/s 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 makeup a violent mix. this is lock up san quentin, extended stay.

in america's prisons, violence is a way of life. san quentin, the oldest prison in california, has one of the longest histories of violence. >> there's fist fights going on. there's guys getting beat up pretty good. >> whether it's an inmate fresh off the street. >> i refuse to be disrespected by anybody. >> a gang drop out in protective custody. >> i was out a couple days ago. >> or an officer trying to maintain order. >> he was going for the jugular, but he just missed. >> they've all fallen victim to violent attacks. in the three months we were at san quentin, we saw our fair share. >> i pray i don't die for the wrong people. >> administrative segregation otherwise known as add sag, is a unit reserved for the worst of

the worst offend erdos at san quentin. >> it's a place where they need to be if they need to be separated from the general population. >> add sag inmates live in single man cells are on lock don for 23 hours a day, and escorted by officers for all moves. >> [ bleep ] san quentin mario. >> darrell samuels is being housed in the carson section of add sag for an assault on an officer. >> hey, dude, what's up. don't step on my foot. hey, be cool. >> all right. i was breaking in cars in the projects back in the days and i got caught when i was nine years old. after that it's been hell from there. i kept going to group homes and kept running from group homes, ended up in ya.

got a gun charge. went to county jail. got out for that. got another gun charge. got sentenced to the pen tensionery, got out now. got violations for a gun. never had a positive influence. my influence was the streets. that's all i knew. i figured that was the right way so i went that way and that's what i did. >> samuels wants to turn his life around for the sake of his son. he doesn't want his boy to grow up without a father like he did. >> that's my life right there. that's all i have to live for. that's who i think about all the time. i want to straighten my life out for him because i ain't never had no dad even though my dad would have been good to me because he was. he fell victim to the streets. i'm not trying to be the same. i don't want him growing up like me. i have to be there for him. that's the only thing i'm thinking about now. i ain't doing nothing right for him. people ain't going to forget.

even if i try to straighten my life up. be living in the same environment, somebody come and kill you. people don't forget because you're doing good -- it don't take away the hurt that you caused people. you can die. that's what's going to happen if you're out there in the streets. so, i have to leave. that's the only thing that's going to help me. >> samuels along with the other add sag inmates is given only one hour of yard time each day. most of which is spent talking about what they all have in common, serving time. >> we're supposed to. >> i'm supposed to get out next -- i see next week, right? >> but since it's an assault on a peace officer, i don't know if they're going to let me go back or ship me out. your program next month. >> they have me here for transfer. i'm a lonely dude trying to go home to his family. you know how it goes, cuz. they going to try to ship you out, too? >> i don't know what they're going to do. >> we don't get no respect, no justice. you feel me?

>> [ bleep ]. >> that's my home boy little d. you know what [ bleep ]. i can't explain it. you feel me? it's just, you know, we have a lot in common. that's just my young dude. we both came from the same area. we had the same up bringing. we have the same traits and everything. he's different from the rest, man. i think if he had an opportunity, he'll excel better than a lot of others. >> while interviewing inmate scott, a fight breaks out on the basketball court. and in the time it took us to turn around and capture what happened, like most prison fights, it was already over. >> little d got into a fight.

>> sergeant thompson and his investigate i. services unit arrives on the scene to piece together what just transpired. and although it appears that samuels is the aggressor, both he and the injured inmate will be investigated over the next few weeks and possibly brought up on battery charges. >> we confirm it was a weapon oor not a weapon? >> last confirmed it was not. >> blunt trauma? all right. >> these two guys got into a fist fight right over here and supposedly the victim was knocked out for a few seconds. >> if charged with battery on an inmate, samuels could find himself stuck in add sag and adding up to a year on his sentence, meaning more time away from his son.

coming up next on "lockup" extended stay, an inmate is battered inside protective custody. >> we believe you may have been the victim of a battery. >> and now his life is in jeopardy. >> you just don't feel like saying nothing, you know? >> what is this working for? >> and later, a gang drop out reveals weapons secrets to an officer. >> pop it, it will shoot out of there out of velocity. he's the one. (vo)...it was meant to be. and love always keeps you safe. we're fine. (vo) love is why we built a car you can trust. now and for a long time to come. the all-new subaru impreza sedan and five-door. a car you can love no matter what road you're on. the subaru impreza. more than a car, it's a subaru.

