers? >> while some inmates have their ink work done before getting locked up -- >> this is the arizona with the flag. i got that in the army. >> -- we met plenty of others who get their tooth toos on the inside.

>> i go the this knocked out in prison. the name of the project is orient heights. >> everything that i got is a prison tattoo, actually. >> i heard somewhere prison tattoos are like the prison experience. it hurts when you're getting them, it's bloody, some scabs and bruises but when it's all healed up and it's all said and done, there's something left over. >> get your back piece on camera, baby, huh? showing off your work, son. huh? >> there's better tattoo artists in prison than there are out on the street. >> where did you get those tattoos? >> wherever the cops aren't. >> although it's illegal, where there's a will, there's a way. no matter how many restriction or laws they are put in place, inmates usually find a way around it. >> i did this when i first met him. >> what was that, three months

ago? >> four months ago, something like that. >> started the other night, you know what i mean. you know what it is. >> i like the tattoos. i like the whole -- i like the whole process. i like the whole ritual of it, especially in prison. you know, sitting down, hanging out, you've got the little radio going, you've got your butt man, you know, watching out for you and you're sticking it to the man. >> there's more than one way to get prison tattoos. some methods are cruder than others. >> i got this tattoo done right here in the county. that was picked in with a staple. took ten hours. >> i had a guy from california do it and it was pretty he excruciating the way it went down. normal tattoos are done with surgical items. in here it hurt really bad. >> other inmates craft sophisticated but illegal tattoo guns from parts of other items

they are allowed to possess. >> any small wire can be straightened out and made into a needle. you can get motors out of appliances, tape recorders, cameras. >> when we see tattoo guns in prison, it's usually after they have been confiscated by authorities. >> i got the ink, i've got the tattoo needles, i've got the motor, the tattoo gun, the barrel. it's all right here. >> but we met a pair of cellmates that were willing to reveal its hiding spot. >> this is my tattoo gun. i plug it up to the tv. i plug this into the tv, this up to my gun and i take the ink pen

with a sharpened staple and tattoo it. i just get this stuff from just this stuff to my bunkie right here. >> i know you guys don't get much contraband shown to you. >> as correction officers are always standing nearby during our interviews, the gun was quickly confiscated but the cellies still had plenty of other prison tattoos to display. >> that's how we pass our time right there. >> that's what we do all the time. i just did the stuff on his head, the stars on his face. >> we tattooed last night until 5:00 in the morning. >> yep, till 5:00 this morning. we sleep all day, tattoo all night. >> i got most of these tattoos in less than a month. my mom has no idea i have any tattoos. i didn't have any tattoos. >> so how you going to explain

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for every story an inmate tells us about his life, there's often another story told in ink on his body. >> most of my tats have to do with death or protection. one day they are all going to die eventually. >> they all have a time and place where they meant something. it's kind of more like a memory road map. >> we conduct some very difficult interviews in prison, asking the inmates to reflect on some terrible things that they've experienced years ago,

topics that maybe they haven't talked about in years and one way for us to connect with them, to get them to open up, is to ask them to tell us about their tattoos. >> what is that? is that a gun. >> that's a gun. i got it right here on my ribs. that's a quote. you have to learn the rules to the game and learn how to play them better than anyone else. i took it from einstein and kind of took them to the streets. >> i am what the streets created, i grew up in the streets, life in the streets. what you see is what the streets created. >> i've been doing heroin a little more than ten years. it's a very expensive style. it may not look expensive but i put a lot of money into that star. >> sometimes an inmate's tattoos lead us to a particularly revealing story. >> don't you have a hundred

dollar bill? >> i've got a hundreddollar bill tattooed on my pants. >> that's money to blow. >> while they can laugh about some tattoos, others carry a more somber tone. >> for all my soldiers who didn't survive, i hope they live in the sky. it's rest in peace for everybody, get it for a bunch of people. >> that's my mom's name and the heart with the ribbon and the flower and the angel, honor thy mother. and then i got these praying hands for my dad. everything else around it i got it recently. >> my father got shot by the police when i was 2 and it was all over the news when it happened. him and my mom started having problems and she filed domestic cases on him a couple of times and ended up getting them dropped and one day she went down to the city council building to file charges against

