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cage. >> a lot of them complain that the walls are closing in on them. >> just keeping my eyes open it is bad. >> and i'm pregnant. >> my sentence is life without parole. there is no way you can say sorry for something like that. >> they didn't allow me to go even to a hospital. >> a lot of women in here messes up, they lie on you. >> most everybody has some type of husband. >> teresa my wife. >> y'all need to put space in between y'all. >> women like women, men like men, oh, well. >> these people make bad choices, then they start pairing up. >> we have a really strong bond. >> i love you. at first glance the prison we're about to visit may seem like a college campus but make no mistake, the north carolina institute for women is a maximum security prison, it houses women less violent than their counterparts, but many have been

convicted of serious crimes like murder. some may never see the outside again, you are about to see sisters, mothers, daughters and grandmothers doing hard time behind bars. just south of raleigh is the north carolina correctional institute for women, sitting on 30 acres of land it is home to over 1100 inmates. >> the female offenders at this institution have committed all different kinds of crimes from murder to burglary traveling under the influence. it could be fraud, identity theft, from any range of crimes that they may have committed. >> anne harvey has been warden of the facility since 2000. >> one thing people need to understand. this is a prison and it is a prison that houses a female offender. in order for a person to get

respect, you must give respect. so i'll go to a person if she is a female offender to help her maintain her human value. but also to understand she has the responsibility to do her time because she committed the crime. crime. >> two months in a sit cell.ngle cell, it is terrible i can't stand it. >> this is the segregation unit housing murderers, drug dealers, thieves, these women are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. >> a lot of them complain the walls are closing in on them. and that is why they're actually seen by mental health staff, at least twice a week sometimes once a month. >> sergeant tracy wright has been at the prison for ten years and spent the past three working in the segregation unit. >> this is a typical inmate she

wants to go to mental health she does it every weekend. she wants attention. >> when an inmate here acts out the officers follow a strict protocol and take no chances. >> we basically take some of their items, because they try to tie it around their necks. they may try to hang themselves some of the inmates even try. >> working in this area it can be dangerous. we have had some assaults up here. a lot of the inmates up here are violent. >> once a day, the inmates are escorted outside to exercise. >> mostly the inmates are up here for violent behavior. they are restrained while they're out exercising. and basically they use this time to communicate while back and forth to enjoy the sun and weather. and they do that in 45 minutes in a controlled environment. >> this is what you call a dog

cage, this is a k-9 dog cage technically, it is. >> kathryn mcmillan has been in segregation for almost two years. >> i have 11 years, a habitual felon, and i got into a fight, i beat a girl up she had two black eyes had to go to the hospital and i ended up coming up here. >> there are two classifications of inmates in the segregation unit intensive control, and maximum control. both require isolation, but m-con inmates are the most serious threat. >> they have to wear this right here technically i am supposed to have on leg irons, but because i have a medical, i can't have the leg cuffs, when i get the handcuffs, then we put

our hands through here and take them off. the fresh air is nice sometimes people don't like to take a bath. >> after her 45 minutes of exercise, kathryn is led back inside and allowed to take one of her two weekly showers. >> this is what we have to do. it is liquid. we get 15 minutes in the shower. once we're through taking our shower, they will come back and get it. >> one thing different about when you're in here and in the cell everybody gets to talk at the same time. it is kind of frustrating. and me, i got ear plugs, i like to read i like to draw. you know? i read books and have pictures of my daughter. >> it has been less than a year since kathryn's baby daughter died after suffering a severe seizure and stroke. >> her name was kiara, when

kiara passed i was up here in lock-up. one of the attendants came up here with my mom, and she was like it is kiara, i was like is she in the hospital, she was like no she is dead. i did everything i could, i freaked out. they at least let me go to the hospital. but it was upper staff management. because i was up here in the status quo that i was in it didn't allow me to go to the wake, the funeral or viewing or even at the hospital. because at first her brain died and they had her on a breathing machine, just to see if they would let me go up there. but when they didn't let me go. and my spirit kind of dropped. i didn't eat. i lost a lot of weight and looked like a raccoon, you know my eyes were all black and stuff. but then i thought about it. i said that is just another baby

that god needed. but whenever i look at the pictures of my daughter up there, and this is her, when she was living. and i always think of the happy days. and i would be like i got a story to tell. if i ever get out and can tell those people about my story i think it would help a lot of people. up next loan shark inging inside the prison. >> and you have to survive in here, prison is not free. >> and to give and take relationship between officers and inmates. ♪ ♪ [ electricity crackling ] [ engine revving ] [ electricity crackling ] ♪ ♪ ok, i am coming. [ susan ] i hate that the reason we're always stopping is because i have to go