we've got three things to fight for, your name, your word and respect. they'll fight for it or kill for it. >> gang violence is endemic in san quentin, even sny where gang

vie lentz are drop outs. >> it's a sensitive needs yard. it used to be called protective custody. it's an area inmatsz can be housed that have safety concerns. they're either gang drop outs, they've been identified by the inmate population by informants. they have sex crimes in their past, things like that. they still have that predatory mentality. just being a protective custody type guy, sensitive needs type guy doesn't make them a good guy. there's absolutely gangs in sny. there are fist fights, guys getting beat up pretty good. >> i have sufficient grounds to keep you in s.a. >> lieutenant munoz is called in to investigate after an attack. most like a gang-related attack. >> we believe you may have been a victim of a battery. and until we find out who the assailant or assailants are -- okay. you're in security. >> all right. >> we place them in segregation

for his own protection until we find out who battered him. it's got to be more than one person. because numerous bruises he had and the two black eyes, it just appeared to me, it would have happened outside of the cell where he would have been assaulted in a blind spot. >> lieutenant munoz must investigate the incident despite lack of cooperation from the victim who fears being labelled a rat. >> it's not easy to find out. i just don't feel like saying nothing, you know? >> at this point we have no knowledge as to who did it or why. you go from one gang, go to a drop out and you form another gang. so, it just doesn't seem to end. >> these people in here, they want you to do something for them. i rather take care of mine and handle my business, see my

family one day, you know? >> when you come to prison it's still our obligation to protect you no matter what. the department's view about gangs is to disassemble them. get those individuals to drop out, tell on each other because we gain better control of our population. it's an ongoing process that never stops. >> let's go, gentlemen. come on. >> i'm in protective custody because i'm a drop out. dropping out means tell. it means you give up everything to secure a place over here. if you try to fake a debrief, they'll find out and put you at the back of the list and drop you back another five to seven years. there's a lot of people just like me, involved in drug

trafficking, involved in assaults, involved with any type of violence you can possibly think of to get in prison. i was that bad as dude and i wanted to be so my hand was raised for anything, anything meaning any type of business that needed to be taken care of, my hand was up for it. my tatoos, i have a lot and i have some -- i have some that actually are hits inside of prison. lightning bolts are for hits on the inside of the left arm. like this right here are a hit on a black or mexican. >> how did you get those? >> somebody -- i have a swastikas on my stomach i have another hit for. i tried to cover it up after i dropped out. that was for somebody high desert. i stabbed a crip in high desert. with me having those tatoos, if you were somebody looking toward me in prison, you have to respect that. that also sends a message that

you probably don't want to mess with that individual because you're subject to it, too. >> listen up. all pine section williams, one, kirkpatrick, 2al pine 24. >> since dropping out of his gang in '99, he has been charged with two separate counts of in-cell violence. stabbing one and cutting another one's throat. >> that's an issue right there. >> the biggest one i've had. >> speedy is meeting with counselor gray to discuss a possible transfer and his behavior. the sessions are standard procedure for all protective custody inmates. >> you have life, so you have a life sentence now. you have 234 points. >> it went down. >> so, then, the life of crime starts escalating. still level 4, and you have your mandatory score of 19 that still

will stick for your life sentence. you're free while you're in here or down on the program period will be good because you don't need any other, you know, disciplinary problems. because you know that just adds up. >> what was my last write up, do you have it in here? >> let me check. >> 115? >> it was 2002. have you done anything recently? >> no. how about before that? >> you have a string of them. i don't think we should go through all of that. >> there's a lot, though. >> yeah. >> okay, all right. >> all right, thank you. >> in the past five years speedy has refrained from any acts of violence and changed his outlook on life in prison. >> going through that whole process is my reward. i get to come back into what we call society, our society here.

this is free for me. this is the only thing i've got coming. i had to go through a whole hill of a lot to get here. >> when i knew him i knew he was racist. whatever had him like that, angry, right now he's grown a lot. speedy is not like that no more, you know what i mean? he's got life so he basically has to fight for his to get back. >> next on "lockup" extended stay, officer deed investigates the fight on the basketball court. >> i tell you it was self-defense. >> speedy shows how plastic coffee lids can have more than one purpose in prison. >> i'm making a weapon. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our hearts racing as one.

