out a different way to do his time in prison, and so he talked with me when he was up on the segregation unit and he said, you know, i really want a chance at the rtu unit. i want to start making changes in my life. you know, we're pretty particular about who we take in. the bottom line on this unit is that there can be no violence. >> i think this unit is the vehicle that i've been waiting for. i think that i'm ready for it because now that my system is beginning to settle, this will be the best time to capitalize off this moment. >> remember, you're trying to change your past. right? you've been going down a certain road for many years and you're trying to walk a different road. >> right. >> do your time a little differently than you have in the what, last eight or nine years? you're going to be one of our stars. >> that's right. >> i know that. i know that. okay? >> i can come up here and i can get my stuff together. so i won't have to relapse back into a condition that forbids me from being this free again. there is that form of freedom up here. so i come out here and play basketball by m

this isn't over. >> as stafford contemplates his next move, the segregation unit has a new arrival. 24rs earlier, josh gohr was pulled off his job as a kitchen worker. shortly after picking up a batch of dirty trays outside one of the female housing units. >> i don't know, i was just cleaning the trays, doing my assigned job. and seen a piece of paper. picked it up because it obviously wasn't trash. put it in my pocket. and the officer called me over there, asked me what i put in my pocket. >> the note was addressed to "my love." from "wivy." gohr says he has no idea who either one could be. but he did retrieve it outside the housing unit of his girlfriend, samantha agee. >> i would grab it just to help another inmate out. like people write to women in the jail, stuff like that. so, you know. i just seen it, oh, okay. if it comes through the postal service because it's legal mail, it goes to the inmate. we cannot stop it. but because it came through by being passed through a food cart, it becomes conpractice band. >> gohr has now been called to face the jail's disciplinary committee to

>> okay. >> all right, man. >> thanks. >> giroux might get his wish to leave segregation for a general population housing unitpleted seven days in segregation after stealing candy from a detention officer's desk, but when she returned to her unit, there were no available beds due to overcrowding, so for now, she will sleep on what's known as a boat, a plastic shell that supports a mattress. >> this is my bed. nice, isn't it. it's a boat with a mat. technically, legally, they have to have us at least 2 to 3 inches off the floor. this is their 2 to 3 inches off the floor. it's about as good as it gets when you're in the boat room. >> though she must sleep on a boat, lopez has at least had her privileges restored. but she still can't see the man who is both her fiance and co-defendant in the robbery case. matthew west is housed in the men's segregation unit. >> legally, i think we are common law married because we said we were married when i was in the penitentiary. not sure. i know we're engaged. i know that. i mean, i proposed to that girl like five or six or seven times, i -- yes. >> did you give her a ring?

the segregation unit has a new arrival. 24 hours earlier, josh gohr was pulled off his job as a kitchenworker. shortly after picking up a batch of dirty trails outside one of the female housing units. >> i don't know. i was just cleaning the trays, doing my assigned job and seen a piece of paper. picked it up because it obviously wasn't trash and asked what i put in miz pocket. >> the notice was addressed to my love from wivy. gohr said he has no idea who either one could be but retrieved it outside from his girlfriend, samantha agee. >> i would grab it to help an inmate out. people write to women in jail and stuff like that. i just seen it, oh, okay. >> if it comes through the postal service, because it's legal mail, we cannot stop it but because it came through a food cart, it becomes contraband. >> gohr has now been called to face the jail's disciplinary committee to find out if he'll be assigned to segregation for a contraband note. >> you understand the situation. what am i supposed to do with it? what's the appropriate thing to do? >> to tell the truth. >> he's been in here three

this is not over. >> stafford contemplates his next move, the segregation unit has a new arrival. 24 hours earlier josh gore was pulled off job as a kitchen worker after picking up a batch of dirty trays outside one of the female housing units. >> i don't know. i was just cleaning the trays doing my assigned job and seen a piece of paper. picked it up because it obviously wasn't trash and put it in my pocket and the officer asked me what i put in my pocket. >> the note was addressed to my love from wifey. gore says he has neither idea who either one could be but he did receive it outside of the housing unit of his girlfriend. >> i would grab it to help another inmate out. people write to women in the jail and stuff like that. so i just seen it. oh, okay. >> if it comes through the postal service because it's legal mail it goes to the inmate we cannot stop it. but coming through from the food cart it's contraband. >> he facing the disciplinary committee to find out if he is assigned to segregation. >> you do understand the situation. >> am i wrong for picking up a piece piece of paper.