him. when she came out, my grandma took him down there, he put a gun on both of them. he shot at my grandma but the first round was blank. then my mom tried to get out and he shot her in the mouth. she got out and ran into the city market, he ran in there and slit her throat and then ran up across the city parking garage and a police found him in there. they had a shootout and stuff. >> his mother survived the attack. his father died five days later. while his praying hands tattoo help lead us to this story, he's hardly alone when it comes to tattoos dedicated to loved ones. >> i didn't have to put a certain face in there because that represents the females that i'm hurting while i'm in here. my mom, my sisters. >> this is a portrait of my girl and her name below it. she better be happy for that, is all i can say. not too many guys go through

that right there. >> what does that say? who is that? >> serenity. my daughter. my pride and joy. >> that's my baby. he ain't no baby no more. he's 8 now. he was like 16 months when i got locked up. >> i have my whole family on my leg. my kids, mom and dad, nieces and nephews. >> i've got memorial tattoos on my stomach from my grandfather. i have a large bass. right? right? he was a fisherman and i wanted to be original. >> this is my son. he passed away while i was in here last june. >> no. >> my baby son. he was going to be 2 years old. rest in peace. my little angel watching over me, man. every one of these got a little story behind it. a lot of blood and sweat and work go into it. that's why they mean so much to

us. rest in peace to my son, man. >> but not everyone wants to remember. some inmates wish they could erase their ink. >> if i could acid dip my whole body and take off every tattoo, i would. it's embarrassing to my family when i take off my shirt at functions. but they know me past the tattoos. >> don't read a book by its cover. i wish i didn't have many of these, believe it or not. now that i have them and i'm stuck with them, it tells a life story. >> things you do when you're young will haunt you until you die, in more ways than one. >> coming up -- >> i've been in the restaurant business for almost 15 years. >> lockup prison style. >> it's actually really good. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on

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board. police have arrested the man they say is responsible for the four homeless men in orange county. now back to "lockup." >> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ >> if there's one place to discover the blues, it's in the nation's prisons and jails. incarceration brings not only the lack of freedom but cramped quarters and the ever present threat of violence. but we found one of the most discussed and revialed aspects of prison is the food. >> this is the jungle. you want to eat, you came to the wrong place. >> we're not [ bleep ] animals.

we're not dogs. you serve us chow. >> and portion size rarely compare to those on the streets. >> this is for little kids. that's why we pray. pray for canteen. >> should focus on how little these [ bleep ] is. grown ass men eating these little trays. they've got to do something about that. >> these meals aren't even enough if you're anorexic. >> ain't no sunshine in this jail kbl but the biggest complaint is the taste. the food is ridiculous. it's slop. i wouldn't even feed that food to my animals. >> the food is disgusting. >> i don't know what that is, i don't know what that is, i don't know what that is. and a green banana. >> help us. please, help us. >> i've been filming inside prisons for a long time and i think i can kound r count on one hand the number of inmates that

not only have said that the food is good but that the food is okay. acceptable. literally one hand. >> prison food is good. >> what's that? >> i said prison food's good. >> you are officially the first person that we have ever heard say that. >> it's a different story at the maricopa county jail in phoenix where the food delivery system -- well, you can see for yourself. >> this is kibbles and bits and beef and bits. dark food. >> get to hurting people. >> i don't even know what i have. >> but that reaction is exactly the one the man who runs the jail strives for. sheriff joe arpaio simply wants to motivate inmates to not come back. >> our meals went up from 15

