>> this is the maximum security facility on level vi for the penitentiary of new mexico. pretty much houses the worst of the worst. these individuals are the worst of the worst within level vi and level vi is the worst within the whole state of new mexico. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> these individuals are housed, one per cell. they're escorted and restrained everywhere they go. in handcuffs or leg irons and belly chains. we do have two and three-man status individuals that are very violent. and they like to assault our staff. >> today we tag along with deputy warden joni brown on her way to deal with one of level vi's most notorious inmates. >> they have an inmate who is refusing to leave his cell. at this point they're going to go in and give him a directive to cuff up and come out. if not, then we're planning the use of force for cell extraction. >> turn around and be restrained. >> or what? >> if you don't turn around and be restrained we'll have to forcibly remove you from your cell. are you going to come out? okay, go ahead, sergeant. >> what's going to hap

at the penitentiary, back in medical, deputy warden joni brown pays conrad a >> right now you're on suicide>>> i'm only here because i'm protesting. >> but you're using the system. if you're saying you aren't really going to commit suicide -- >> i didn't say that. i said i'm protesting. >> okay. all right. there is different ways of protesting. >> all right, so you're protesting by claiming that you're going to commit suicide? >> there's different ways of protesting. there's hunger strikes. my hunger strike didn't work. >> everything that you're doing, you end up paying for. you were almost to the door. what is your release date now? you have other reports pending. >> it's all because the way they put me in that position. where i have something -- >> it's always they put you in that position. you don't have to react that way. you don't. you want an instant answer. you want it to be resolved right away. you know nothing works that way. nothing. >> i got 60 days. i'd rather do it right here where you keep nitpicking. and taking my time away. >> this isn't long term housing. you are not going

badge, and there i went. >> her security clearance was pulled, and she's no longer allowed on the penitentiary in new mexico. >> why? >> for the fact that it's a threat to security of the institution. >> i didn't -- i guess i didn't realize what a security threat they thought that i was being. i didn't think david and i were anything like that, but who he is and his reputation, i can understand their fear of what i could have done if he had ever asked me to do something like that, but that was never what we were about. >> it puts everybody at risk, a very high risk, because they're letting out all our secrets, and inmates don't tell us their secrets. we got to find them out, and if somebody is telling them all our secrets, then it goes against us. it hurts us. >> it was a bad choice, but i wouldn't take it back for anything. i think he is the best thing that's ever come into my life. >> although visits are out of the question, david and paula are allowed phone calls. >> he tries to call me once or twice a week, and so that's pretty much the only time i can talk to him. >> i talk to her as much

. >>> nestled at the base of the rocky mountains, colorado state penitentiary was built to house the state's most violent and disruptive inmates. it gives new meaning to the words hard time. >> we decided that csp could not be a place where inmates could get comfortable and make a life for themselves. we had to treat them differently. >> colorado state isn't just any maximum security prison. it's a super max facility. inmates here are considered a constant threat and are confined to single-person cells 23 hours a day. >> i was astounded by how sterile and stark and what tough time it would be to serve in that particular prison. i think that would be the hardest time possible. >> many of the inmates we spoke to agreed. they say the isolation is too much. >> i've been here a long time. i've seen a lot of guys, seen them snap, you know? any given day they can snap. >> 23 hours a day you're locked down. you come out for five hours a week. essentially it's just another cell. it's a dead room with a pull-up bar. there's one small window. everywhere you go, handcuffed, handcuffed to go in t

he was serving a life sentence at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> it was our last day of filming, and we were getting some b roll of a particular inmate, and clapsy was the inmate next door to this guy. and clapsy started talking to me through this cell door, and he started telling me that he was serving a life sentence for the torture/murder of his girlfriend and that he would like to be on the show. >> and we warn you, the interview that took place was one of the most disturbing we've ever conducted. seven years earlier clapsy was working for a cell phone company we he met a 24-year-old woman studying to become a medical animator. her name was mary alice. >> she was, you know, 5 foot nothing, 100 pounds. beautiful, caring. i considered her like an angel. i mean, she was this pure little thing. i mean, i wouldn't smoke around her. i would curb my sailor's tongue around her because it was mary alice and she was fragile. you know? >> during the few months the pair dated clapsy says he often used drugs, including methamphetamines. then one day clapsy says he discovered two movie tick