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and michael edwards are being held for the fist fight they had on the basketball court. officer deed is the investigator who will talk with the inmates and determine who started the fight. >> we have certainly behavioral patterns they must abide by according to title 15 governed by the directive. when they violate this, they are written a violation report. 115, and once it's written, the inmate is logged, served, and is heard by a hearing lieutenant. i'm serving inmate edwards at 115, inmate samuels 115, they had a fist fight friday on the yard, 30th of march. they've both been charged with battery of an inmate. one inmate received serious injuries. it's a serious 115, a-15.

they could lose a year of credit earned. when i go out there i talk to the individual like i would talk to you right now. we'll go through this paperwork and see what happens. >> you want it right now? also disciplinary officer for carson section, i have a 115 for you for the fight you had on the yard the other day. you're charged with battery on an inmate with serious injuries. referral offense. if you're found guilty of that, you have to forfeit 360 days. being that you're in locked up, add seg, you have an investigative employee. anybody you want to investigate? >> anybody on the yard -- i don't know their names. i really don't. if you could find out for me. i don't know their last names. they wouldn't tell you that it was self-defense. >> what i'm going to do is go and look at the yard and see who

is out there that day, right, and ask them the questions you want me to ask them. was it self-defense or did you swing first. >> he swung on me first. the whole yard seen it. >> and i'll give you a copy of the report once it's typed. all right? >> all right. >> see you in a little bit. >> all right. >> what i'm going to do right now, right, i have to get the yard list from the officer so i'll know who to question. and i'll ask the individuals did edwards swing on him first. >> friday was the 30th. right here, willie. >> just give me the house and the name. >> officer alejo locates inmates on the yard officer deed must question. d >> due process, he has the

right, to have witnesses to be called, tell his side of the story and present witnesses like we would do in court. same thing. going up to the hospital. second floor. >> before officer deed meets with samuels' witnesses, he meets with edwards who is still recovering from the incident in the infirmary. >> i'm officer deed. disciplinary officer from carson hospital and donner session. i have a 115 for you for the fight you had on the yard the other day. charge is battery on the inmate. this is the a, offense carries the maximum time of 360 day forfeiture of the credit. >> it says here that i harmed somebody. who did i harm? >> the individual you were fighting with, supposedly fighting with. >> is he in the infirmary? >> no, he's not. >> oh, see. >> do you want to have an investigative employee or

anybody make any statements? >> no. >> no? >> just the employee that was working up there that day. >> he's going to be at the hearing. >> say what he saw. >> any other questions? >> that's it. >> all right. >> thank you. >> hey, jayme, what happened was, man, i went to see edwards, he's up at the hospital. he doesn't look too good. he kept facial lacerations. the only person he wants at the hearing the reporting officer, the gunman. that's the only person he wants there. he doesn't want nobody investigated. that's it on that. however, samuels wants somebody investigated. i'm going to go out there and get these guys on the tier. >> first 227. >> 227? >> samuels is being charged with

battery on an inmate, right? he wanted me to ask you what did you see? >> i didn't see nothing. i was on the -- all i seen when i looked to the side, all i heard was officer get down. the dude was already on the ground. >> you didn't see anything? >> i didn't see nothing at all. >> all right. remember that fight on the yard last friday? >> what about it? >> inmate samuels upstairs has been charged with battery on an inmate. he said that you were on the yard and he wanted me to ask you what did you see. >> i seen dude hit him. why? >> what dude hit him, the other one, edwards? >> yeah, the one on the ground. >> the one that got knocked down? >> yeah. >> mr. powers, come on, let me talk to you for a minute. so, he's the one -- he was aggressive? that's it, thank you. >> all right, i went upstairs and investigated five guys.