cents to 18 cents. i'm not too happy with that. you know, we have a little inflation. and we give them two meals a day. brunch, usually a baloney sandwich, an orange, donated cookies. and at night they get a hot meal. >> a lot of these guys won't talk up but i'm going tell you what i think. the food here is garbage, bro. >> you don't eat it? >> no. >> how come? >> the only reason i take the tray is so that i can talk to everyone in the run. because when they give you your food, the trap stays opened until they pick tup. i don't eat it, though. >> we throw more of it away than we eat, honestly. >> well, once you serve it you can't use it for anything else. do you have food in wyoming? >> we do. >> seriously. >> i've got more people in jail than you have in your whole state. >> you've got that right. >> the two meals for every one

of its 8,000 inmates, the maricopa county jail turns out 16,000 meals per day. they are all prepared at the facility's food factory where the vast majority of workers are inmates. >> we have close to 100 inmates working each day. they work eight hour days. they work from around 5:00 in the morning until 2 or 3:00 in the afternoon and come in around 3:00 and work until 10:00 or 11:00 at night depending on what shift they are working in. many of the conditions are very extreme. very, very cold in a lot of the areas. some are very warm, wet. they still have to come here and work hard because it's necessary to get our production done. >> rather than eat the food provided to them -- >> sorry. can't do it. >> one group of female inmates regularly make a super dessert out of a variety of let'ser desserts all bought at the jail canteen. >> it looks pretty gross, huh.

>> now that it's in the blender, it's gross, huh? just the bottom part is 2,000 calories. not even all this stuff. >> they were putting honey bun, a sugar packet, everything sweet that you could find, they had poured into this cake. >> it doesn't look very tantalizing but it's really bomb. >> we're just going to throw those bad boys on there. i'm not marsha stewart. >> that's our cake. >> the only thing i could think in my mind is, oh, my gosh, i hope they don't ask me to try this but at the same time, of course out of plightness i knew that they would and i would have to sample this sugar bomb that they made. >> come on, try it. we washed our hands. >> okay. you're going to like it. >> oh, i love it. >> do you have like a whole grain vegan version? >> come on. man bites.

man bites. >> it's like the sweetest donut i've ever had. it's like man versus maricopa. this show has turned into me trying everything in prison. >> we've met dozen of other inmates who made elaborate desserts from canteen items but they also make their own canteen items. they call them spread. >> a lot of people think i make the best spread. the girls give me props on it. >> we met mona at the orange county jail in southern california and she showed us a dish that has won her praise. >> there's all kinds of ways to make this spread but we're going to make it with soup, popcorn, beans, pork. >> i love to cook everything with flavor. so i put a lot of spices to it. >> it will be ready in about ten minutes. so i'm going to wrap it up in

the paper right now so you can keep the heat and the water is not that hot. i've been in the restaurant business for almost 15 years so i better make the best spread. it has nothing to do with what i used to make but it's the flavor and the food and it's all the same. i'm done. >> i knew she wasn't going to eat this whole thing so when she offered it up to the crew, i felt inclined to try it. >> where am i going here? >> go wherever. go in the middle so you can -- >> mix it. whatever. yeah. get dirty with it. there you go. >> all right. here we go. >> it's actually really good. you guys can go to lunch without me today. >> i wasn't lying to her when i told her that it was good but on the second bite there was a bit of a pork grind in there and i've never even tried those before. >> you don't like the pork in it? >> hu-huh.

>> the first bite was much better than the second bite. >> this is a new one for me. thank you for turning me on to the spread. coming up, jail food to go. >> if you're going to take a chance getting caught, do it in a big way. >> go big or go home. >> and when inmates do more than play with their food, this is what they get. >> i don't think a dog would eat that. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress

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welcome to the daily beast. yeah. >> we hear a lot of inmates describe prison as the belly of the beast. >> it's usually not used to describe prison kitchens. but that might be the most appropriate use of the phrase there is. >> they are always looking for ways to get these kind of iconic prison or jail shots and the kitchen is a great place to get them because i don't think anything really says incarceration more than seeing some bland food scooped on to an institutional tray by a 6'4" inmate covered in tattoos and the funny thing about the food is, inmates always complain about it but inevitably, they are always looking for ways to get more of it. >> this is so we don't starve later on. but if you want to see a real sack, look over there. >> but if you're going to do it, if you're going to take a chance at getting caught, do it in a big way. >> go big or go home. and since we can't go home -- --