sounds like someone running over a cat with a lawn mower. >> today fry remains on death row at the penitentiaryo while continuing his appeals. >> even at the hour of your death, if you turn to god and are truly repentant of the things you've done, he'll forgive you and he will accept you. and he knows. >> what if that's not the case though? >> that is the case, though. >> but what if it is not? >> it is. you can say what if and why about anything in the world, but faith -- >> does it come into your mind that maybe the interpretation is not quite there and you may be meeting a different kind of maker? >> no, no. it's faith. faith brought me to god. faith cleansed me of my sins, and faith will see me through. that's all there is to it. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts to provide services for a wide range of religious beliefs. >> a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is to have something answered is empowering. >> then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of s

. >> inmates who become disruptive or violent at the penitentiary of new mexico are transferred to the lockup units in level v or vi. the trouble is, once inside, their behavior doesn't always improve. a lesson rookie amy lee is learning the hard way. >> i went upstairs to ask joseph if he wanted to go to the shower. he told me to take his next door neighbor. i said, no, it's your turn right now, so we're going to go. he said, no, i'm not going right now. i said, okay, so at this point, you're refusing. we later went up with a sergeant and he used choice words, calling me a tramp. >> i snapped at her, yelled at her. and she got her little feelings hurt. if she don't -- if her feelings are gonna go get hurt, go work at a damn church. >> this is what's going to >> this is what's going to happen. we will pull him out, all right? you're going to -- you can just hang out in there. and we'll bring him to you. >> okay. >> it's time, joe. >> how come she's got to be sitting across from me like that? >> what's all this, joe? have a seat. >> why does she have to be sitting across from me like th

come down, taxpayers' money, this is our money, whether i have been to the pen or didn't go to the penitentiarypay taxes. and when i pay taxes, i have the same opportunity as any other citizen. because i did not lose or forfeit my citizenship in america. and i'm saying this president has not said anything concerning the african-american community to make solves our problems. >> i got it, and unemployment for black youth is still almost four times higher than the national average. so paul, all the best to you. >> thank you very much. >>> next, unintended guns and young children, what could go wrong? we're showing you an experiment that could create serious controversy. >>> and what is in a name? and what the nfl commissioner is saying about the redskins' controversial name. >>> and advertisement with spots in the super bowl game. we have a preview of some of the best ones to watch out for on game day. your eyes really are unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite thelp protect youeye health. as you, your eyes can lose vital nuients.

. >> this is the penitentiary. are you serious? le [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing outside wright's cell. he then enters the cell and then seconds later exits with wright's television. the inmate then places the tv inside another cell. >> someone stole my tv while i was gone, so, you know, when i came back and [ bleep ] things got ugly. >> from what i heard, he approached several offenders, kind of called them out, wanting to know if they had taken his tv. >> i started going from cell to cell, searching my [ bleep ]. i'm going to search everybody's [ bleep ] until i find what i'm looking for. >> wright's aggressive behavior soon created problems with other inmates. >> i'm not looking for trouble, but at the same time, i'm definitely not ducking them either. you feel me? you know, this is the penitentiary. you've got to stand tall, ten toes down? you know what i mean? you can't take no losses? you know what i mean? it's the wrong place to be a bitch? you f

. >>> the penitentiary of new mexico houses both low-level and maximum security inmates. the most dangerous and notorious are held in level six. >> you want to make me look like the monster. i've been here over 2 1/2 years. i never did nothing. i don't disrespect nobody. i don't cause no problems or nothing, but just because i'm small and able to slip the handcuffs any time i want, i'm a problem. i got locked up when i was about 10 1/2. i got grand theft auto. i've been to probably over 30 prisons. probably around 20 in florida. six or seven in oklahoma. three here. i don't get in trouble. i don't disrespect anybody. cops come to my door. i'm always, yes, sir, no, sir. yes, ma'am, no, ma'am. i don't disrespect nobody. i've made my mistakes and did some stupid stuff when i was young. but hurt somebody to where they went to the hospital and ended up dying later on, you know, but never been charged with murder. a lot of people, like, the first thing they think about me is they think about somebody like mcgyver or something. because i stabbed somebody with some jolly ranchers.

