months at no charge. >>> roy earned a reputation for his number yus cell extractions at colorado state penitentiaryter two recent cell extractions of his own, jonathan hall just got word he will be transferred there, as well. it's the most secure state prison in colorado. a place where all inmates are locked up in their cells 23 hours a day. >> i'm trying to stay prepared to sit back and be locked down the next two or three years. >> several days after a visit request his family. hall received a letter from his mother. small comfort for what lies ahead. >> you're not a bad person. you have just gotten confused. life threw too many curve balls at you. just keep god in your hard. it's good to hear this. it reminds me that people out there care. they're still thinking about me. i don't know if this prison is going to eat me alive or if this prison is going to be the death of me. >> while hall faces many more years in prison, ray slagle only has eight weeks left until his release. first, he has a long overdue visit. >> i haven't seen my daughter in so long, i'm already hardly could sleep last night. it

>> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars. he spent the last two years as cell house 220 also known as the hole. >> this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the inmates that couldn't be handled at another institution or couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> during his time in prison and especially in the hole, murray has found a coping device in self-mutilation. >> i've been in here so long it kind of releases stress. >> how do you cut yourself? >> i was on razors but they put me on razor restriction and i find stuff in here, staples, plastic from deodorants and stuff like that. >> when was the last time you cut yourself? >> about two weeks ago. >> how do you cut yourself? >> i was on razors but they put me on razor restriction and i find stuff in here, staples, plastic from deodorants and stuff like that. >> when was the last time you cut yourself? >> about two weeks ago. >> the next day on their way to another i

the sex offender we met at iowa's anamosis state penitentiary has a different existence. larry morgan spends nearly every hour of every day inside a small protective custody cell where he never sees the sun. >> well, what happened is they accused me of killing a little girl back in 1994 and next thing i know i'm in prison and then there's people talking about a contract supposed to be out on me. >> morgan was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl. he is serving life without the possibility of parole. >> there's been a lot of threats against me. it was a high profile crime at the time. and everybody in the system knew about it and they're trying to stand up and be some sort of righteous convict. i only rob banks or do drugs. i only sell crack to kids but this guy, he killed one, so now we're going to go and kill him. >> protective custody inmates like morgan are locked in their cells 23 hours a day to keep them from other inmates. >> it's claustrophobic being in a little cell 23 hours a day, but after a while you get used to it. what i miss most a

. >>> at the state penitentiary in iowa, daunt bullock faces the possibility of one year in the hole allegedly assaulting another inmate with a homemade weapon, a lock in a sock. >> anything you say may be used against you. >> our cameras were with bullock as he was about to plead his case during a prison disciplinary hearing. after addressing procedural matters, the administrative law judge reads the congressional officer's accounts of assault. >> determination that bullock assaulted [ bleep ] with a weapon. required stitches and broke his right hand trying to block the weapon that required a cast. i have here the photos of the scene of the incident i will share with you. this is the victim of the assault and injuries. also i have a sock with padlock, combination lock inside. i have a statement from the staff member. >> i didn't have nothing to do with this. when the assault took place i was on the stairs. i could have been easily mistaken. i believe i was mistaken for somebody they thought by me being push add side that was running. >> inmates that witnessed the assault remain anon

. >> not everyone in the family is so excited about living inside a state penitentiary.s son, chris, pretty nervous. >> it's kind of scary because they could break out and come and sneak in. i just think about it sometimes. >> actually, it's very safe. it's like a real nice -- just a good neighborhood. everybody is a correctional officer. so, if somebody escapes, they're really not going to run here. they're going to run somewhere else. >> yay. look at that big smile. >> for inmates, the feeling of community can be found in one of the several houses of worship on the prison grounds. ♪ this is the garden chapel. when it was built, most inmates were protestant. which is why their facility is the largest of the six chapels at san quentin. with over 200 seats, it's also among the most spacious in california. ♪ glory glory ♪ hallelujah ♪ since i lay my prayers down >> evangelist, richard rugnao, has been singing here for 11 years. richard was once an inmate at another institution. after kicking a heroin addiction that almost killed him, religion helped him turn his life aroun