>> this is how we do it here. >> most inmate meals are prepared and served by other inmates. kitchen work is far from glamorous but it has its perks. >> the reason i do it is to get out of my cell, come down here, get a little freedom, and eat a little better. >> ray loved working in the kitchen at the limon correctional facility in colorado because he could trade extra food for tokens, coin slots used to purchase ice cream and soda from prison vending machines. >> two tokens. i said double cheeseburger. i should have shown you one. double cheeseburger, two tokens. and i can't even get them fast enough. i usually sell two of those a day. >> while most menus are designed to provide a basic level of nutrition, steven, the food services director at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, has taken a more whole some approach to inmate meals. >> we make up 11,000 meals a day

and we have a 28-day cycle menu which has a variety for the inmates. and our last menu design we decided we were going to make this a heart healthy menu. that's the only jail in florida that i know of that does a heart healthy menu. the food has to have 2650 calories per day. we have 33% or less fat. we have 3.5 grahams of sodium per day or less. there are the 100% required amounts of vitamins to make a healthy lifestyle for anyone. >> most inmates are hired for kitchen jobs based on their behavior history and the trust they've earned from staff. john met all of those qualifications but he also just happened to be the real deal. >> i worked at a restaurant. i'm a culinary chef. i'm a sioux chef.

i worked in hernando county. i've been in the food business since 1985. >> since most inmates complain about the food, we asked powers for a professional evaluation. >> it is bland. a lot of the food is bland and i agree somewhat it isn't enough food but once you're here for a week or two weeks, you get used to it. people are eating -- used to being on the street and eating when they want and what they want. unfortunately, when you get here, that's not something you can do. >> it's something to put in your stomach and keep you going. >> there's chicken in here but the chicken is not real good chicken. very bad chicken. but, anyway, whatever. >> i eat to survive. >> i think that the food tastes reasonably good. what we have done is try to create neutral food tastes so if the food is bland, at least they are not having something that

they find objectionable. >> once you're here, it's not that bad. a little salt would be nice, and pepper. other than that, it is hard. i work for him, so -- that's like the boss. so i'll make it short and not say anything too bad. i don't want to offend him or say anything out of line. i'm sure i'll have a little talk with him when we're done with this conversation. >> back at the limon correctional facility, we encounter perhaps the most unusual of all inmate meals. it's called -- prepared for us by a captain, it's sort of a self-contained meal for inmates who tend to throw their food in their cells or at others. >> what we've got here is basically all of the food

groups. nine ounces of ground beef, carrots are weighed out, shredded potatoes, shredded cabbage, vegetable oil, beans, ten ounces precooked, tomato puree. hopefully it will hold together fairly well. the recipe says to put it in a roll pan but this will do just fine. this should weigh out at about 3 1/2 pounds and it goes in the oven at 325 degrees. very, very nutritious dish. doesn't take it long to heat up. >> when captain hubbard made one for us, it didn't look bad. watching him make it, it was almost like making your average meet loaf but the inmates described it as horrible and

when actuality i've seen things on the menu much worse than this meatloaf. >> they don't care for it at all. i've tasted it. it's not really that bad. >> inmate carlos al electric sander would be his own judge. >> it's horrible. >> [ bleep ] good. >> are you for real man? this is good? it tastes like cardboard. y'all ought to try some of this. >> he doesn't like it. >> it isn't that bad. >> it actually wasn't too bad t was very bland but if you have the right condiments, it would have been like a standard

meatloaf, almost. unfortunately, the inmates in seg never have the right condiments. >> that's horrible. i don't think a dog would eat that. >> coming up, when it comes to inmate workouts, creativity, teamwork, and a little bit of zen make all of the difference. >> lift the buttocks up any amount. excellent. i stepped on the machine,

