a first time inhate says he must turn to violence to avoid being a victim. >> i was trying to keep them from ganging up on me. >> patrick le sullivan wanted to kill his victim and an alleged witness. >> i was consumed by fear that if i didn't do something now i could do 30 years.

>> he calls me wife. i let him do that. >> a female inmate attacks another during church services. >> the eastern end of long island is best knowner for the hamptons, the beach front retreat for wealthy new yorkers. the area's family owned vine yards and farps contribute to the gourmet men queues of local restaurants. but in riverhead --

>> commissary! >> the limited dining options have are grown smaller. >> i told everybody no more franks and beans. they are done. >> war you suggesting is this. filet mig non? open the door. >> this is one of two jails operated by the suffolk county sheriff office. each houses more than 700 inmates who depend on commissary snacks to supplement three meals a day provided to them. >> they will buy anything for a dollar. that's wie cup cakes for 60 cents we can't keep on the shelf. >> most are only charged and are awaiting the resolution of their cases is. >> sleeping? >> you know you're old when the guy doesn't know who monty hall is.

>> >> this is morgan free man. there you go: >> he's not a day over 83. >> they are assigned to commissary distribution. >> big seller. honey buns, big. giving back to the people. >> give it back to the people. dropping in price. give it back to the people. >> big seller. iced honey buns. can't keep them on the shelf. 75 cents. good product. price. >> commissary day is usually one of the better days for inmates here. food is considered a commodity. in jail, commodities lead to trouble. curly says the inmate workers in charge of distributing jail meals have been withholding some of his. he's had enough. surveillance cameras capture his retaliation. >> hey!

break it up. get on the ground. hands behind your back. cross your legs. >> he complies with orders and tries to explain the reason for the attack. >> >> all they do is disrespect mement i'm tired of that. i'm down here making my food and he took it. throwing up gang signs. >> officers return them to their cells. he's being held on charges including first-degree rape to which he pled not guilty and is awaiting trial. this is his first stay in jail. >> you hurt in any way? >> no, sir.

it was not worth it. i'm tired of them trying to gang up on me. sometimes i don't get bread in the morning. i'm tired of that. >> try not to let it bother you. it's a bunch of kids that want to be gang bangers one day. most probably won't make it to their 21st birthday because of the attitude or mouth. something will get them if trouble and the get hurt, if not killed. >> he's struck up a friendship with his neighbor pat rick sullivan. in an unrelated case o'sullivan is also charged with rape along with burglary and criminal use of a firearm. he, too, pled not guilty. >> keeper your head low. you don't want to be written up. it will affect your good type, where today send you. everything you do ear will follow you up statement. >> he's helping me keep my head up more. i have been here 50 days now.

i have never been locked up before. >> he's been here two years now awaiting trial. >> if found dwil ti on every charge i'm facing a maximum of 55 years to life. in regards to the case, it's mostly on hold. you know. we're waiting for a different form of evidence be brought up in hearings and stuff. i'll probably be here for another year. >> o'sullivan says on the night of the alleged crimes he and a friend planned to burglarize a home they knew to be unoccupied because the residents were out of town but o'sullivan said he never left the car. >> i was drinking in mier car. i got nervous. i was like, i'll take a x anax. i was feeling better, took another. one after another.

i blacked out. woke up in my girlfriend's basement. >> authorities tell a different story. they say he not only broke into the home but when he encountered a female house sitter he raped her. >> you said you blacked out. how can you be sure you didn't commit the crimes is. >> i can't say i didn't go in the house. i don't remember anything in the house. i can't say i didder or didn't. >> it's possible you could have committed the crimes? >> yes. you know, i believe anything is possible. >> as serious as the charges are that brought o'sullivan to jail it's the new crimes he's been charged with in jail that have the potential to put him away forever. coming up -- >> prosecutor said o'sullivan instructeded that the witness's body be buried so he could dig it up later, cut off the man's head and send it to his fan for

the holidays. >> a deadly plot allegedly hatched by patrick o'sullivan makes the news. and -- >> that which society rejects, god lifts up. >> the fur flies if catholic mass.