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borrowed money on the yard this is the day you should have the money to pay it back. an infraction is against the rules and regulations, but it happens. >> they give you the state soap that is about it. the only jobs here you can make money off of is probably 40 cents a day. >> kathy is doing 17 years for forgery and writing bad checks they are considered loan sharks. >> that is the best hustle where you make your most money. i started out with ten dollars, put the ten out, pulled in 20 the next week put the 20 out, pulled in 40 and i just kept doubling until i got on my feet and got stable. if somebody doesn't pay me i just don't deal with them no more, i tell my friends at loan shark don't deal with them. you got some people in here that bust them with a lock or something, i'm not down with that. i just chalk it up as a loss and

go on about my business. >> devin and kathy are not only business partners, they're also lovers. >> i'm the wife. >> whatever she is involved in i'm involved in. >> before her, i had my own hustle that was pretty much staff-related. >> in the past devin says she baited staff into relationships to frame them but stopped for fear of getting caught. >> i would find weak staff, whoever i found was obviously in here to -- because they obviously can't find somebody on the streets to get hooked up with. and then i would play them to get some money. >> the small percentage, one or two employees that may cross the line with the inmates, it causes problems. it is a security breach, an issue, because they may bring things in to the inmates such as drugs, they may allow inmates to

do things which are inappropriate. >> if you come in here for a relationship with an inmate then obviously it is something wrong anyway, i have no loyalty. when you come in here and think you can get a free lick off the inmate and you have access to the free world, i have gotten a lot of money that way. >> yeah. >> but i have kind of cut that out in this relationship. >> yeah. no more. >> i'm retired. >> ladies y'all put some space in between y'all. this is a prison this is nothing to play around with. as a man, we have to set standards. we have to let them know that we're here for a job and not to be their friend snoos. >> officers have to be vigilant in order not to be compromised. this is especially for a prison with women inmates. >> whenever we have to go in a dorm, we have a female officer with us at all times.

that way we're covered as a man. >> as hard as the prison administration tries, some inmates contend a few bad officers make their way into the system anyway. >> yeah i told him what it was. told him how the officers do the inmates around here and how they bring drugs in. what are they going to do? lock me up? >> so when we do find people who are inappropriate, who violate the rules or break the law then we take immediate action to investigate and take the appropriate disposition, whether it is dismissal or whether they receive a type of disciplinary action. >> typically, there are very few of these types of action. the rest of the staff follows the rules by the book. >> contraband, right? >> uh-huh. >> good-bye, good-bye, get out, get out. >> it is really not contraband, this is what it is really the

heinz catsup all day long. all day long. >> they give you like catsup from the canteen, and i brought in here to eat with my meat loaf. >> when i see them i catch them on it i call them on it. if they're doing something wrong, okay i have to let them know that they're doing something wrong. and i will listen to them. and someone just wants you to listen. i'll listen to them and talk to them. and when it comes to the bottom line i'll lock them up. and they know that for a fact. >> up next. >> teresa. >> who is it? >> my wife. >> forbidden relationships inside north carolina. >> oh, i love her, that is my heart. thing completely different. i met a turtle friend today so

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i worked hard all my life. i guess that's why i get respected in here. my nickname's "heavy d" and why i have it is because my middle name is dawn, and i'm just heavy, so they just call me "heavy d." they call me the overweight lover, "heavy d," so i just stuck with it. >> "heavy d's" real name is pamela prattsville. she is serving a three-year sentence for dui. and she's no stranger to prison life. >> i've been in and out of prison seven times. i came to prison when i was 17. and i'm 37 today. i have one daughter and she's 20. and i said if i ever had sex with a man one time and get pregnant, then i would be gay the rest of my life. and that's what happened. and here i am. >> while prison officials discourage intimate relationships between inmates, there are some that cannot deny their sexual orientation. >> we call bull dagging. that's what we call a women relationship here. it's a slang word, bull dagging.