so, where you'll go from here is probably segregation unit, protective custody. have no other choice for you. >> okay. >> very good, sir. >> you're taking this all pretty calmly. i mean, you come to jail and get beaten up and you're waiting to go to prison. how are you being so calm about this? >> much of it comes from my faith. it's kept me, kept me very calm and peaceful. i've been going through this process. my family has always made a huge impact. i have six brothers and sisters and two parent who love us all very deeply. the last thing my mother said before i went in to be sentenced is, i'll love you no matter what. and she gave me a hug and said good luck. so, i do want to make something of myself. i don't want to be a sex offender and that's the end of my story. i'm very determined to make something of myself past this. >>> good morning. right now on first look, xbox and sony playstation networks go down on the same day "the interview is released in theaters. >> how people around the globe celebrated christmas. >>> retailers brace for the post holiday rush

. ♪ >> the segregation unit is a controlled unit.ple in here have assaulted staff in the past or they -- you know, you have overt sexual behavior. you have stealing, you have theft. there are some murderers that we have here. they are violent. you have chaos going on constantly. >> this inmate's rage in general population brought him time in segregation. >> i got in a fight. he had 15 stitches in his eye. i have got an anger problem. i don't really think before i act. and that was the main problem. >> every anarchy of prison that you can think of with adults, we have the same subsystems here. >> with as many as 48 violent teens kept in a confined area of the facility, the segregation unit has a society all its own. ♪ where cell phones and ipods are replaced by a fast-paced secretive practice known as cadillacing. >> sometimes it takes a while. you have to mash your mat up and put a string around it. get some toilet paper wet, get some cotton or paper around it, making it square, wrap a string around it and slide it out your door. so

inmates who behave badly are sent to the administrative segregation unit. >> segregation is an area we have roughly 200 inmates. and these -- all these inmates are individually celled and they're all here because they broke a rule, infraction, here in prison. >> human contact in segregation is extremely limited and interaction with others is at a minimum. this deprivation can take its toll on an inmate both physically and mentally. >> you have a lot of inmates back there have been in single cells for a long time. and they of course build up hostilities. it's a highly explosive area. >> i did not do what they said i did. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> right now! >> that's just another typical day in seg. that's part of it. >> these officers work here on a daily basis, they deal with these inmates and you build up a relationship with these inmates. some are good, some are not so good. >> most people say when i started i wouldn't make it three days. so i had a point to prove and i proved it. then they said i wouldn't make sergeant and if i did, i wouldn't be a successful sergeant. so i

now seemingly following in his father's footsteps, brandon has just been moved into the segregation unit for fighting. it's not the first time he's had problems here. >> brandon has gotten into a number of disciplinary issues, problems. he's been put in seg a number of times for assault. and possession of contraband. >> i was protecting myself. i'm not a violent person at all, though. but i know how to survive. >> and word of the son of jimmy maxwell is already beginning to spread. >> his son brandon is just as cool as he is. >> that's going to be the next jimmy maxwell. >> jimmy maxwell says he has not seen his son in the last three years, since brandon was 16. >> he's about a quarter mile down the hallway. oddly enough, i feel a little closer to him. he's right down the street. >> want to see my dad, you know. i probably won't ever get to see him again. i might go to prison for a long time. and he -- he's going to go to prison for a long time. and they're not going to let us be around each other. >> for now, the only way jimmy can see brandon is through a newspaper clipping about his c