inmates at the santa might set aside to the penitentiary train a couple of times a week taking up like the sun is an often wearing masks or costumes in the tradition of the sport both former professional wrestler as the victor franco cruise to win by the name bella cereal and rene garcia known as pentagon city co starred in the program to bring light relief to prison life prisoners convicted of kidnapping while garcia was imprisoned in nineteen ninety eight on homicide charges which he denies the cia has helped start a wrestling program in every prison he's been transferred to. they give it a point to the one thing the program helps the inmates to stay away from drugs. that's us. later they start liking this pool is free wrestling is something magical. that's the way i stopped into one started training as a hobby and it ended up being taught to my life because of my work and this happens to many people inmates come in to check in with school and they realize it's totally different. this is a sport that you train and prepare everything for the disability payment goes to get caught up in

the inmates that are here, they're not here for going to church. >>> at kentucky state penitentiary, some inmates can apprentice in an auto body shop. at rikers island jail, a bakery churns out nearly 90,000 loaves of bread per week while teaching inmates how to bake. in many of the prisons profiled on "lockup," inmates have opportunities to learn skills that can help them find work on the outside. but all too many spend their time honing skills more suitable to mayhem and murder. >> i stabbed an inmate 12 times over some dope in front of the chow hall. >> i took a knife and stabbed him with it three or four times until he was dead. and then i butchered him with it. >> you find a piece of metal or something, file it down on the concrete. it ain't got to be sharp, it's just got to have a point. put your handle on it and do what you need to do. >> "lockup" crews are regularly exposed to the tools of a deadly trade. >> you know, in every prison we film in, there's always a shank museum, a place where the authorities display all of the weapons that are confiscated by staff. homemade weapo

. >> he was warden at the state penitentiary at the time we shot there. >> any time you can have inmatescipate in some type of meaningful activity, it makes their time easier, makes the staff's time easier. i'd rather them participate in something that's positive than sitting around with nothing to do and talking about how to pull a better armed robbery, or plot against us or fellow staff members. >> during our shoot at indiana state prison authorities even allowed for a weightlifting competition. >> now lifting at 495. >> the other penitentiaries get their weight up. this is how they're doing it. get your weight up. >> 625. on deck. >> good lift good lift you got it! >> of course in prison, there's also a practical side to staying in shape. >> if you ever come against somebody who wants to approach you in a negative way, attack you in a fight or something, you don't want to be the person that's going to run out of air first. the person that runs out of air first is person that gets hurt. >> in a combat zone you have to be combat ready. we all know that any minute this yard in two second

larry and claude were each sentenced to 50 years in the federal penitentiary. >> they were the men who had taken an oath to protect these people from violent criminal activity. and they're the very people preying upon them. and so we felt that there was a certain amount of culpability that went to those two that didn't go to alvin. >> alvin was sentenced to 15 years. >> and i think it was the shirt that an fbi investigator at the lab was able to identify that this is the exact shirt that was worn in this robbery, and it matches identical to the surveillance film inside the bank. i think that that became the straw that broke the camel's back and broke the case. >>> a young couple went camping in the woods, but only one of them came out alive. the survivor told two different versions of what happened. so it took forensic psychiatry, ballistics, and korean war history to discover what really happened in the deep forests of oregon. the area surrounding majestic mt. hood in oregon is a sportsman's paradise. mountains, streams, ideal for

>>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds the worst offenders in the state.that are in a constant state of war with each other and staff. it is up to stiu to keep gang activity in check. 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 when validated. >> you can take that and i'll write him up for possession of gang paraphernalia. >>

click or call. >> as the state penitentiary in iowa, dante faces the possibility of one year in the holedly assaulting another inmate with a homemade weapon, a lock in a sock. >> anything you say may be used against you in criminal prosecution. >> our cameras were with him as he was about to plead your case during a disciplinary hearing. after addressing procedural matters, administrative law judge reads a correctional officers account of the assault. >> determining inmate assaulted [ bleep ] with a weapon and required stitches and broke a hand that was trying to block the weapon. i will share the pictures of the assault and before me i have the sock with theinside, i have the statement from the staff member that located that. >> i have nothing to do with the assault. i was on the stairs and the inmate ran by me. i believe i was mistaken by me being pushed aside when he was running that i was the one who assaulted him. >> inmates who provided statements will remain anonymous in statements like this. but it is up to the judge to determine their credibility. >> do have any enemies. >> no i