this nun has been a full this nun has been a full time chaplain for 20 years. today she's preparing for mass.

it says you need not be catholic to attend. because people who ho come into jail. especially first timers, everything is taken away. liberty, clothes and everything. we are here to help them keep their head up, so to speak. keep their head up during the time of their incarceration. >> will we see you at church? be ready around 2:00. god bless. hello. you don't have much light. you be the light. >> the light tomorrow. >> god bless you. >> thank you. i need it, too. >> i try to encourage them to give them hope that this is not the end of the world and what happened this the past doesn't have the to continue. >> angela says she's not sure about that.

>> i'm not ready to do confession. i'm scared that i go hope and do bad again. >> well. how do you feel about what you did already? >> i don't feel that guilty. >> okay. maybe we need to talk. >> i'm totally honest with sisterer my which he will. she knows all about he. why are you going to at confessions and start selling drugs. >> this doesn't look like a bright future for you. why is this. >> i'm just accustomed to it. i like money. i love money. i love the feeling of it. i love the feeling of being in control. money talks. [ bleep ] walks. >> i believe in one god. >> carerri is serving 45 days for possession of a controlled substance. she's resistant to confession but frequently attends mass.

>> i cop to church when i come to jail to get off the floor, get out of here, have peace of mind and try to connect with god. you know, get some blessings. >> that which society rejects god lifts up. >> sittinging ethics to her is ashley la barber who said she attends mass every chance she gets. >> i'm really not into church. i go down there really to mingle, kind of. >> la barbara serving three months for a variety of drug possessions and driving violations says she comes to mingle with one inmate in particular, her girlfriend, heather. located just across the aisle. >> i have been with heather for three years off and on. it's not just a jail relationship. we have been through a lot, me and her. >> body of christ. >> as the service nears the end and the deacon offers communion, surveillance cameras capture

heather crossing the aisle toward her girlfriend and angela. she lungs at carreri. >> heather! the sergeant pulls verden away and takes her to the ground. >> back up. back off. >> another officer and cuffs her system. >> sit down. >> as soon as verden is on her feet she lunges again. >> heather, stop. >> stand up. >> she's removed from the chapel and escorted to a segregation cell. >> ow! my wrist. >> lie down. >> officers cancel the service and instruct the inmates to return to housing units. >> i think this is heather's. >> i noticed one girl talking so

i went over to calm her down and said please don't look on the other side. there must be something between them. i don't know about it. >> that might have been going on. >> it was a girl from this side that came over and instigated everything. i don't know if she started it because of something else. >> she was cuffed and was still going after her. >> yeah. >>er carreri believes the reason for the attack was misguided. >> in mass a young lady thought i was befriending her girlfriend. she got upset. i don't know. i'm not into girls. i have a boyfriend. she thought i was too close to her girlfriend, obviously. she got upset with me. >> i was sitting there. hi girlfriend was across from me, heather. i had ang next to me who had an arp over me and was antagoniing heather. >> she said eff you to mement i

blew a kiss. that flamed her. that was basically bring it on type of thing. then she snapped. i knew she was going to. she kept saying that. she said i'm going to flip [ bleep ] out. >> verden is serving ten months on petty larceny. she said she was caught stealing clothing and jewel ary to purchase drugs. >> i wanted to beat her up. i was defending myself in a way. she instigated the situation. >> how did she instigate? >> she sat there making comments to me and started blowing kisses to many me. just aggravated me. >> it's not a good look. >> coming up -- >> this was catholic services? >> yes.