. ♪ >> 90 miles from new orleans, up the mississippi river, lies louisiana state penitentiary.ommonly referred to as angola, at 18,000 acres, it is the largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation in the 1700s, converted to a prison plantation at the end of the civil war, and taken over by the state in 1901, this storied land has seen more than its share of pain. it was once considered the bloodiest prison in america. and its current population of 5,148 men serve sentences so long, it's estimated that 90% of them will die here, yet things have changed drastically over the past decade, and much credit goes to warden burl cain. >> that's really what our mission is, it's not to torment and torture, but it's to correct bad behavior and do that any way you can. and the root way to do that is morality. moral people obviously don't rape, pilfer and steal. >> right here in the midst of angola, i have seen change because of the seed of favor of god. >> warden cain's approach to morality works on two levels. one, spiritual and religious. the other engaging employment opportun

new york city, in chicago, in detroit, um, richmond had a riot because all the prisoners at state penitentiary demanded to be released, and the story went out that there was a riot going on, and 10,000 people descended on the penitentiary with guns trying to put down what they thought was an uprising. all through the southeast and even down to cuba, they were seeing flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the, um, shelves. so it was huge. >> and, in fact, it caused a lot of havoc in the area around charleston that was not known outside of charleston. that night, it's an interesting time for the earthquake to hit was the city and -- because the city and the world is sort of on the cusp of modernity, and they are used to have instantaneous communication through telegraph. but as you get closer and closer to charleston, you get more and more dramatic effects. the most dramatic to me were the what they called the fan blows or liquefaction factors, geysers that shot up as much as two stories in the air. and the biggest pocket of those was actually around ten m

panic in new york city, chicago, detroit, richmond's, a riot because all of the prisoners and state penitentiaryded to be released. the story when out that there was a right going on. 10,000 people descended on the penitentiary with guns try to put down what they thought was an uprising. all through the south and even down to cuba there was flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the self. so, it was used. >> in fact, it caused a lot of havoc in the area around charleston. it was not known outside charleston. some interesting times for the earthquake to hit because this city and the world is sort of on the cusp of modernity. they are very used to the insight to having instantaneous communication three telegraph, off. as you get closer and closer to charleston you get more and more dramatic effect. the most dramatic, to me, was what they called sand blows or liquefaction back -- liquefaction. it's like geysers that shot up two stories in the air. the biggest pocket of those was actually a round 10-mile bell which is right were the charleston international ai

richmond had a riot because all the prisoners at the state penitentiary demanded to be released and the went out that there was a riot that had gone on. and there was guns trying to put down what they thought was an uprising all through the southeast and even down to cuba they were seeing flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the shelves. so it was huge. >> and, in fact, it caused a lot of havoc in the area around charleston that was not known outside of charleston at night. it's an interesting time for the earthquake to hit because the city and the world is sort of on the cusp of modernity and they are used to having instantaneous information because of the telegraph and you get closer and closer you get more dramatic effects. the most dramatic to me what they call sand blows or geyser that shot up 2 stories in the air and the biggest pocket of those was actually around 10-mile hill which is right where the charleston international airport is today. >> physical you'res hundreds of feet, long were breaking open in the ground. railroad trains were

the first degree for the death of richard barry douglass, to afix punishment at life in the state penitentiaryhe jury spared his life. he would come off death row. >> the jury came back and sentenced ake to life for each of the murders and to 200 years each for the shootings of the children. >> but wait a minute. stephen hatch who did not fire a weapon faced execution, but ake, the triggerman, got life. brooks was floored. >> as i heard the decision read, what was going through my mind was that i can just see my parents dying and knowing that they would never -- they would never be fully avenged. that they died, that this person took their life and yet he's going to be allowed to continue living at our expense. >> as brooks saw it, after all this time, all the suffering, his parent, his, his sister's, glen ake had plain cheated the excuser. that day after sentencing, the shellshocked brooks escaped into a hallway followed by sheriff's deputies escorting glen ake back to a prison cell. there they were, standing feet apart. brooks looked at ake and something in him snapped. he saw the deputy pas