. >> this is what you live for in the penitentiary. >> you want to think it's funny. >> tough [ bleep ]. >> never a dull moment. >> we send our producers and crews inside prisons. their job is to be objective observers. but in the first week of filming inside limon correction facility in colorado, something unusual happened. we inadvertently became part of the story we were covering. >> why is everybody getting agitated? we were in ad seg, administrative segregation, the prison within a prison. we started hearing inmates screaming out things and i started to hear them talking about cho-mos, which are sex offenders and then mayhem erupted. [ bleep ] >> i believe he threw a liquid substance under the door that smelled somewhat suspicious and we're going to report that. >> jonathan hall, serving 40 years for murder, was one of the first inmates to make it clear we weren't welcome in administrative segregation. >> unless he does calm down and follow our rules and orders, he'll be cell extracted. >> inmate hall won't calm down. so they call in the special response team. and they suit up in

. >>> 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 said 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

. >> we are told the penitentiary only accepts prisoners who are willing to study and work for three-quarters of the minimum wage, both of which shaves time off their sentences. policing is the state's responsibility. the private company running the project is in charge of living conditions, education and security, which is state of the art. >> this bench is a metal detector, a scan that can protect metal introduced into the body. all of this is expensive and some question why the private sector should be allowed to make a profit with public funds. >> why does the government allow this. the government of the state is tied to the private sector, which finances its campaigns. brazil streets prisoners as merchandise and prisons as an industry. >> whatever the motive the critics concede the first private prison is setting a standard in brazil's penal system, protecting and punishing the prisoners in its care. >> and joining us for more on the conditions is stephanie moore, from human rights watch. how did it get to the situation? why did brazil's prisons deteriorate so badly? >> brazil's prisons

. >>> the day we arrived at colorado state penitentiary, a super max prison at the base of the rocky mountains, we found a sterile, austere environment, steel doors behind which inmates are locked up 23 hours a day, but despite his surroundings, inmate shawn shields was in high spirits. when he sat down with us, he was eager to help our producer get the interview under way. >> quiet on the set, you >> it's a prison, you know. >> all right. let's roll tape. >> then he calmly told us how he got 16 years added to his original sentence of 12 for robbery. >> me and another inmate had an altercation. i manipulated the door so that it wouldn't latch completely, and when he came out to walk, i came down after him and proceeded to stab him. >> why? was it because you guys weren't getting along? >> it was just a verbal altercation. >> does it happen a lot in here? >> there is a lot of verbal altercations between people. you got to understand. there's 16 men living together behind closed doors with stress, animosity toward one another in some cases, and it's not always a pleasant place to be. >

. >> this is what you live for in the penitentiary. ever a dull moment. >> bobby must spend time in the bull pen outside while officers clean his cell. >> he can go on up there and strip my [ bleep ] cell. i got 100 friends out here. give me whatever i want to work with. >> finally got him out of the cell, moved him outside. now we'll find what he was busting that window with. here it is. one of the caps from the bull pen out there, the post. bobby getting out of the cell. somehow or another he smuggled this into his cell. one of the caps from the metal post. busting the window out. making all kind of threats about what he was going to do. he's pretty agitated right now. >> just leave him in the yard. >> we're going to leave bobby out there in the bull pen for probably three or four hours, let him calm down, think about it. when he gets through with his mad behavior, he'll be ready to apologize and get back to what he should be. >> ask any officer what he wants, by god, i don't [ bleep ] with nobody. but it's me and neil that have a pro

. >> we are told the penitentiary only accepts prisoners willing to study and work for three-quarters of the minimum wage, both of which shave time off their sentences. police and disciplinary action is the state's responsibility. the private company running the project is in charge of living conditions, education and security, which by the brazilian standards is state of the art. >> on this pemp is a metal detector. it scans any metal produced into the body. all of this is expensive and some question why the private sector should be allowed to make a profit with public funds. >> why does the government allow this. because it's tied to the private sector. brazil treats prisoners as merchandise. critics concede the first private system is setting a new standard, presumably protecting as well as punishing the prisoners in its care. >> thousands of bikers in venezuela have been venting their anger at a government ban on night-time riding. they protested outside a government office in caracas. the ban was imposed after it emerged that motorbikes were used in crimes, such as robberies and

