msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons, into a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen, "lock up, raw." >> when our crews go into maximum security prisons across the country there's a certain dynamic we observe every time. it's the inher rent distrust between correctional officers and inmates and yet they have to work side by side every day and get along. the problem is things can go the

bad at any time. >> when our crew walked into the most notorious housing unit at the what bash valley correctional facility in indiana we met an i wasser who give a graphic xachle of how brutal the relationship between offenders and correction staff can be. >> there was a medical emergency out on one of the ranges. as i went up to the cell to inquire as to what the emergency was, i said, what's your problem, he said, you are, bitch and then spit a mouthful of blood on to me, strak radioing me on the eye, my nose, got in my mouth and my ear and all down my side here. >> wasbash valley supreme court housing unit or shu holds the prison's most dangerous inmates. >> why did you come back after that? >> you have to. you absolutely have to. if you let something like that stop you, then they win. if some of them were out on the streets i would pity anyone they came across.

>> but some inmates feel is shu only fuels their violent tendencies. >> the shul is terrible. i wouldn't wish this place on my worst enemy. >> as a shu inmate billy brown is confined to a cell. >> 24 hours sit in this cell. without communication, without contact from any other human besides officers. >> it's a windowless cell in a pod, and he said this incredible thing. he said, do you know how long it's been since i've seen a tree? >> the last time i saw a tree? oh, man, years, it's been years. years. it's been years since i saw a tree. the last time i interact we'd some people, years. >> but some of the staff here believe brown earned his shu term. serving a 40-year sentence for rape, brown landed in the shu

when he assaulted an officer at another prison. but shortly arkansas i'ving on the shu at wasbash, brown struck again. >> he get up in the morning you're doing to come in here thinking everybody is going to be okay. it's not always so. >> sergeant dan haskins was the recipient of brown's fury. >> at that time we had what we call group rec, that's where they went out to the rerks,krerks bad. what the anders wanted to do we found out later, it was all written down what they wanted to do. they wanted the staff person to come to the rec door. they were going to kill the officer. >> that day, that particular day i was frustrated. i was so frustrated. i felt that i had nowhere to turn. >> it didn't mat whole the officer was. they were going to kill him to prove a point. as a matter of fact, it was this range right here. >> me and two other white dudes were on the red pad. >> they had socks with batteries

in them, in one hand, and the homemade shanks made up inside the other. >> we came off the red pad and tried to stab a lot of police, try to stab four or five police. >> they caome out behind the stairwell swinging and swinging. they got off. the other two officers got out the side door, i didn't make it. they had me pinned. they were beating me on top of the head with a sock full of batteries. >> this officer has kins was just one of the officer there's and he was the one that oh row probably got hurt the worse. >> my two officers tried to pull me back through. the three of them were on the back side tripding to pull me back out. the tug of war began. these guys were still beating me on top of the head. finally the two officers pulled me through. >> haskins was not a target. none of the officers were the target. they was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. and they caught the wrath.

>> i reached around back like this and i felt something on my back, when i brought it back around it was blood. come to find out i got stabbed in my bag at the tug of war at the door. at the time i didn't even notice it. >> brown received an additional two years in disciplinary detention for the assault on sergeant haskins. >> billy brown's sunday, he's probably going to have to earn the opportunity to get out of that unit. however, my question to him would be, what have you learned? is it still everybody else's fault? are you still the victim or are you the one, do your own behave you that caused you to be there. >> it's not a big thing to treat me like a human. if you show me respect, i give you respect if. if you disrespect me or what i believe in, then we'll take it to the next level. >> the thing about this shu unit, out of sight, out of mind. the outside world, out of sight, out of mind. they probably don't want to know