he's been moved to the state penitentiary.ndering why they did not use guns while rushed by the inmates. in texas facilities the guards are not to carry firearms. the threat of losing a weapon to a prisoner is too great. >> i guess that makes sense. didn't work this time. >> no. just a very brief taste of freedom for that prisoner. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead, what you can do to ease the stress of your next family vacation. but up next the emmy nominations in hollywood. this is today on nbc. >>> we're back here in new york. getting ready for the emmy nominations for primetime for 2011. we're joined by janice minh who has been trying to give us the lay of the land. one of the things to talk about, these are not just as important as a pat on the back. these can mean the life and death of a show. >> absolutely. if you look at madmen, which has not a lot viewers, it's its life line. >> welcome to the 63rd prime time emmy award nomination announcements. television has always been at the forefront of innovation and creat

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>>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds the worst defenders offenders in the state.embers that are in a constant state of war with each other and staff. today, they are doing a sweep in the level 5 facility allowing our crew along for the ride. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, we're here to conduct a shakedown. we have information on s & m gang members. okay? we're going to head to the unit and look for gang information and graffiti and stuff. >> actually, when you come shakedown a cell, the first thing you want to do is review everything. you look. the most common places you'll find is the easiest place you'll think of. look. gang paraphernalia right here. >> what is it? >> three crosses. it's from new mexico. they use the three crosses to display gang symbols. >> it's essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. >> what's this for? >> i found that hanging here. once it's validated, you'll never be able to go to a level-b facility. so it has a lot of bearing on the inmate's future. >> you can take that and i'll write him up for possession of gang parapher

. >>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds some of the most violent offenders in the state. in our four months there, we saw some of the violence firsthand. but in 1980, pnm was site of one of the deadliest u.s. prison riots where inmates killed 33 of their own. >> jumped off february. almost by accident. big thing i couldn't get out of my head is they actually did it. we actually took the place over. >> james whittington survived the riot to return to the old main facility to show our producers what he witnessed. >> 27 years ago when i got up out of here. i didn't think i would ever see it again. leadership of the inmates decided hey, you know, this control center is takable. there was a huge industrial fire extinguisher that used to sit on one of these walls on hooks. three individuals lifted that industrial fire extinguisher off and set work on this window right here. the window began to give in. all three of these windows were taken out. >> once they broke that, they had access to the entire facility. they had full control. >> this is where it all turned bad after they b

criminal courts now serving time in prisons across america, including in my home state of illinois at the marion federal penitentiaryso to argue that we cannot successfully convict a terrorist in the united states, as senator mcconnell did this morning, is to ignore reality. the reality is that president bush used his department of justice and our courts to successfully prosecute terrorists. during the same period of time fewer than five accused terrorists were tried in military tribunals. 400 in article 3 criminal courts, fewer than five in military tribunals. now senator mcconnell makes the argument, and others have joined him, that the only place to try them is in military tribunals. the fact of the matter is we don't have a very good record in military tribunals trying would-be terrorists. there are a variety of reasons for it. the supreme court didn't agree with our procedures. some of the cases were not very good. the bottom line, though, is to say to any president, whether it's republican george bush or democrat barack obama, congress is going to tell you the best place to try a terrorist. do we really have t

state attorney cleared the docket of trial. it does not happen that quickly in cook county. i was arrested november 15 and i went to trial march 3. sentenced april 2. shipped out to the penitentiary april 3. tavis: you know that number pretty well. obviously. how did you get out? >> the law firm that i worked for now -- tavis: you are a paralegal? >> yes. when i was in prison, everybody knew me as a jailhouse lawyer. that is all i did. the laws -- the law is what put me there, and that is what set me free. i work for that from now. tavis: what do you do every day? >> i am a member of the pro bono committee. i get a chance to help minorities get access to justice. >> i want to give out -- a shout out to northwestern. one of the reason you have so many chicago cases, you haven't the structure of lawyers that pursue it. the difference is not the situation, the difference is a competent legal team of students and professors. tavis: that could be replicated across the country. >> absolutely. tavis: that can be replicated. northwestern is not unique in that regard. others can clearly do that. what benevolent work would that be for law schools across the country. i want to come back to