if he missteps any time, the judge can send them to the penitentiary. >> that was on cnn. will reportedly be attending a rehab facility that costs $450,000 a year. marla mitchell, whose daughter breanna was killed in the accident, spoke to reporters shortly after the ruling. >> no matter what game he or his have been, theey world will not take their eyes off of him, and they will be waiting for him to mess up again if he does. >> well, for more, we're joined by two guests. in dallas, texas, we're joined by richard alpert, who prosecuted the case against ethan couch. he is the tarrant county assistant district attorney. and, in chicago, illinois, we're joined by boyce watkins. he recently wrote an article titled "rich, white kids have 'affluenza,' poor, black kids go to prison". richard alpert and boyce watkins, welcome to democracy now! richard alpert, let's start with you. can you lay out what happened in wednesday's hearing? wasis it that affluenza used? he killed four people. came out of the mouth of andrew miller, who was on the anderson cooper clip you just played, and

. >> we are told the penitentiary only accepts prisoners willing to study and wore for three jars. minimum wage. both of which have shave time off of their sentences. >> disciplinary action is still the state's responsibility while the private company running this private project is in charge of living conditions and security, which, by brazilian standards is state-of-the-art. there bench is a metal detector, a scan that can detect any metal that has been introduced into the body. all of this is expensive and some question why the private sector should be allowed to make a profit with public funds. >> why does the government allow this? because the government is tied to the private sector, which finances its campaigns. brazil treats prisoners as merchandise and prison as an industry. >> critics can see the first private private prison is setting a new standard in the penal system, presumably protecting as well as punishing the prisoners with its care. christy newman, brazil. >> coming up, save our shot, australians head down to try to stop. >>> aiming to go clear of spanish league.

the u.s. penitentiary system is taking the lives not only of those who received a death sentence but others as well let's take a look at the numbers according to the u.s. department of justice more than forty five thousand people died in custody custody in the space of a decade some did not even make it to their trial now the editor of prison legal news alex friedman told r.t. that keeping inmates alive isn't always a priority in american jails. prisoners might have very serious medical conditions and sometimes be very near death and they're told to sign up on a sick call or that they'll refer them to the nurse the next week or there might not be a doctor at the prison that weekend so they have to wait until the next week to see medical staff. go received a twenty year sentence he did not receive a death sentence but unless he receives adequate medical care he and other prisoners with serious medical conditions can die while in custody mr you're a shame go was basically kidnapped and you know when he was taken into custody overseas by u.s. officials. the united states really does not have a lo

. >> and we encountered one of the mest compelling examples of such an inmate at the penitentiary of new mexico. kevin blanco. >> he's one of those inmates that can be unpredictable. you really don't know how he's going to behave from one day to the next. >> our first encounter with kevin blanco was through our associate producer. she had gone up to talk to him and was met with a barrage of verbal assaults. >> on the floor [ bleep ]. when they came up [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> after a while kevin agreed to do an interview, and i was actually very impressed. i was impressed with how he carried himself. he was honest and forthright about the problems he had created in his life. >> i mean, i don't look at prison as being prison, even though it is prison and i'm in a negative environment. i look at it as being my college. this is the time i got to study and build myself up and better myself. it's what you make it. >> but blanco, serving time for crimes including attempted murder, was housed in the prison's highest security unit for a variety of serious offenses, including assaults on staff

live credit confident.™ >>> one of the most surprising experiences i had on "lockup" i was working in michigan city, indiana, my hometown at indiana state penitentiary actually ran into somebody i used to hang out with when i was a child. we were shooting in the visitation room and i kind of saw him out of the corner of my eye, and it was one of those odd moments because what do you do? i didn't want to interrupt his visit and say hello, but later on as we were interviewing somebody else, he found me and came up to me and started talking to me, and talking to him for a good while and it was just the most interesting experience because i hadn't seen him in years and to be talking to him as he's now an inmate and, you know, when we were 12, 13 years old i would never have guessed i would have been seeing him in this position. >> visitation often proves to be a place not only to find great stories, but to see inmates in a different light. >> when we first met jonathan hall serving 40 years for second degree murder at colorado's limon correctional facility, we wouldn't have guessed that one of the most emotional reunions between an inmate and child woul