and that is two women together. >> teresa? >> who is it? >> my wife. i have a girlfriend here. i have several girlfriends, just not my special girlfriend. i have two or three girlfriends. this is the bull dagging crew. >> why did you say that? my mama be watching this, girl. she's a christian. >> don't be ashamed. >> forming a relationship in prison is a way for many of the women to survive. >> women like women, men like men, oh, well. >> relationships with female offenders is a very interesting, a very unique and a very complex issue that we have to deal with and contend with. >> a lot of women in here mess it up. lie on you, cheat. >> and it's just a game to most of these women. a money thing. >> yeah. >> a game. they drag you for money. >> they ain't never been in a woman relationship and i guess i sway them and con them. i guess i have a game talk with me.

so when they come in, they want to know about the bull dagging, and i be like, i be thinking, yeah, there's one right there. nine times out of ten, they just give me what i want, i don't have to play them. >> because there are penalties for having sex in prison, inmates will sometimes cover for other inmates to allow them a private moment. >> like i say, chelsea, ten-four for me and my girlfriend while we go in here. because she's going to fall down and have a seizure. >> that's another inmate ten-fouring for another inmate while they have sex with their lover. some of us been together here four years, some of us been together five years, some of us have been together a long time. on a relationship you see what i'm saying? and it's easier for them to ten-four for them, and you can give them two or three cigarettes or a pack of coffee. and some of them know what you're doing. and they don't care. and that's why i tell you, some police is down with the inmates and some police that is against inmates. so -- >> some are against gays. >> some of them really don't like gays. >> in a prison setting, those things we have to discourage. and one reason we have to discourage is people have been here for a long time.

and sometimes some of the boundaries get clouded between the women. >> some of the people in here haven't been with women and are curious and try it. i do it because i love women. >> a female offender has a lot of needs and part of that is to feel that someone cares about them. >> i love animals and jennifer takes pictures of little dogs and stuff and brings them to me and i hang them on the wall. >> three months ago, danica cox and jennifer porter became girlfriends, but they have been unable to see each other since jennifer was sent to assault charge. >> this girl claims that we put the police on her for something, and she started running her mouth in the dining hall. and we just let that ride. i went back to my dorm. and she ran up on me in my quad and punched me. i got scratches on my face and we fought. >> this is a picture of her when she was younger, as a feminine woman.

this is her now as a little tomboy. >> this is the longest i've been away from her. it's hard. it's really hard. >> she gave me this for valentine's day. and i sleep with it every night. >> oh, i love her. that's my heart. >> i just miss her. i'm trying to stay close to the things that she gives me. >> we've got a really strong bond, you know? i mean, it ain't all about sex, you know what i'm saying? we just clicked from off the gate. >> i just read her letters all the time and talk to her mom and try to stay as close to her as i can. >> danica will be in prison for the next six to eight years on a robbery charge. jennifer has only eight months left on her sentence. >> it may sound crazy, but i'll probably end up even coming back. i don't think i can make it out there without her. and i know she can't make it in here without me.

and i know it's killing her right now. >> i'm able to see her through a window from single cell. and i sit out here for, like, two hours and i'll draw a heart. >> i really can't see. i just see her hand waving. and she can see my hand waving. >> on this morning, jennifer has her disciplinary hearing to determine punishment based on her fight with another inmate. >> hey, jennifer, how you doing? >> not good. >> it will be okay. >> am i getting out? >> it will be okay. >> are they playing mind games? i don't understand why they aren't allowed to say anything. >> danica has been sitting outside the disciplinary hearing all morning waiting to see jennifer. >> we didn't hear nothing.

i just heard that she was in master control, so i came up here to see if i could get a glimpse of her. >> you've never been in segregation before? >> yeah, for a 23. but i knew what that was about. >> what's a 23? >> you care to explain the 23. >> explain it. >> it's a sexual act. but, i mean, i knew what the maximum outcome of that was, was 20 days. i don't know what this is. i don't know even know what i'm going to be charged with. >> while she waits, jennifer fears the worst, that she'll be sent back to ad seg, away from danica for the rest of her eight-month sentence. >> don't get upset because you don't know yet. >> well, i'm expecting the worst but praying for the best. >> i'm about to flip. >> can we go look through the windows? >> let's see. >> you know who i am, lieutenant james. you received, the state says, at about 7:19, she heard someone yell "fight."