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spend time visiting a maximum security prison and you might just find yourself re-evaluating your waistline and your commitment to the gym. when we visited san quentin state prison, we discovered how committed some of the 5,000 inmates were to their workouts. the state of california banned free weights from the rec card for security reasons but that

didn't deter anyone from lifting. >> what are you guys doing? ? >> that's our weights. >> that's how we work out. >> we don't get weights no more. >> how much does that weigh? >> about 30 pounds. >> not very much. >> there it is. >> some of the challenges of working out in prison aren't only about the access to the kind of equipment that you have or don't have, but it's also the kind of restrictions you have. often times these prisons go on lockdown and they are keped in their housing units or cells for a long period of time but they still always find a way to work out. >> this is about 55 or 60 pounds. >> and in a world where fist fights are all too real, many inmates create shadow boxing into their workouts, but a former jijitsu instructor went

beyond just punching air. >> since we are in our cells 24 hours a day, i take a wool blanket and some people put a little padding, it's not as for giving as a regular punching bag. i'm come back here and just fire off some punches, about 50, 60 jabs. you can do a whole lot of punching and a lot of different things like that and it works the whole part of your body. >> one of the more mem mer rabl punches that we saw came from a female inmate, paula rivas at the orange county jail. >> i'm a fighter. i use my fists. i used to go to the boxing gym and i trained. >> i really liked getting that shot of paula and the basketball. she definitely stood out amongst the other inmates and, man, that looked like a difficult thing to do. >> i look pretty much good for

my age. i'm 44 and i look a lot better than some of them youngsters. i know i'm handsome. >> rivas had an in-cell workout. >> the impression it puts upon me is how discipline they are. they keep track of every situp, every pushup, every squat, every curl, you name it. i noticed one day there was an inmate that was pacing back and forth in their cell and she had playing cards and she would place a card on the table, go back to the end of the cell, come forward and as she was passing the table she put another card down and we asked her what that was all about. >> hey, what are the cards for? >> to count my miles. three decks of card is one mile. so it makes it easier so you don't walk in circles all day. >> working out is also a good way to kill time. there's a lot of time to be spent in prison.

and this is just one more way to do it. >> at the county jail in boston, we encountered one group of inmates who found working out as a team kept them more motivated than working out alone. >> ab workout, get it tuned up. this crew right here, that's what we do all day. six day workout, one day rest. every day we're out here. we out here. >> man, it's not that big but twice this week, man. and take it for granted, big things come in small packages. rise against these walls and these bars. >> definitely. got to do something with your time. >> always working out, all working on my mind, my body, my soul. >> that's pretty much it. >> in another section of the jail, we discovered a group of women also working on mind,

body, and soul. but in the most unexpected way. >> lift the buttocks up any amount, excellent. move the inner thighs through the back wall. >> we found out that once a week a professional yoga instructor would come inside the jail and teach yoga to the women. we decided to cover it and when we got there we saw a normal classroom environment had been transformed into a yoga studio. they had pushed the chairs and tables back against the walls and set up their yoga mats against the great large window and really created a peaceful environment. >> now, use your breath. >> i had been wanting to come into the jail for a long time and it's a wonderful beneficial part of reducing the stress but brings a sense of calmness and peace. you may find your mind is wandering. yoga is a way to control the scattered mind, the fluctuating mind. be your guiding force now.

>> i don't believe any of the women had done yoga before so this was something really new for each one of them. afterwards, you could tell that they really got something out of it. it was get it was more than just getting out of their cell for an hour. the experience was really emotional for them. >> which part of it did you like the most? >> i would say the last part because then you could just sit there and breathe and a lot of thoughts run through your head. >> like what? >> everything. good things, bad things. >> are you okay? >> brings you in touch with yourself? >> yeah, it's not a bad thing. >> yeah, i would do it again. >> you would do it again? >> yes. >> and it's perfectly okay to cry. just get it out of the system. >> yeah. that's all of my feelings coming back. >> i'll be back. i'll be back.