>> heather answers to authorities. and -- >> this this man, dangerous, dangerous man is going to be in jail for a long type. >> the the district attorney says patrick o'sullivan is not only guilty of rape but a murder for hire flot.

long island suffolk county is known for its beautiful beaches. the town of riverhead, inmates at the county jail can't hear the crash of the waves but they can at least soak in the sun. >> life on long island. though she's on lock down status in the box heather will be permitted an hour a day on the yard as wellment most of the time she will be locked inside a single-person cell on a tier along other inmates with the same status. >> you get lonely in here. you don't have contact with anybody really. it's just you and the box. i feel like eventually i will

get used to it after a little bit. it's not something i really want to be useded to. >> verdon got in trouble a day earlier in the chapel. she crossed the aisle and lunged at angela because she felt angela was flirting with her girlfriend. >> it's not that common something happens at a catholic mass. things i have to consider reacting to is the 83-year-old priest in the world, the nun of 50 years that's in the room as whole as the safety. even after she was taken to the ground and cuffed verdon lungeed at carreri again. >> in this case she still wanted

to go. >> verdon has yet to sign up for the anger management programs. >> how do you plead? guilty, not guilty, guilty with an explanation. >> guilty. >> she's in a disciplinary hearing where they will determine how much time on lock down status she'll receive. >> now the sergeant told you to stop. even grabbed you when you pulled away and continued to go after the girl. why didn't you listen at that point? >> i don't have an answer for that. i was just in rage. went back after the girl. >> okay. this was catholic services? yes. >> all right. we're going to have you wait for the elevator for a few minutes.

>> now they will determine her sanctions. >> she didn't actually assault her, but it was attempted. >> absolutely. >> it was absolutely there. given the serious area thinking about pumping it up to 35 days versus the generic 20. orders to stop resisting, >> yes. >> with the decision made verdon is back in her cell on lock down status. >> i'm all right with 55 day ifs the box. better than i expected. it's going to be tough but gives me time to myself.

>> patrick o'sullivan lives under similar restrictions but not for dispolytheir reasons. he's in protective custody and is confined to his cell 22 hours a day for his own safety. >> it's not like being home. cook food or go see my friends or go to the beach. you can appreciate the small things in life. >> o'sullivan has been in jail for two years awaiting trial for charges including first-degree rape. accused six offenders are in p.c. because they are targeted for violence. o'sullivan's alleged actions in jail made hip well phone. prosecutors charged him with two new counts of conspiracy to commit murder. >> this conspiracy charge and

all the other inmates this jail see it in the newspaper and on the news. he becomes even more high profile. >> prosecutors say the murder for hire plot was hatched behind bars at the suffolk jail. accused rapist patrick o'sullivan wanted to kill his alleged victim and a witness. the 21-year-old sought the help of an unidentified inhate who was about to be released from jail. the the notes quoted hip as saying without a vic statement the d.a.'s case would lose power. as long as you get that done i should be gucci. he sent traditional letterers. in one prosecutors said o'sullivan instructed the witness's body be buried so he could dig it up later, cut off the man's head and send it to his family for the holidays. the plot never materialized.

his hit man cut a deal with prosecutors and turned informant. >> this man -- dangerous man is going to be in jail for a long time. >> other inmates influenced him to cop up with a plan. at the time i wasn't thinking straight. i was icon sense of humored by fear that if i didn't do something now i could do 30 years. come back and caused a lot of problems. >> he's plet not guilty to the new conspiracy charges based partly on his assertion that another inmate helped write the letters but during his stay in jail o'sullivan did something that turned heads every bit as much as his alleged murder for hire plot. >> i met a guy here.

i guess you could say we were good friends at first. i'm not sure exactly how it evolved to the point that we decided to get married. >> coming up. >> i love you. >> love you. >> we just had our one-year marriage anniversary. it's going strong. >> the former presidenter inmate patrick o'sullivan mar ied inside the suffolk county jail.

now back to "lock up".

out on eastern long island, officers rerely on teams to manage the inmates inside the two jail facilities. one team here may be more bonded than most. >> commissary! pinocchio. >> the officers run the jail commissary together. >> sleeping? er what are you doing? >> jose or hose b? >> we work so well together. we need each other. that's it. we need each other. right is this. >> if you could have fun at work, how nice is that? >> name? >> placente. >> placenta? >> ten years?