when she ran around the corner, she observed you and inmate teresa westbury in a physical altercation where you were kicking and stomping her. you understand your rights? the recommended charge right now is a c-4 and a c-3. as you are aware, i can either agree with that. don't get happy yet, jennifer. because you know i can either agree with that or up the charge to the next charge. okay? >> okay. >> so i am going to charge you with the c-4. i'm going to dismiss the c-3 because the officer said when she gave you the directions to stop, you did stop. okay? how do you plead? >> guilty. can i get out today? >> no, ma'am. >> jennifer will not get out of ad seg until she serves another 13 days. that's much less time than if a more serious sentence had been handed down. >> sit back down. for about five minutes to the ground, please. >> grounds close. >> until the grounds close.

don't say nothing. i don't want to hear you talk no more. >> the grounds are now restricted. all unassigned inmates report to your dorm. >> jennifer and danica will not be able to see each other today. the prison closes the yard, meaning danica will have to return to her dorm. >> when the bond between two inmates becomes more important than the individual inmate herself, that's a security issue. all these people are here making bad choices. and if they begin to continue those bad choices inside, then they start pairing up with bad choices. and that makes a large bad choice for us. >> i love you! ♪ et toujours ♪ ♪ me amour ♪ ♪ how about me? ♪ [ male announcer ] here's to a life less routine. ♪ and it's un, deux trois, quatre ♪ ♪ give me some more of that ♪ [ male announcer ] the more connected,

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syrian government used chemical weapons. ban wants an investigation into whether or not syria used weapons or not. and term limits kept mahmoud ahmadinejad from running again. and a fire in colorado springs now 30% contained, due in part to lighter winds and rain there. they have lifted evacuation orders for about a thousand homes in the area. and at least 20 are recovering after a desk in a sports bar collapsed last night. over 100 people were there when the collapse happened. authorities are investigating. and trying to stay dry after heavy rains and flooding, several roads were shut down near albany more than a thousand were without power in the region, back to lock-up. for many of the inmates arriving at the correctional

institution, the really hard part is when they arrive. they are forced to contemplate a life without freedom, and as you're about to see, making that adjustment is never easy for first-time offenders or repeat offenders. on this rainy morning, several women arrived to begin serving their time. >> oh, man. this is ridiculous. >> first stop, the reception unit where the inmates are processed into the system. >> now i'm nervous. i've never been in a prison before. i did have a brother who died on death row in texas. >> this is laura prince's first time in prison. like many of the inmates here, she stole to feed her drug habit. laura will be in incarcerated for the next six to eight months. >> we stole $15,000 in jewelry. we broke into somebody's home. >> crack cocaine is a very serious addiction. it's very hard to let go. comes to you at night in your dreams. it comes to you in your dreams.

it takes more -- more than 30 days to get off crack cocaine. it's just bad. it's really bad. >> it's 11:00 a.m. and processing begins with each woman handing over personal effects, money, jewelry, clothing. >> you got tattoos starting from the top and work your way down. >> i've got one on my back. >> i'm a little nervous. i've never been to prison. i've done jail time but i've never been to prison. >> alissa smith is another new arrival. she's here for parole violations. >> i don't know what to anticipate. i've heard bad things and i've heard good things. it's -- i'm just keeping my eyes open. that's about it. >> some of them come in and they're just nonchalant, especially the ones that had been here quite a few times. we have a lot of repeat offenders that come in. >> sharon thompson. >> most of the repeat offenders that come in and they're like celebrities. they know everybody and they ask is -- is so-and-so still working here, whoever. >> you got any scars or marks or

tattoos? >> tattoos. >> start from the top and work your way down. >> rose with a bleeding heart. >> on your left shoulder? >> on my right. my kids' names on my right ankle. i've got initials on my hands. >> we do our strip searching in this actual area here. and when we do do the strip search, we make them squat and cough several times, and we're visually watching that just to make sure that they do not have any contraband. >> after a strip search and shower, it's off to be photographed and fingerprinted. >> do you usually do your whole time? >> like i got a >> like i got a six to eight month sentence. >> you're going to do at least six months. >> the whole eight? >> if you get in trouble. this is prison, do your time. >> not nobody else's. >> that's right. >> i ain't here for no drama either. i'm ready to get this over with and go home. >> unlike laura and alissa, sharon thompson has been here before.