>> 27? >> i talked to 27. >> what did he say? >> he didn't see anything at all. however, i got about three individuals said that edwards swung on samuels first. >> edwards was the aggressor? samuels was the one charged with the injury that edwards suffered when he got knocked out. >> although the evidence leads to self-defense, samuels could still receive an additional year on his sentence if found guilty. >> it's not the first time edwards had been aggressive like that on the yard. a couple times, they tried to stop him from fighting. this time he wouldn't listen. >> he started with tucker out there. he ran into a buzz saw. >> that's what happened. >> that's what you call yard justice right there. >> that's it. >> coming up next on "lockup" extended stay. >> we got 24 hours to stay ahead of you. you only come here for eight hours. >> sometimes -- >> speedy demonstrates for an

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♪ >> cramer. rodriguez. >> you hear those whistles and you hear those officers yelling, you know it's not a false alarm. >> a fist fight. >> an alarm sounds in the sensitive needs unit after yet another fist fight breaks out on the tier.

>> heard a whistle and responded to the second tier landing cellblock and saw inmate laying face down. officer said he had just been in a fist fight. >> y'all going to have to get out of the way. >> then proceeded to get them medical clearance for the injuries and now going to place them in the holding cage in donner section. he'll be one much our newest arrivals in add seg. >> what is becoming the protocol for these violent incidents in sny, both the attacker and victim are moved to ad seg. >> got into aaren altercation with another inmate. sucker punched me in the back of the head on the way back up the stairs in front of the cos. there's not supposed to be any gangs in pcs.

something that they overlooked, i guess. >> after 21 days you're going to move next door to carson section. that's where you're going to do the remainder of your time in segregation. you'll have icc next [ bleep ], and i'm going to get you orientation packet with all the rules and regulations of this unit. >> the segregated population is anything but welcoming to an inmate they assume has snichd to gain protection. >> the golden rule in the pen tensionery. don't ask. >> be a man and respect yourself. >> escort. >> your brother is going tomorrow? >> without the nazi low rider code of honor to adhere to, speedy can work with isu.

even as a drop out, he is blatantly breaking gang ranks by helping officers work intelligence, working directly with officer morales he has known for four years. >> if it's saving somebody from getting hurt, let's go. >> i want to get a little more insight on gangs, weapons, how they're made. i know every step we try to take, you're always one up. >> exactly. we got 24 hours to stay ahead of the you. you only come here for 8 hours. so, you got to step up your game to keep up with us. >> what is this working for? >> this right here is a plastic bottle, a pepsi bottle or something that you buy off a canteen. take a rubber glove that's

accessible all over the place, put it on the end of the water bottle with a rubber band, tighten it down. and then take a projectile or whatever, a pill or something, a piece of metal, anything hard, put it inside that, grab it, pull it, pop it and it will shoot out of there at a velocity. >> part of speedy's intel involves showing officers how easily weapons can be made. in this case, the plastic lids of coffee cups. once melted by the heats of an ignited roll of toilet paper will transform into a potentially lethal shank. >> i'm hardening this plastic right here. you see how it's melted down like this? i'm trying to get a wad of it where i have something to work with, you know what i mean? so, what i'm doing right now is i'm molding. this is like playing with klay. only it's plastic. i'm making a weapon right now.

i'm melting this plastic down into a shape. and what i'm doing is i got to get it all to this way like here. and then once i get it like this -- i'll show you. >> i think it just amazes me how fast it can be made and sometimes who it's used for. >> sometimes for us, sometimes for another inmate. you got to have air going to the bottom of this thing or else it will start smoking real bad. temporary in here, let it get in the cold water because it hard e ens it, makes it stronger. look. that is what you're trying to come out with. and what we do here is you can either put a tip on it right here, sharpen it down like concrete to where you'd have a

piece that -- and it's actually -- >> in a matter of minutes. this wouldn't be detected in the metal detector at all. it can get to the yard real quick. >> real quick, use it, throw it, flush it, get it over with. >> he can throw it into somebody's heart, hit a jugular vein, take an eyeball out. >> clear the evidence. >> clear the evidence. and your station is clean. >> no detector. >> next on "lockup" extended stay. whether you're an inmate during your time. >> i did everything i could to avoid the situation. >> where a veteran correctional officer. >> he was going for the jugular but he just missed. >> your life is constantly at risk in san quentin.