>> you, a hundred. >> feels like a hundred. i have been doing commissary since my 24th year, i believe. >> the king of commissary. >> i'm the guy. >> >> commissary forged a friendship between two officers. >> i can't take you no more. >> can't take me though more? >> all right. >> can't take me no more. >> i can't take you no more. >> sometimes it bonds inmates who will combine purchases to make a jailhouse pot luck. >> that big pile is hien over there. word. >> that's a welcome change for curly. he was recently transferred to a new housing unit after attacking an inmate he said was withholding meals from him. the fight could land him in segregation after staff completes the investigation. for now he's happy with the new accommodations. >> no issues here? >> no.

i like it here. i like my new friends, new environment. it's good. nice and quiet. >> it's less quiet this the female lock down unit. >> this is the box where are the bad girls come. we wear red and white. they let us out for half an hour to wash our butts and use the phone. the phone is on the other side. they make it difficult for us tole call our families. >> nunez is heather verdon's new neighbor. >> 55 days? >> i know. it didn't make it good that i did it in church , you know? >> didn't i tell you? in the house of the lord will. >> you told me. >> you'll be all right, baby girl. >> verdon said she's used some time in the box to write the to her girlfriend ashley about the role she might have played to provoke her to lunge. >> i wrote her a nine-page letter about how she -- it was [

bleep ] up what happened. it could have been prevented. if she seen i was mad and then tried to play, like, oh, i was laughing because i was nervous. i have known you how many years >> she was mad that i was laughing which is something i do when i get nervous. i smile or laugh. so supposedly i antagonized her alsoment that i was entertaining it. >> while verdon is on lock down status la barbara is next door to the person who admitted to taunting her. >> it happens in jail. this high school back and forth with the drama and girlfriends. >> it's petty. >> very petty. it just got blown up for nothing. >> you were being petty, too. >> i was. but it was funny.

it was funny all in the same time. it wasn't supposed to be like get serious, you know? come on. we're in church. >> i know. >> she took it way too seriously. i regret that i did that. i'm sorry, boo. do you still love me? >> a little bit. you're all right. >> can i get a handshake? >> you're okay. >> all right. i love you. >> you're a lot to deal with. >> i i know. i do like to antagonize people. i know i'll get away with it. >> carreri is serving 45 days for possession of a controlled substance. she admits to earning her living dealing drugs and said she plans to do so again when released. >> when you have money you can do anything. i set my own rules. when i sell drugs i feel in control of the situation.

what i do and what i plan to do next. no one can tell me otherwise. >> still, carr are eri said she feels bad for taunting verdon in front of sister michelle and has asked to explain herself system ashley is heather's girlfriend. i jumped in it. you know. >> it got to a boil point. >> yeah. i blew some kisses because she cursed at me. >> all right. let's put that aside for let's put that aside for now. how long have you been here? >> almost 30 days is. >> do you have children? >> two. >> two girls, 8 and 10. >> did you lose custody of them? >> i did. >> totally? >> i do have some rights. i can see them supervised. >> how cothey react when you see them? >> they miss me. >> of course.

the big question is how much longer do you want to keep living like this ? because you're really not living. >> i feel like i'm going the to go into the street and do the same thing. >> what's the same thing? >> selling drugs, being reckless, driving recklessly. >> angela, do you love yourself? >> not -- >> not if you need other people to say you're okay. >> mm-hmm. >> all right. there is only one person you need to it will you that you're okay. >> that's myself. >> besides yourself. >> god? >> mm-hmm. >> i'm concerned about her, what she's going to do when is she leaves here. i could pray only at this point for the best for her. they have to want it. a change in their life and work at it ard . there is always hope. angela, hope.