she violated parole and has been sentenced to two years. >> her fingerprints are kind of difficult because there's a lot of scarring. i don't know, maybe from cigarette burns or what have you. this is admission inmate, sharon thompson. >> i didn't want to come back. it's not that i -- um, i won't be back after this time, i know that. but i violated my probation, so here i am. >> it has now been six hours since these new arrivals were processed. >> we've been sitting here the whole time. >> that's it. ready for a cigarette. >> definitely. definitely ready for a cigarette. >> we are. >> our nerves have not calmed down. >> they gave us shampoo and deodorant and her deodorant had been used because it's got the brown stuff on it. i'm telling the truth. >> i'm walking outside. >> soon the new inmates will be escorted to a dormitory where they each will be assigned a

bunk and a locker. >> this dorm is divided into four quads. so we can house 136 in here. we have had as many as 160. crowded, especially if it's hot. uncomfortable. a little tenser than normal. >> i do not like this place. this is my first experience, and i wished it was my last. >> you don't have none of the luxuries whatsoever. what little bit you do have, it's a little more costly than it is on the street. you have to borrow from people you never met before and try to make friends, if you can find a true friend in here. >> women fight over the smallest things. small words can make just anyone mad and they can explode. >> we can't eat if the hot water don't work. we can't eat if the hot water don't work. >> i have two children at home that need me more than this place needs me. and i don't never want to come back. never, ever.

>> and i'm pregnant. >> at any given time, there are more than 40 pregnant inmates at this facility. >> make sure you get the window. it's got plastic on it because it's not -- it's not closed. worn-out. wet shoes to go eat. oh, yeah, we got spider bites in here, too. there are spiders all up in the vents. and they are called brown recluses. and when they bite you, your skin swells up. >> we provide prenatal care for them, and they are seen just like they would be if they were in the community by health providers. and they deliver their children at an outside hospital. after they give birth, then a social worker is coordinated with them to determine who will take the child. >> kelly collins is seven months pregnant. she's serving anywhere from 11 to 15 months for breaking and entering and violating her parole. >> when i have my baby, i'm giving it up for adoption. i'm just 21, and i got two other kids, and they got tooken away over me coming to jail, and i

know that i've got a drug problem. so, therefore, i don't want to bring a new kid home knowing that i've got problems when i can give him to someone that can give him a much better life. it's hard, but i think to myself all the time about what's really best. and i can't be selfish, i got to do the best for my kids. >> several days later, we checked in with laura prince to see how she's adjusting to life in prison. >> at first i was having night sweats, cold sweats. i'm feeling a lot better. there's not much to adjust to. it's a lumpy bed. old, hard springs. >> right? >> what does that tell you? do you hear that snoring? we have that one, the one that goes really deep. you got to share a locker with two people. you get one roll of toilet paper per week. really hard. >> all right, ladies.

at 3:45, you should go to the diagnostic center to take some tests. i know you all been taking tests all day. >> you get up at 4:30 in the morning, breakfast is at 5:30. you can't lay back down until 1:30 in the afternoon. by the time you lay down at night, you're exhausted. >> for laura, the adjustment to prison life would be almost unbearable if it weren't for the friendship she now shares with other women who arrived the same day she did. >> we trust each other. we're wary of the rest of the population. >> there are some thieves in there. >> a bunch of them. >> they'll take advantage of you really, really quick. >> okay, my daddy says they're not in here for singing too loudly in church. next on "lockup," it's all in a day's work behind bars. >> thank you for calling north carolina travel and tourism, how may i help you?