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inmates at california state prison corcoran. they represent one of the highest concentrations of dangerous felons found anywhere. it's rare that inmates and correctional staff on this yard ever unite in a common goal. but, when a bus load of teenagers arrive during our shoot there, we witnessed one of those times. >> come on out. line up. line up. let's go. let's go. come on now. come on now. >> all these kids they brought into corcoran for the day, there is an aura of like, hey, this is going to be kind of cool. we're going to see things on the i side. you know. i'm going to see what it's really like to be a bad ass. >> the teens who have had all run-ins with the law was sent here in a crime intervention ram, reaching out, convicts to kids, roc. prison is not a place to make new friends. before entering the prison the students get a regulation welcome from the correctional

staff. >> got to come crazy with it now. >> you need to straighten up and change your attitude. >> when you're at my house, you're doing to do what i say, you understand? >> do you want to hear a little thing about a women's room? >> what? >> 25% that go into the women's dorms are either bi or lesbian. 75% come out. >> after being rmed up by correction staff they're host for the day, 23 hardened felons, 21 of whom are convicted felons. >> starting now, things are going to change a little bit for you. now you belong to us. when we hit the yard, a couple hundred inmates. talking to you. about how you look, about your hair, how they will take you and go up in you. do not respond to them. >> there's definitely a cockiness, even the girls were not scared at all. that was on the outside.

as soon as they hit that yard and they had to walk down that gauntlet of really bad ass looking guys, you know, all at theed up, you know, scars all over their face, you know, the looks on their faces completely changed. >> what we got over here? who is in my yard? >> what are you looking at? >> boy. hey [ bleep ]. >> you guys want to make the same mistakes you're making, you'll be here for life like me. >> welcome to my fantly at corcoran. >> here, kitty, kitty. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> look at this. >> [ bleep ]. >> right there. >> no, i don't know any of them but i will know them. >> you will know them, huh? >> i don't want to know is that a girl? >> do you have a broken leg? you will get aspirin if if you

have a flu, you will get aspirin. turn back and face forward. >> the students aren't in the yard very long when they learn how unpredictable life here can be. alarm signaling a major disturbance are common at corcoran. inmates who don't hit the ground risk getting taken down by staff. >> you had everybody hitting the ground. you had the correctional officers telling them what to do. everyone was yelling and screaming. and it was intense. >> yard observation officers tell you to get up, then you can get up. until then you don't move. >> get up. >> get up. >> back in order. back in order that you were at. >> it was a couple of kids that were shaking. it wasn't the field trip that they thought it was going to be.

>> i'll get you something if you need something. >> feeling a little sick. >> okay. >> all right. >> the next stop does nothing to calm nerves. the prison gymnasium has been converted into a dorm because of over-crowding. >> all right. this is the housing unit. in other words, if you get in trouble on the streets, they will find a spot for you to live. notice, when we went down there was a gunner on the yard. there's also a gunner in here. it ain't easy being in this [ bleep ] jail. whether it be over the phone calls, showers, computers, whatever it is, it's a problem in here. when you spend 365 days in a year in this [ bleep ], you're going to be stressed out. believe that. >> don't ever come back in here like this. [ bleep ]. wrong with you? >> side by side, two by two. >> do you know what that means? it means that if they need a

sexual favor, guess who's doing it. >> when the group moves into the dining hall they find something even less a tppetizing. >> that side over there is for the members companies. over here, you with white and blacks and everyone else. when you come in here you better know what side you belong to. >> this is probably the best lunch we've had all month. do you think you can starve? >> yeah. >> don't feed you. you only starve from meal to meal. >> this is not magic mountain, it's not denny's, it's not burger king. you can't have it your way. this is what you get 365 days of the year. that's what you're going to get right here. >> can i get one of you to call my mother and tell her i still love her? >> all right. backs against the wall. >> right now this is part of the survival tactic it is in prison.

can i came up to him, you and i had a problem and i wanted you, what am i going to do? i'm going to get you where it ain't too much attention at, right? your back off the wall, you looking out here thinking this gate has been open. i come up behind you. put something in your back. what you going to do? what are you going to do? you ain't going to do nothing. you don't lay down right then and you're going the bleed right there. you're going to bleed to death. what's your best friend? exactly. having your back on the wall. >> the next stop is a standard two-man cell. >> hey, fool, man, what the [ bleep ] doorstop. what the hell is wrong with you? >> see how small this cell is. two grown men in here, not very much room. >> you don't get up in the middle of the night and flush that toilet like that. if i'm sleeping i'm going to get up in your ass. >> suddenly, the visit takes an unexpected turn. >> [ bleep ]. you bad. come on. bring your ass home. come on, [ bleep ]. what's happening?