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tensions run high a lot in prison. they're in confined quarters and they only have a limited amount of exercise. >> you're so used to it, you, you know, fight, fight or flight. >> when he stood up he knew what he was doing and he got hurt, though. >> one of the guys got a little out of hand. and the other decided he was going to check him and they had the fight. >> with violence so engrained in prison politics, not even the promise of being released can prevent an altercation. >> i was supposed to post parole on monday. i did everything i could to avoid the situation. i did everything i could. when people say certain words in

prison, punk, bench, lame, things like that, it's an automatic fight word. it's hard to explain to somebody that's not in the prison system because most people are like, i don't care, one day, i'm walking away no matter what happens. but it's not that easy all the time. i wish it was. >> i had to do what i had to do. you know, sometimes it goes like that. >> both inmates involved in the fight are brought in front of the icc to discuss the incident. >> this was not necessarily a real simple case of a fight in prison. essentially, it was a black inmate and a white inmate that got into a fist fight in the dining room. and 99.9% of the time in a prison setting, that's a keg of dynamite. >> so, mackie was placed in administrative segregation on march 11. he's being charged with a mutual combat with an inmate. as of current he has a pending

115. however, the 115 states he's actually being charged with a battery on an inmate. >> what precipitated this? >> he stood up. >> you just reacted to what you thought was a threat? >> yeah. >> okay. we're going to put you on walk alone for right now until we get you through this 115 because we're not sure exactly what's going on with you and we're not going to go into the charges here. do you have any other questions about that? >> no. >> okay, man, take care. >> i'm not believing too much the guy just stood up and he felt threatened. >> correct. >> i'm not interested in hearing the 115. what kicked that off? >> disrespect. >> okay. just between you two? >> yeah. >> okay. we're going to keep you in ad

seg right now pending the 115. i'm going to put you on walk alone yard while you're over there. okay? do you understand all that? >> yes. >> okay, take care. >> thanks. >> with the potential of a lengthened sentence, he realizes his actions carry even greater consequence. >> my son is three years old. his name is damien, and if i could do anything for him right now, it would be be with him. i want to be with him, you know. for him to know that his dad loves him and is there. and he is loved. he's got his mom. but nobody takes the place of a dad. my decisions affect him. he doesn't deserve for his dad to be here right now. stupid fight affects a three-year old. and that was my choice.

that's what makes me mad. >> in the time that oof certificate alejos has been a correctional officer at san quentin, he has seen his share of prison violence and received his fair end of it. >> i haven't been stabbed. i've been sliced. back in columbus day of 1988, about 9:40 in the morning, i was working the adjustment center and running showers on the first floor right there. and took an inmate to the shower, uncuffed him and turned my back, he was going tort jugular but he just missed. i got taken to the hospital here, then they took me out and

stuff like that. i think it was like 35 stitches and two plastic surgeries. i was furious. i wanted to get back at inmates. i wanted to kill inmatsz. i wanted to get him bad. but i didn't. they're not worth losing your job over. it's not worth it. >> even though alejos is a veteran officer, every day at san quentin is unpredictable. his survival tactic has been never to show fear. >> it's like law of the jungle, only the strong survive here. if they see you're afraid, they're going to eat you alive. you never let your fear show, never. you have convilktcted felons he for murder and for rape. we have level 4s here. you don't know in a split second, a level 2 could be a level 4. they could stab you, stab someone in front of you. you go to help them, they could

stamp you. >> in such a chaotic environment, camaraderie is vital. they rely on each other every day. >> i love this place. it may sound sick. this is a career i guess it chose me. you build some great friendships with the officers here. >> it wasn't mine, it was yours. you had a keyster, remember? >> you have an environment where, you know, your life depends on someone else, and someone else's life depends on yours. it kind of makes you a lot closer, it really does. you appreciate each other more. >> coming up next on lock up extended stay. >> you were right on the wall. >> the investigation of the fight on the basketball court concludes and darrell sanders is

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they're all dangerous. they are all very dangerous up here. that's why they've been placed in administrative segregation. they've assaulted inmates. they've assaulted staff. >> there are more than 900 correctional officers at san quentin state prison. more than 200 of them are women. officer mannix is one of them. >> hi, ms. mannix. >> hey.