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owçwç?yçysxc!? pereira for most of the inmates of the women's prison in north carolina, work is an important part of life behind bars. there are the traditional jobs, such as making license plates and working the cafeteria line. but the prison also offers unique vocational programs, allowing inmates to learn a variety of skills and trades. >> thank you for calling north carolina travel and tourism, how may i help you? >> anyone calling a 1-800 number

for north carolina vacation tips would never know they might be talking to a convicted murderer. carolyn james is serving a 21-year sentence for killing her boyfriend. >> it was a domestic violence situation, and it got to the point that everything just kept escalating. and i tried to commit suicide. i got the gun and i was getting ready to shoot myself and he took it from me. we ended up fighting in the jeep, and we went off the road. and when we went off the road, i was thrown across him, saw the gun, got the gun, and tried to get the gun and tried to shoot myself, and because i didn't feel the bullets, i kept shooting and a bullet got him in the head and it killed him. is there anything in particular you want in a cabin? >> carolyn won't be released until at least 2013. for now, the opportunity to help tourists plan their vacations is both a job and an escape. >> talking about the different places makes you feel free, particularly when you're getting into the details and talking about a cabin that has a front porch and the river going in the backyard.

you can actually see it, and you can even picture yourself sitting back on the rocker, fishing or just talking. it's loaded with amenities. most important, you have your very own boat to cruise the 27 miles, so that sounds pretty good. you feel like you're outside in the real world on a real job. it helps the days go by. it's freedom. you don't see the bars. >> making dentures isn't something you'd expect to learn in prison, but for inmates like christie wells, it's a potentially high-paying skill. >> it's something that's lucrative out there. it's never going to end. people is going to need false teeth. so this is something i can use when i get at home. >> christie was convicted of first-degree armed robbery and attempted murder and is currently serving a 16 to 22-year sentence. >> i never really wanted to do teeth. it was -- my grandmother and my grandfather had false teeth and they scared me. but since i've been here, i've taken computer information

systems, culinary arts, the travel and tourism apprenticeship program, and this was basically the last thing. so i decided to take it to see if i would like it, and i loved it. and i love doing it. i don't mind false teeth now. >> now i'd be glad to go home and tell my son, hey, i make teeth instead of, hey, i sell drugs. >> there's two things you can do when you come in here with a sentence like mine with long-termers, give up and do absolutely nothing, or you can come in here and try to improve yourself. that's what i have done since i've been in here. >> barbara geiger is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. >> i was in an abusive relationship, and my husband and i had a terrible fight one night. and i defended myself. i shot him. i'm 63 now. but there's a lot out there. there's a lot that i can do, a lot i can give back.

>> at first glance, this could be a beauty shop in anytown, usa, but it's actually on the grounds of the prison. >> can i have a magazine, please? >> yes, ma'am. >> the inmates call it cosmo, and it's here where they learn how to style hair and give facials and manicures. >> it makes me feel like i'm at home going to the beauty shop, and, actually, it relieves the stress. it takes me away from that environment, for a little while at least. >> my instructors, they don't treat me like an inmate. they treat me like a student. first of all, i'm a female and i'm african-american and i've been incarcerated, so that's already three strikes against me. but i think i could actually have another chance to become someone, to be something. i would always turn my client away from the mirror so that she's surprised when she see that transformation.

>> shampoo and conditioner, please. >> jennie brown is 21 and serving six to eight months for trafficking cocaine and breaking and entering. >> this is where i hand out the supplies, brushes, shampoo/conditioner, grease, spreads, curlers, perm rods. whenever they bring it back, i check it, to make sure there is no hair is in the brushes and make sure it's all sanitized and clean. >> many inmates see the cosmo program as a chance to not only better their lives but the lives of their children. >> lance and darion, my 6-year-old an my 2-year-old. >> that's why i'm here, so i can legally provide what they need. >> it's what you make it. whatever situation, it's just what you put into it, you get out of it. you put nothing in, you get nothing out. >> although many of the inmates here have committed violent crimes in the past, the relaxed atmosphere in cosmo allows the security officers like sergeant ericka estis, to let down their guard.

>> i feel comfortable with her doing my hair. i mean, it's just like if you go out and in the free world getting your hair done, you're taking a chance with somebody doing your hair. >> ladies, i need for you to return your shears, please. >> but at the end of the day, these hairstylists are still convicted criminals. and any sense of freedom is short-lived. >> being in prison, it's going to keep me out of trouble, i know. 'cause i don't want to come back. i don't want to come back. i want to stay at home. at first i was all big-headed about it. but i don't want to be here. this ain't no place nobody wants to be. >> up next, one inmate gets her freedom while another contemplates a lifetime behind bars. >> if only i could go back and not do it but you can't. g completely different. i met a turtle friend today. avo: whatever you're looking for, expedia has more ways to help you find yours.