get out, he's going to try to do more than what he was doing with himself before he went to the penitentiarygoing to get right, i'm not going to commit more crimes, or he's going to give in to his impulsiveness and he's going to commit another crime and he could very well be doing 25 to life. so i think with hymes, it's either going to be all of one or all of the other this time. >> man, hey, now i'm so glad. is that $200 in that bag, in that gizmo? >> don't worry about it. don't worry about it. >> this is my brother. he loves me. >> all the police -- look it, i do not belong to the california department of corrections no more. i am discharged. i no longer have a prison number. i am discharged. i'm a free black man in america, let me live. that's all i want to do, live, enjoy my family. >> hymes has a new life ahead of him on the outside. >> bye, california correctional center! >> later we'll see where he is two months after release. >> officer brucell, also known as red bull, works in south block. >> my job is third watch. south block rotunda officer. my main job is to control the flow of t

but we found an inmate inside the penitentiary of new mexico who grew up with all of life's advantagesd yet still became a violent predator. >> i come from a nice family. a good family compared to a lot of the families i hear about in here. my dad's a retired naval officer. he retired from the navy and joined the national guard, retired from the national guard and then started going to the county for the job. he retired as the county jail administrator. my mom, she's a secretary. she's very educated, very knowledgeable and wealthy. she quit her job to stay home with me so that i would have someone there for when i got home from school. do my homework, make sure i do what i had to do. >> but that didn't keep him out of trouble. >> i never had to face consequences, so i figured i was pretty much untouchable. and i rebelled against them being so straight and i went crooked bad. >> steele's rebellion culminated in a 60-year sentence for residential burglaries, armed robbery and false imprisonment. >> i was robbing a house, boom, someone came home, i laid in wait and they came to the garage

the. mob. was no death penalty. maximum prison sentence of twenty one days norway's penitentiary system as among the most humane in the wild and now the country is growing a step further with an experimental jail giving convicts access to pretty much everything except freedom oh she's a girl is going off reports and very. smart. like with the freedom of thing. has been living here for nearly four years getting an education working as a car mechanic and serving his fifteen and a half year long sentence in jail week up in the morning talk show thank you bertha's go to joe old to school. to school you have dinner relaxed with you like normal life just we are back war this is holden one of the most humane prisons in the world bills in two thousand and ten it's an example of norway's new experimental approach to penitentiary facilities. i hear the roughly two hundred fifty prisoners it houses cook for themselves and for staff members with beef sound and gear stakes among the items on the menu take walks in the park pray and make art do outdoor and indoor sports we're going to like you see here the bed and. we can. make a p

. >> we have never heard a more extreme account of gassing as the one described by kentucky state penitentiaryohnson. >> i asked everybody on the wall to [ bleep ] in a bucket. send it down to me. and i would take, two, three, light bulbs, put it in some toilet paper, step on it, break it in some little fragments, so when i throw it on them, they wipe it, it will cut into them and get in their blood. and i was standing there with a big old bucket of it and throw it in their face. they would just go nuts. and so the corrections finally made a law that made it a felony. and then that's when i stopped. >>> coming up on "lockup: raw," the most violent confrontations behind bars. cell extractions. >> they tell you to back up to the door. if you back up, you're a bitch. try poligrip for partials. poligrip helps minimize stress which may damage supporting teeth by stabilizing your partial. care for your partial. help protect your natural teeth. good job! still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings o

and it was unforgettable. >> this is the electric chair, which is maintained by the kentucky state penitentiary in order to complete executions by electrocution. it was originally built somewhere in the 1900s. >> it's just leather and wood and metal. like any other chair. but there's this unmistakable feeling, you know people die there. >> some of kentucky's death row inmates can choose between the electric chair and lethal injection. that's also the case in the neighboring state of tennessee. and when we visited there, we met a death row inmate who soon would face that decision. and as far as daryl holton was concerned, the sooner the better. >> yeah, i was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder. my children. >> throughout the entire interview holton spoke in a calm, coherent manner about what led to his nightmarish actions. >> got out of the army, divorced my wife, had custody of my children. reconciled with my wife. the reconciliation didn't work. and i hit her. i struck her. she got custody of the children and pretty much factored me out of the picture. >> then on november 30th, 19

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