. >> a week later, prison officials allowed us back into the administrative segregation unit, where we conducted several more interviews without further incident. even george grapf and jonathan hall agreed to interviews and allowed us to take footage of them. a few months later, michael gill was released on parole. >> whoa, whoa, there's ice on the ground. i don't feel comfortable. >>> coming up -- when inmates are left to their own devices, the result can range from bizarre, to horrifying. >> where do you want me? >> get him up front. get him on a gurney. he has that dry, scratchy thing going on... guess what? (cough!) it works on his cough too. what? stop, don't pull me! spoiler alert! she doesn't make it! only mucinex dm packs 2 medicines in one pill to relieve wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. >>> appearances and first impressions are every bit as important behind prison walls as they are on the outside. and one of the most fascinating experiences we have in prison is seeing the different methods inmates use to create their own loo

. >> sergeant collette runs the segregation unit.ys he checks in with england and watts daily to make sure they're holding up emotionally. >> how you doing upstairs? you know what i'm saying? >> yeah, yeah. i'm good. >> okay. >> it's been great. >> all right. i'll get mental health in here to talk if you need to. >> i been good, sergeant collette. >> i've never really had any type of drastic mood change in alvin. alvin's always been alvin. he's just -- he's there. alvin's kind of a tricky one. those are the ones you really got to watch close for just very subtle changes. there may be things in their behavior or things in their cell that may be subtly changed. those are the ones you have to watch real close. >> all right, alvin. >> all right, sergeant collette. >>> coming up -- >> five black people. we shot them all down, killing three of them. >> alvin watts opens up. and -- >> why you got a toothbrush in your mouth? >> i was brushing my teeth at the same time. >> a case of bad hygiene leads to a pair of jailhouse assaults. it's more

. >> a week later, prison officials allowed us back into the administrative segregation unit, where we conducted several more interviews without further incident. even george grapf and jonathan hall agreed to interviews and allowed us to take footage of them. a few months later, michael gill was released on parole. >> whoa, whoa, there's ice on the ground. i don't feel comfortable. >>> coming up -- when inmates are left to their own devices, the result can range from bizarre, to horrifying. >> where do you want me? >> get him up front. get him on a gurney. >>> appearances and first impressions are every bit as important behind prison walls as they are on the outside. and one of the most fascinating experiences we have in prison is seeing the different methods inmates use to create their own look. from intimidating to tantalizing to just peculiar. our crews have seen it all. tattoos, however, aren't the only tools in the toolbox. at indiana state prison, billy kyle, serving eight years on a drug dealing charge, likes to strut the yard with his grill. >> i like blue and white diamonds. >

. >> but ziggy's first stop is the segregation unit better known as the hole where he will be lockedp 23 hours a day. though for ziggy it's not all that bad. >> i won't be granted parole in april. that's mission accomplished. i have to accept the consequences of what he said. >> please direct all my mail over to me. yes, true. >> all i can say if you don't want to meet the parole board, come up with another way, other than tampering with your drug screen. >> 42 to mobile 3, be advised, moving one inmate through unit six to unit three through the access road. >> having reflected an what happened to ritchie hall, i feel kind of bad about that. i don't feel i did the best job i could do. i think they treated him unfairly. they don't want to address the problem that he still has issues with trying to adjust to freedom. >>> a pennsylvania christmas store stays open and stays profitable year-round. what 2015 will bring for america's small businesses. and lessons from a real pro. master marketer santa claus. those stories and more coming up next on a special holiday edition of "your busines

you can't be in the security housing unit or administrative segregation.n center inmate. you can't be on noncontact status. you can't be a condemned inmate. you can't be life without parole. >> ron golden is serving a 22-year sentence for armed robbery and prison staff assaults. four years ago while at another prison, he married hope golden, a woman he'd known since he was a teenager. he's been at kern valley for just a few months. >> we were corresponding from '98 to 2001, and we became intimate with each other. she wanted to come see me. she knew me from the streets. it just blossomed into something beautiful. we fell in love with each other. >> good morning. >> do you have your i.d.? >> it's in there. >> this will be ron and hope's first family visit at kern valley and the first time they've seen each other in five months. >> the orange shirt can't go in because it's orange. >> okay. now i know, i won't do that. >> okay. and the rollers can't do in either. >> okay. >> i'll give you a bag to put all this stuff in. >> before we were married i was always i