>> refreshing. gave me knowledge. make money. drug this is the car, not caring. suspended license. >> what do you think the chances are of changing when you walk out the door on tuesday? >> slim to none. >> coming up -- >> coming through. >> we have a guy down. >> curly was receiving he is medication. he punched an inmate in the face and refused to stop. >> more troubles for curly. >> i can't breathe. this mace is killing me. >> and -- >> the o'sullivan wedding was the first gay wedding we had at

the jail. >> accused rapist patrick o'sullivan. >> hey, babe. how you doing. >> gets a visit from his spouse. >> as attraction to males, this is all very new to me.

inside the suffolk county jail's riverhead facility, curly received to days of segregation for starting a fight with an inmate worker he said was withholding meals from him. now surveillance cameras capture ed him in the white t-shirt attacking another inmate. >> coming through. >> we have a guy down. >> officers deployed pepper spray to subdue tuter and leetd

him to a cell. >> he was receiving medication. punched an inmate in the face and refused to stop. he was sprayed, resisted the officers a little bit. >> spit in my cell. so i put hands on him. that's what you have to do. fight to survive sometimes. i can't breathe right now. this mace is killing me. >> tut's former neighbor patrick o'sullivan is enjoying fresher air outside for his one hour of daily recreation. >> this is one place we can get all our pent-up frustration out and a little bit of physical exercise. >> unlike tut, o'sullivan largely asoidedded problems during the two years he's been in jail awaiting trial. when he did get into trouble it was big trouble. already charge ed with first-degree rape he received

new charges of conspiracy to commit murder for trying to hire another inmate to kill his alleged victim and a witness. >> the worst part is the trees. they are like the same trees the this my backyard at home. for the first couple of hos it didn't bother me. the more you see it, the more you want to be home. it gives you something to fighter for with your case. you can't give up is. >> now with the stigma of we being an accused six offender and a high profile one he's under security every time he moves between the yard and the cell. as a protective custody inmate he spends most of the day in his cell where he's teaching himself architectural drawing. >> laying out the basic floor lay outs for the master bedroom, guest rooms. 2500 square foot. started as a ranch design where one floor, nothing like that. i talked to alfons. he wants multiple floors.

so i add add basement and a sec floor. >> alfons is a former inmate who met sullivan. >> who are you visiting? >> patrick o'sullivan. >> we talked about everything. very emotional at times. i gave him back massages. we bonded quickly. >> at the time his last name was different. after he is release it became o'sullivan when he and patrick got married. >> he calls me wifey. it's cute. i let him do that. i am the wife in this situation. >> new york state law allowed inmates the right to marry for decades. when the state adopted gay marriage that applied to inmates as well. >> the o'sullivan wedding was the first we had at the jail because the law changed. >> officer macdonald over seas all suffolk county weddings

which last five minutes anded allow for two outside guests. >> patrick's mother came and was a witness. it was similar to every other wedding we do. two guys, yeah. girl guy, guy, girl, a wedding is a wedding. >> we exchanged rings. hug and a kiss. everybody went on their way. i went back to my floor. >> hey, babe. >> how are you? >> okay. >> i miss you. >> i miss you, too. >> love you. >> i love you. >> despite orying a man o'sullivan doesn't identify as gay and says he only dated women prior to meeting alfons. >> i guess i'm bi-curious. >> we just recently had our one year marriage anniversary. it's going strong. it's hard at times. the for better or worse. unfortunately we have to do the worse before the better. people question my relationship with him. i'm one to make my own decisions.

i know we are truly in love. if we could get through this, we can get through anything. >> what do they question about the relationship? >> if patrick was using me. but he's not. >> did you handle it with the t-shirts so i can bring new ones in? >> yeah. >> they'll be clear? >> they should be. >> o'sullivan suggested that he only married a man to help his rape defense. >> claiming gay as a reason for not being involved with the rape of a female. i have a lengthy history with only females. trying to take like an insanity defense without being insane. >> i ran out of commissary. i didn't tell my dad anything. >> should i call him? >> no. >> he's coming tomorrow to drop off money and for a visit. >> it's a situation i don't understand at this point. there was just some sort of attraction or another.

with my current situation being the way it was, i decided it could be good to have somebody watching my back beid sides my family. somebody who was willing to fight for me. >> it's a hard situation. yes, i know there is going to be people out there that will be like, what are you doing? i know what i'm doing. i'm 36. i love patrick. he loves me. we'll stay strong and keep moving on. >> is there any sexual relationship between the two of you is this. >> yes. system to some degree. not fully. we didn't have privacy. we had sop interaction. nothing outrageous. little kissing, touching, nothing crazy. >> as attraction this is new to me.