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owçwç?yçxcxcaoayyyyçñ vimeo jessica mcmahon has been an inmate at the prison for almost a year. but today she's going home. >> don't make me cry. good-bye. you'll be okay. >> drugs are the reason she ended up here. they're also responsible for the death of her mother while jessica was behind bars. >> now it opened my eyes and i'm done. because i actually thought about going out there and getting high again and making my fast money. when i lost my mom, it wasn't worth it to me. it was over. >> i'm just taking my stuffed animals and my letters. everything else i'm going to leave here with all my friends. >> i don't know what to say. i'm just happy for her. she's going home. she deserves it.

>> this whole quad stuck by me when i lost my mom. it was like a family in here. >> although jessica's sentence was relatively short, she believes the experience has been life-changing. >> when i got here, i grew up here in prison. i was still a kid myself. i hadn't went through school. i read third grade level. it's took me eight months to get my g.e.d. normally it takes somebody a month. but i got it. it's good knowing it's going to be the last time i'm going to be locked up. but it's sad knowing i was ever in it. >> like jessica, some of the women at this north carolina prison feel a sense of shame and regret for the crimes they committed and the time they've had to serve. >> i don't know. it's like every day, every night you go back and go, if only i could go back and not do it. but you can't. you can never go back. >> cynthia ruple was convicted

of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole. what makes her situation unique is that prior to killing her husband, she worked as a prison corrections officer. >> a lot of people will look at a woman in prison. they want to find an excuse. they want to say there's got to have been some provocation, there has to be some reason why she did such a terrible thing. in my case, that is not the case. my husband did not abuse me. he did not deserve what i did to him. we had been married 22 1/2 years and he was a good man. but my husband was clinically depressed. he was not an easy man to live with at that time. he was hard to please. >> when cynthia became involved with another man, she shot her husband and made it look like suicide. >> i wish i could go back. there's no way you can say sorry for something like that, no matter how sorry you are, you

can't say i'm sorry because it's just so insufficient. there's nothing that can ever fix it or make it right again. >> despite the fact that cynthia will probably never leave this prison, at 46, she's found a new purpose for her life. >> all i know is that there's a lot of power in prayer. >> yes, there is. >> especially the more prayers going up -- >> if you say why, why bother, i might as well just stay in this bed. why even get up? but i've got a reason to get up. i've got a reason to go on. >> it was very hard for my son to accept the fact that i was here in prison. >> they don't know how to deal with it so they kind of withdraw and go there until they can sort it out for themselves. >> it helps me just knowing that, you know, i've got sisters i can lean on, someone i can talk to, someone i can share these things with. because in here, you've got to be careful who you share things with.

>> you're right. >> just about everybody. has a shorter sentence than me. and they'll have a chance to go out. if i can get them to look and see their life can be different, they can get themselves turned around. there's people out here that are hurting so bad. they didn't need to do what they did. it doesn't excuse their guilt, but they've lived some lives that will just rip your heart out. >> for jessica mcmahon, the chance at a new life is just hours away. >> you have anyone that can pick you up? >> no, i'll be riding the bus. i'm going to ride the bus to waynesville and my grandparents and my son are picking me up. that will be the first time i've seen them in a really long time. >> good luck. >> it's going to be the first time i've seen them in a very long time. thank you. >> it's going to be hard on me, but i'm happy. it's about time to go home.

>> i want you to grab your bag of property over here. i'm going to drive you to the bus station. >> i know it's job security but still, it's good when they get out and they're doing good. it's good when we hear stories that they have been out, you hear stories that they got a good job and they're doing good. >> that's all you had, right? >> yes, ma'am. >> some you can tell they won't be back. >> i know you're nervous, aren't you? >> yes. >> this is a happy day. you're going home. statistics show that while the recidivism rate for female offenders is low, it is steadily increasing nationwide. even more startling, over the past ten years, the number of female inmates has nearly doubled, making it the fastest growing prison population. that's our report. thanks for watching. i'm john seigenthaler.

america's prisons. dangerous, often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day is a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down on your feet, down! >> among the nation's most notorious institutions, san quentin state prison. our cameras spent months documenting life on the inside where gangs, drugs, and sheer boredom make up a violent mix. this is "lockup san quentin: extended stay."