he has spent most of his time at holman in the administrative segregation unit. >> he's an impulsive type of a guy. he's violent. he's in here for violence and apparently the time has not taught him any differently. >> can i be rehabilitated? yeah, i could be rehabilitated. if i could figure out how to get over the hatred. because i have a lot of hatred. i have a lot of hatred for people in general, for society. >> that includes warden culliver. >> he's a narcissist. he's super serious. he loves attention. he loves to micromanage [ bleep ]. and he loves to give everybody at his mercy a hard time. he's trying to be somebody. he's trying to define his identity off the demoralization and dehumanization of other people. trying to boost his own ego up. >> how would you describe steven parker? what kind of inmate is he? >> crazy. he's a nut. i mean, no more, no less. he's not a person that's very intelligent. >> culliver combats predatory behavior and other problems by knowing his inmates well and enforcing his rules. even the smaller ones, like being clean shaven. >> that's how you shave?

most of that time has been in unit a1a, disciplinary segregation, where inmates with major rule violations are confined to single person cells 23 hours a day. they lose most of their privileges and possessionsas well. >> they got to have a shackle because we in disciplinary. i've been wearing these shackles for so long, it seems like sometimes it don't even be there. it's just that it's a normal routine. >> hey, mr. gathers. >> how you doing? >> did you have a bad day today? >> kind of. >> what happened? >> i've been dealing with melvin now for maybe a little over two years. and he is one that you can't come at hard, you just got to listen to him and have patience with him, because he flips like that. >> there's some people who i have zero tolerance for. and some people i have about 10% tolerance for. >> i don't trust him when he has his hands handcuffed in the front of him. i'm standing there talking to him. my hands are here. i don't trust him. he's unpredictable. you never know what he's going to do. he can be smiling up in your face and be your best friend and turn around and he's read

we met him in the segregation unit of prison haselt, a maximum security facility. >> on 30 december, i killed my wife. >> okay. why and how? >> i killed her with a big knife. >> why? >> because i had no gun with me. >> okay. but why did you kill her? >> oh, why? i was very, very angry that she want to leave. for her, no problem, huh? but she wants to take my son. and she wants to move with the son to germany. >> schaeffer, a korean adopted by a dutch family, said he had outstanding charges in germany, that could have led to a two-year sentence if he followed his wife into the country. after arguing, he stabbed her numerous times. >> three times in the neck. two times in the back. two, three, the total was ten stabs with a big knife. >> how big? >> kitchen knife. >> in the middle of the interview, something unusual happened. >> we're in the middle of this interview with shawn and i noticed a distraction coming over my right side, and it was actually an officer. he was holding a wrist watch that apparently shawn had placed an order for a couple of days prior. >> it was very important f

he's looking at probably quite a long time in the segregation unit. >>> next on "lockup: extended stay" -- >> it's not my first stab, it probably won't be the last time. >> stabber terry moore operates by a different set of rules. >> it's what had to be done. >>> and later -- the warden shows a softer side. >> eat your ice cream cone. >>> somebody let me sit down. i don't care who lets me sit down. >> holman is changing and the faith-based honor dorm reflects that transformation. this nondenominational self-governing dorm provides opportunities for inmates to achieve personal growth. >> men can come into that environment, be nurtured in their spiritual needs, i guess is one way to put it. they have an opportunity to be productive, have a sense of purpose in life. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> living area, without a doubt, is much better than general population is. there are more tvs, there are more opportunities, you have computers, but everything is more structured, which means that there's a point systems, so if you mess up, you get points taken away, you have to keep a poin