>> there was some wise ass kid who was just making cracks and one big inmate who saw it out of the corner of his eye decided he was going to make an example out of this kid. he gave him the riot act. >> do you think you can handle somebody like me, partner? huh? come on, [ bleep ]. it's me and you now. what are you going to do? get in there. >> what he thought it was a harmless joke earns this 17-year-old some unwanted attention. >> what's wrong with you, man? why can't you get your act straight. >> said i wanted to pick out my cell. and that guy was like, it was just a joke. i just thought it out loud. i guess they heard or something. >> what you coming to prison for today, homey? you're obviously doing something wrong? >> they volunteered me to come. >> who volunteered you? >> my probation officer. >> why? >> i stole a car and joyrided. went to boot camp. >> you better ready for this. >> i don't think i'm ready, either. so that's like -- i don't even plan on trying to like get

locked up anymore. >> we casical basically said th thing, we're not going to come to prison. look where we are now. that's all it take, man, one mistake. >> i how many? >> what do the gang do for you? give me one good thing the gang do for you, your gang? >> back you up. >> for what? >> when you have a problem, they're there, you know? >> after seven hours, the visit is nearing its end. but the inmates have some parting words. >> you're a grown man. you're 18 years old. you got to take responsibility. >> i don't know. to tell you the truth, i don't know. >> you're like a puppy right now. you're just a puppet on a string. >> hollering at me all day and i didn't even do nothing. >> they tell me a lot of things. like think before you act. there's always consequences for every decision you make. >> when i went in i was like -- i was scared.

i was like, man, they're talking [ bleep ]. but it's all right, though, because i'm coming out. they're in there. >> some of these kids are very bright. very bright. and some of them, you just can't get to. and some of them is going to be in corcoran. coming up on "lock up, raw" -- >> when they sentenced me to death 23 years ago, i thought i was going to be dead before five years is up. >> an unlikely friendship blossoms on death row. yes. but you're progressive and they're them. -yes. -but they're here. -yes. -are you... -there? -yes. -no. -are you them? i'm me. but the lowest rate is from them. -yes. -so them's best rate is... here. so where are them? -aren't them here? -i already asked you that. -when? -feels like a while ago. want to take it from the top? rates for us and them. now that's progressive. call or click today.

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relationship with these people and allow them to be your friend. it's either going to be social or anti-social. >> on death row, friendships have a way of ending shortly after midnight. >> i was charmged with murder ad robbery and burglary and theft. >> we met mark during his 23rd year on death row at indiana state prison. at age 20 he was convicted of killing a 65-year-old woman who had volunteered at the homeless shelter where he wassive willing. in his confession to police he admitted to stabbing her 26 times during the robbery. >> when they sentenced me to death 23 years ago i thought -- i thought i was going to be dead before five years was up. that didn't happen and instead men i've known for 20 years go in front of me, that's been hard. >> over the years, wisehart

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i think that's pretty cool. >> do you think that nopps has any idea that she's in prison? >> well, i know she's aware that she's in a place with a lot of loud noises. she's kind of skittish sometimes. i didn't know if i wanted to bring a cat into a place like this, where she was going to have to be restrained. a cat likes to move around and wander and explore and she can't really do that that much here. but i think she knows i love her and that's a trade-off, i guess. >> hey, how is the cat? >> good. >> is she shy? >> shy. >> that's okay. >> prison warden ed bust told us why he felt the feline adoption program was beneficial for inmates likewisehart. >> segregated offenders tend to have higher rate of suicide. they tend to develop mental illness quicker on this offenders who are walking around in open population.

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