>> he says he's aware of the impact a guilty verdict could have on their lives. >> he's innocent until proven guilty. that's all i can say to that. it's a concern. i don't say it's not. see you next week. >> drive safe when you go home. >> love you. earlier on i said i'm the love with him. he loves me. we'll get through this and move forward. coming up. >> he can't keep his hands to himself.

>> curly face as new set of restrictions. >> i don't walk out of jail, i run.

curly's stay at the suffolk county jail has been harked by violence. the disciplinary board gave tut 20 days on lock down status for fighting he said was retaliation for having his food stolen from him. >> he doesn't get along well. >> officials say when tut officiated another fight they decided to the take drastic steps. he was given 60 days on lock the down, placed on cuff and shackle status. >> they are handcuffed with a belt around their waist and shackles which go around the ankles.

it's a slow pace. keeps them at a slow pace, able for us to keep them from assaulting anybody else. >> got to copy law stuff. stay on top of the game. >> tut is allowed weekly trips to the law library and an hour a day of outdoor recreation but with a restriction. >> you go to the yard this a little cage. you can't be in the yard with everybody else. this is my first time experience with this. >> one week later angela would be saying good-bye to the restrictions of jail. she completed her 45-day sentence for possession of a controlled substance. >> it's a day of free dom, of recognition, a day of power. >> love you. >> see you on the street. >> i'll see you. >> i will pick up my head and walk out of here with pride. it's hard to say good-bye. we get close with the females.

>> my cousins. >> your cousins from another mother. >> we become sisters, mothers, cousins, aunts, you know. like family now. >> don't cry. >> you cool? >> i'm cool. don't cry. okay? >> i am not getting busted. >> all right. >> i got you when you come home, babe. >> love you. >> love you, too. >> one good-bye is reserved for her former neighbor ashley la barbara. the woman carreri was next to in church when heather verdon attempted to attack carreri. >> my boo. gay for the stay, they say. >> i i'm going to miss you. stay in touch, okay. make sure you do the programs and with a they have to offer

you and be honest. all right? >> love you. >> be good. >> i don't normally walk out. i run. i do run as fast as possible off the grounds and into my neighborhood. first thing i plan the to do is run straight to my house and take a shower, go get my nails done. get prettied up. get back to the streets. get back to my people. it looks like it's going to be fun this time. >> here you go. not going to walk out with a wife beater on. you can put that on. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> it's a matter of respect and her walking through the building, you know, completely exposed. there's going to be other inmates, male inmates. to put her out there i don't think is fair. we'll give her new clothing and let her leave respectfully. >> angela, how does it feel?

>> feels great to put on real sneakers. some jordans. >> just look in the mirror. >> even as she processes out of jail it could be a short time until she's back again. >> possibly an hourer or two before i get back on hi feet and do what i do best. >> which is? >> sell drugs. super excited to go home and get off the property. run out of here. just want to go. >> here's your property with your letter of incarceration. >> thank you very much. >> good luck to you. >> thank you. all right. oh, my god. fresh air. >> if you had a magic wand what would your life look like? >> me married with children with the same man. white picket fence. a good job, stability in the home.

no arrests. no drugs. out of here. >> every choice you make is the on set of that. >> yes.

due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. it just comes from my imagination. just whatever i imagine, i can put on the paper. >> an inmate with incredible artistic abilities is charged with a terrible and tragic crime. while another inmate's seeming obsession with jail food causes problems. >> he's hungry. he doesn't see anything but the food. whatever's in his way, he will try to go through to get to it. >> and -- >> we both kind of agreed on this open relationship type of deal.