. >> i was on the idu, the segregation unit, and a couple of guys up there that i don't get along with are threatening to burn me up again. i got another one admitting to me that he's got hiv and hepatitis and telling me how he's going to mix up some hot water with feces and throw that on me so i catch the disease. so everybody that comes past my cell door, i say, these are the guys that are trying to hurt me and kill me. i said, i need to get off this unit. >> we have another high number of offenders who will self-mutilate and cut to get their way. officers don't come to their cell fast enough, they want a tv, they are having a problem with something, so they will cut in order to get somebody's attention. >> i'll pull out a razor blade and i cut myself right there. can you see that? right there. them little circles is where i had the stitches. when i did that, oh, i got everybody's attention then, everybody and their [ bleep ] mama wanted to talk to me and find out why did i it. i didn't care win just wanted to make it home alive, man. >> we're going up to "g" unit to talk to offender

. >> this is a holman death row/segregation unit so this is a sensitive, high security area. it does have a different feel here. you have a lot of inmates back there that have been in single cells for a long time, and they, of course, build up hostilities. this time of the year the temperature, the weather is hot and of course that helps to also flare tempers. we have to be very, very cautious. we have to follow procedures because it's a highly explosive area. >> you got no right to touch my mail. that man took my mail two days ago. showed it to me and throwed it in the trash can. throw it in the trash can. they don't do nothing about it and i'll tell y'all the real reality what's going on in this prison. you see him over there? because he don't tell you the truth. i'm telling you something. >> i thought you told me we was going to do better. >> two days i will be going home and these folks keep trying to trap me in this prison, lying on me. writing me up disciplinary i ain't never did. saying i did things i never did. this officer is trying to trap me in the state of alabama

trenity baker admits to fighting another inmate in order to be sent to the highly restrictive segregation unit her best friend michelle wise, was there for fighting, as well. now both women are back in general population housing units, but they're not in the same one. though baker might have discovered family in heather morton. >> who am i? >> she's my cousin. >> heather morton, she thinks she's my cousin so i let her think she's my cousin. so. she's not my cousin. >> my mom and your mom. remember bakers? or your daddy is a baker. we discovered this. we discovered this -- yeah. so anyway, that's what we find out we were cousins. >> why is this other woman claiming to be your cousin? >> i don't know. >> glad to see ya cousin. come back to see me. >> my mom and trenity baker have the same last name. we start naming off people and it was kind of you know, we kind of hit at some people that was related to her that was related to me. so that's the reason that we thought we were cousins. >> yeah, but -- that's my cousin. but i know her regardless if we are cousins or not cousins. really, i think we'

minimum security facility but after several fights with other inmates was transferred to the segregation unit at tennessee prison for women. >> warden said i was a threat to security of his institution, that i was a threat to his inmates, that he didn't have a program for me, my behavior was too aggressive. >> her sons are living with family while she serves four years for aggravated assault and a concurrent sentence for forgery and she's concerned one of her boys might be following her example. >> first he stole like a dollar from his teacher and then he's stealing money from his grandma and i got on the phone and i asked him, why are you stealing money from grandma? he said, well, i was stealing $1 and $5 from her and she never knew so i thought i would take a $20. he got in trouble for that and the whole family came down and did like this intervention thing and so told him not to steal from grandma. instead of stealing from grandma, he stole from the next door neighbor. i am having to deal with my crimes, forgery, it's the same thing, i stole the money, i forged a check. i look at myself a

door that goes back into death row, told me to pack my stuff, that i was being moved to the segregation unitcked my stuff and left. you hear a lot of stuff about prison. and i was scared of leaving the environment that i had become known in, people knew me and i knew people, to a new environment that everybody says is worse. so, in that respect, i was scared. i was happy not to have the death sentence, but i was scared to go to the seg building. it is still a death sentence. i was scared to go there. i still feel like i'm a walking dead man. i'm not going to be executed. but i'm going to die in prison. the difference in the sentence isn't that great. now i wait 20, 30 years before i die instead of maybe three or four. >>> up next, prisoners find love behind bars. >> i love him. and if i could marry him in the state of alabama, i would. i've been called a control freak... i like to think of myself as more of a control... enthusiast. mmm, a perfect 177-degrees. and that's why this road warrior rents from national. i can bypass the counter and go straight to my car. and i don't have to talk to