>> i'll see what i can do and let them know you're still here. okay? >> okay. >> all right. being a correctional officer, i'm at work and that's full-time when i'm there. but when i'm home, i'm a full-time mom. >> john, do you want to help out? >> it's been 12, 13 years and she's had a couple minor incidents, but for the most part, you know, it's a job. >> i thought only guys were prison guards for the longest time. then my mom said, yep, i work at san quentin. really? i thought that was only a guy thing. >> i have to go upstairs and change. >> okay. >> all right. >> i'm proud of her. that's basically it. >> she does good at whatever she does. >> yeah. >> i respect what she does because it takes a strong woman to do that. >> not everyone gets it. and i think honest ly a lot of people don't want to know about prison. it's just kind of part of the society that people just don't want to know about. >> all right, babe, i'm going to

go. give me a kiss. love you. i'll see you later. bye. >> there's a bit of fear, but, you know, you kind of deal with it, you know. and her being a woman, other things come into your mind. so, scared, yeah. you know, some days. >> it's supposed to rain. get the sunshine while you can. >> you expect monsters when you come into prison and they're not. they look like your neighbor and a lot of them are very young. all these guys have parents. and nobody has a kid thinking, oh, some day you're going to go to prison. >> every inmate is like a snow flake. everyone is unique and different. that's the way i look at them. that's the way you have to approach and handle each one differently. you can't approach the same one and do the same thing with each

one. sometimes you have to go up there and yell like they're a little kid. >> you have to say you're sorry to other people. you didn't mean to do that. it wasn't you. it was your other twin, all right? >> sure. >> turn around. >> and sometimes you just talk to them like, you know, man-to-man. >> do me a favor. hang out here and d'antoon't ma noise. don't be kicking. i'm going to make a phone call. >> every approach don't work. you have to use different approaches for every inmate. >> it's my job. i'm here to protect and serve. an inmate has a problem, our job is to retrain -- diffuse the situation. that's what we're trained to do. >> the warden has made a special trip to the carson unit today to recognize officer alejo for his skillful handling of challenging inmates. >> when i came back to san quentin, i remembered from my previous life before i retired there was something called superior accomplishment award, okay. and basically what that is is

you get to give somebody a check. you give them money when they stand out. the first one of these that i'm going to give out is to somebody here. of course, it's jayme alejos. [ applause ] >> give that to you. >> thank you very much. >> no, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> i mean, i've known this guy for over 25 years, and he's the same now as he was then. >> maybe. >> a little grayer, a little grayer. i wanted him to be the first one to get this to recognize all his years of dedicated service, but also because he takes his job as seriously as you take yours. he realizes as you do that we're responsible for the health and welfare of these guys. >> you're as strong as your weakest link and together in here as a unit we all work together as one which makes a strong unit. i couldn't do this without these guys right here.

especially lieutenant fuller and sergeant lee. [ applause ] [ laughter ] >> you're still not getting an award. [ laughter ] >> the fight investigation in ad seg found both edwards and samuels guilty. samuels is moving to another pen tensionery in several weeks. he'll serve out the six months remaining on his sentence. >> they were playing basketball. edwards was getting kind of rough with samuels, right. he didn't like the way they were playing. didn't like what was happening to him. he swung at him, tried to hit him. from there the fight ensued. he was looking at getting 360 days, loss of behavioral credit for the incident. since it got reduced down to a lesser offense, mutual combat,

he received 61 days. he was satisfied with. >> after working out in the yard, inmate samuels meets with counselor wood ford to review his case and plans for the future. >> going in. >> there was a concern about giving you that break because you were right there on the walk. could have gone either way. >> i know. >> and the only reason you got that break is because the lieutenant said i believe this kid can turn it around. don't disappoint me. you change your own destiny so you have to stay out of trouble, okay? >> i'm trying to do my time. i don't start no trouble. i'm trying to learn how to walk away from it. that's going to be hard. things happen. you're around a bunch of men. we all have issues. stuff happens. >> samuels' behavior inside prison determines the length of his stay. but with little education and no plans, it's going to be a tough

road ahead. >> i haven't been to school since the fifth grade. >> you've been locked up since the fifth grade. >> in and out of jail. >> youth authority. juchl nile system. >> so, what can you do with a fifth grade education? >> to be honest with you, i don't even know. whoever hire me, i got to get a job or i'm going to keep violating. >> based on your history and based on where you're at and your recent behavior, you're not in a position where you're going to succeed. you need a plan and you need to be a realist. you have to change some things. we talked about this. if don't change it, i'll see you soon. and that's just the reality of breaking that cycle. it's a vicious cycle. okay? are you ready to go back? >> i'm ready.

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.