this is a regular scheduled hearing of the penitentiary of new mexico being heard on 5-6-80. at 2:20 p.m. i'm the officer, will tib mate state his name around number for the officer. do you wish to be assisted by staff member or other inmate? >> devon lyman. >> do you need an interpreter to assist you in presenting your defense? >> si. no. >> do you wish to call on any witness's whose testimony is relevant. ? >> there's no witnesses. >> you've been charged with category eight paragraph 30 tattooing and/or possessing of ta fooing paraphernalia. do you admit or deny? >> deny. >> do you wish to present your version of the incident or remain silent? >> my version. i was in the unit and i was called out. they told me that they received information that i had received new tattoos. they asked me if that was true. i said, no. so i stripped and they seen my tattoo right here that has red ink in it. and they said that it was a new tattoo. i told him to look more closely that testifies red ink. and they weren't insistent that it was new. four days later i'm in the hole. phd my second major. never had a major before the last one. but i

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state's other prisons. they emphasize that stateville is reserved for their most hardened criminals. >> when it really comes down to it, you know, you in the penitentiary so i mean, you know, certain things they could have, like maybe some more school. but guys get over there and they don't really take it seriously. so, i mean, for the most part, no. no, you in prison, man. >> when i'm walking galleries i'm talking to inmates and i get inmates that say they don't like it at stateville, i think that's a good thing. we don't want stateville to be a nice place. stateville is not designed to be a nice place. >> stateville becomes an even worse place for inmates who cause trouble. >> don't holler at me. >> we'll see just how bad things can get when we return to "lockup: stateville." >>> i'm veronica de la . majority leader harry reid says the senate will reconvene tomorrow for a key test vote. the associated press reports the white house and stateville correctional center, reforms finally put control of the prison back in the hands of the administration. part of those reforms meant cracking down on any prisoner who doesn't follow the rules and regulations.

state's other prisons. they emphasize that stateville is reserved for their most hardened criminals. >> when it really comes down to it, you know, you in the penitentiaryou know, certain things they could have, like maybe some more school. but guys get over there and they don't really take it seriously. so, i mean, for the most part, no. no, you in prison, man. >> when i'm walking galleries i'm talking to inmates and i get inmates that say they don't like it at stateville, i think that's a good thing. we don't want stateville to be a nice place. stateville is not designed to be a nice place. >> stateville becomes an even worse place for inmates who cause trouble. >> don't holler at me. >> we'll see just how bad things can get when we return to "lockup: stateville." going to the bank without going to the bank... that's a step forward. with chase quickdeposit on your smartphone, you just snap a picture, hit send and done. chase quickdeposit. take a step forward and chase what matters. ♪ we just keep on keepin' on ♪ ♪ keep on ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something yo

the 2011 tiguan. [ grunts ] >>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds the worst offenders in the stateg members that are in a constant state of war with each other and staff. today, they are doing a sweep in the level 5 facility allowing our crew along for the ride. >> ladies and gentlemen we are here to conduct a shake down. we have information on snm gang members. we're going to head to the unit and look for gang information and graffiti. >> sometimes when you shake down a cell, first thing you want to do is just observe everything. you look. the most common places you'll find is the easiest place you'll think of. look, gang paraphernalia here. >> what is it? >> three crosses. it's from new mexico. they use the three crosses to display gang symbols. >> it's essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. >> i found that hanging here. once it's validated, you'll never be able to go to a level-b facility. a lot of bearing on the inmates future once he gets validated. >> you can take that and i'll write him up for possession of gang paraphernalia. >> he'll be documented as a potent