latest actions require mental health staff to intervene. 6 >>> inside the tulsa county jail segregation unittinues doing time in his one-man cell. he's only allowed out one hour per day for recreation or a shower. four days earlier he got into more trouble after he swung at deputy witsit. he was returned to his cell. at the time, hill was already in segregation for another reason. self-mutilation. >> first time he hurt himself, he threw a battery off a window, something broke i guess, he started slicing his arm up, cut him away. we sent him to medical on suicide watch. he came back a couple weeks later, broke a razor blade and started cutting his arm everywhere, had to get stitches, staples all down his arm. >> hill says he's not suicidal but believes in bloodletting for health purposes. >> you want to get to wherever there's a good artery at. so the flow of blood will be good. >> for what? >> for what? for medicinal purposes, man. >> what about the fact it could kill you? >> i know what i'm doing, sister. believe me. am i dead? i just proved i know what i'm doing. >> when was that one done?

the holman correctional facility in alabama, we were filming interviews in the administrative segregation unit when a loud disturbance occurred. >> they put me in a cell! where it comes down to my [ bleep ] bed. it comes down on my bed, man. i can can't [ bleep ] sleep. >> inmate jamie bell is in a rage because his toilet is overflowing. he blames the inmate in the cell above him of creating the problem by interfering with the plumbing. >> [ bleep ]. >> jamie bell. listen. >> i'm trying to handle this. >> the confrontation becomes so heated that warden grant culliver gets involved. >> if you would shut [ bleep ] up, then nobody would be so [ bleep ] off at your ass. quit acting like a [ bleep ] child. listen. >> we just moved him in. >> the inmate above bell's cell is serving life. his name is andrew alexander. >> there was no proof that this guy above him had done anything. but while we were filming i glanced up and i saw andrew alexander staring at me through his window. and i kind of asked him with my mouth, did you do this? and he just had the most cold, evil smile come across his face. >>

united states marine corps. their outstanding service during and after world war ii help lead to executive order 9981, officially ending segregationhin the united states military. in 2012, they were recognized their outstanding service in united states history. presenting the wreath for the united states navy. [indiscernible] mr. donahue was a navy pilot during world war ii. also presenting the wreath for .he united states navy presenting the wreath for the united states air force is mr. , world warite house ii veteran from pennsylvania. mr. whitehouse served in the army air force as a flight engineer on a.b. 24 -- on a be-24. in 19 74, the united states agency for international development borrowed him from the irs and sent him to vietnam to work. his late wife joined him for the time. he has two sons who are both vietnam veterans. presenting the wreath for the united states coast guard is mr. georgepolansky and mr. armstrong p daniel polansky served with the 76th infantry division during world war ii. he is a member of the 76 mechanized cavalry recon troop. mr. george arnstein also served in the 75th infantry division during wor

but when they get into trouble here, they go to administrative segregation, a lockdown unit where they spend 23 hours a day in their cells. >> segregation is basically the jail within the prison. and that's where some of the more colorful, disruptive types are housed. >> one of those inmates is jonathan hall. serving 40 years for murder. >> take that camera somewhere else. >> our crew first encountered hall while interviewing another inmate a few doors down. >> this is what i think of your story. >> i believe he threw -- well, he threw a liquid substance under the door. it smelled somewhat suspicious, so we're going to go report that. yeah, he threw pee under the door. >> did he? >> yeah. >> better double-check. >> okay. >> we soon learn that hall's anger had really begun the day before. >> he started off yesterday night, he drew a bunch of gang graffiti on the walls. staff attempted to go in there, restrain him, take pictures of the graffiti, he refused, became belligerent. this morning i went up there and talked to him. he decided he would cooperate. we did restrain him, bring him ou

. >> to battle overcrowding, officer cavagnolo's donner unit houses inmates meant to be segregated from population within feet of mainline inmates. >> we have in this unit, we have 2 1/2 tiers of administrative segregation, and the bottom half is a reception center. it makes it really difficult for us, because inmates on the bottom half of the unit, they have access through a lot of different parts of the institution, and then our challenge we have in administrative segregation is the inmates make fish lines and they'll tie a little weight to it and pass it down and pass kites or weapons, so it's a constant battle. just controlling contraband and keep an eye on these inmates, keep them in order. you never know what you're going to get in here. you have to be prepared. just last week we had an inmate slashed from the second tier reception center and we just came off of lockdown from that. yesterday we had an inmate cut his wrist coming off the fifth tier. like i said, we're five tiers high. we do not have suicide bars in here. one of the inmates came out in handcuffs and we're in an alte

segregation. a 23-hour-a-day lockup unit for inmates who violate prison rules. >> i was taking him to north segregation to lock him up in our seg unit. >> when the inmate turns on him, morgan tightens his grip. but the situation would soon get much more intense. >> that's when he tried to pull away from me and turned around on me. >> he's grabbing on me. >> that's when i tried to secure him to the ground until i could get more security help. >> no, no, no. no, no, no. huh-uh. i'm going to walk. i'm going to walk. >> those particular charges that i charged the inmate with were insolence, disobeying a direct order, assault, he attempted to spit on me as well as turn around on me. and this inmate will go to an adjustment hearing, which is panel of hearing officers, and he will plead his case against my disciplinary report that i give him, and they will do whatever is just. >> while this inmate received an extended term in segregation, combative inmates always risk suffering physical consequences as well. wherever inmates congregate, common areas and cellblocks, the yard, or the cafeteria, there's usually

. >> to protect him, prison officials decided to move shephard to a housing unit, segregated from theral population until they could find a more permanent solution, such as a transfer to another prison. >> he said he wasn't going to tell them where i'm at? >> it won't go back to the cell house. no. this will go to the unit you're going on. >> shephard will also be placed on key lock status, a measure usually meant to discipline inmates, but in this case it's to protect him. it means he'll be locked inside his cell 23 hours a day and allowed out only for a shower or supervised rec time. >> check the cell out, make sure there ain't nothing in here. >> this is like a dungeon in a dungeon. i guess that's the price you pay before you either kill somebody or get killed. >> ronnie's story was not an unusual one for us to encounter. we'll start following somebody's situation and then it will completely go in another direction because prison life is pretty unpredictable. and what happens is, these guys basically not only have to face the consequences of their actions outside prison, but they o

. >> male inmates considered to be the greatest threat are segregated in their own unit, section 20. >> when they are -- when they use a lot of drugs, when they are aggressive, when they're risk for escaping, then they come to section 20. >> burack ersen is a section 20 inmate. >> they say that i put a man through the window like this. >> in a wheelchair? >> in a wheel chair, yes. >> unlike most high-security units in american prisons where inmates are locked in cells 23 hours a day, burack and other section 20 inmates are given access to common areas. but less than 24 hours after our arrival, a fight breaks out between two inmates. surveillance footage would later reveal that burack ersen, shown speaking on a pay phone, was one of the participants. he's suddenly approached by another inmate who has just picked up supplies and food from the prison canteen and just seconds later they take each other to the ground. correctional officers swarm the two men and take burack into custody, while the other inmate picks up his supplies and leaves the scene. burack will be confined to this stri

he's the ginormous one. >> after spending three nights in segregation they have been returned to unitlready populated with several other 211 gang members. >> holloman and wright are two guys that i want to keep together. well, they're known 211 members. you think if you have all of one group in one area it seems like, okay, there's too many of them in one group. but they're actually much more manageable that way. they're happier that way. which makes me happy. well, well, well. my favorite two. so here's what going to happen. ready? >> yeah. >> over there. you know where you're going. where? >> yeah. >> where? >> 23. >> happy? >> to avoid moving too many other inmates holloman and wright will have separate cell assignments but are hoping that sergeant thomas will negotiate. >> there's no way to move sebastian? just escort him down to 2-3? >> look, there's church and there's unicef and the pope and there's me. i've given all i can give. no, i've given all i'm going to give. you two stay together. everybody's happy. i know i am. >> 2-3. >> 2-3. god bless us all. >> lieutenant fox had a