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want to go to administrative segregation? >> not at this time. >> we'll note it on the lockup order. basically what happened was an inmate was assaulted in the gym, right? after we did a thorough search, pants located in your laundry bag contained suspected blood stains on the pants. therefore, with any investigation, you're going to administrative segregation, because right now if we keep you in the gym, you jeopardize the integrity of the investigations. >> so i'm being written up for the fight? >> yep. so that's what's going to happen. >> all right. >> i'll get you an officer to get you some clothes here in just a minute. >> with a white suspect and a southern hispanic victim, officers are wary of retaliation that could explode into a race riot. >> hey, step outside for me real quick. >> you've got two south siders over there. what's dude that came from level one? is that him? >> he's right here. white boys right here. >> yeah. and then the dude to his right is a south sider as well. >> what's his name? >> that's -- that's
want to go to administrative segregation? >> not at this time. >> we'll note it on the lockup order. basically what happened was an inmate was assaulted in the gym, right? after we did a thorough search, pants located in your laundry bag contained suspected blood stains on the pants. therefore, with any investigation, you're going to administrative segregation, because right now if we keep you in the gym, you jeopardize the integrity of the investigations. >> so i'm being...
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the attacker was identified and put in administrative segregation for questioning, but now the entireell block is about to be searched for weapons. >> keep your eyes open. keep your ears open. do your normal cell searches, handle your business and be safe. >> a large team of correctional officers will search every square inch of their cells. first, all the inmates are removed. first for weapons, then taken out to the yard. >> step over here. >> all right. all right. >> these surprise raids are usually successful in finding weapons. but present a unique challenge for "lockup" crews. >> it is action. it's real action. and the only thing that you have to be careful of you don't want to piss off the cell block. you kind of run the risk of alienating the very guys you're trying to extract stories and cooperation from. we always hope, if there is going to be a raid, that it's toward the end of our tour at the prison. >> but tv crew concerns are theç last thing on the minds of these officers. what they uncover can be the difference between life and death. >> it's an old joint. you can hide s
the attacker was identified and put in administrative segregation for questioning, but now the entireell block is about to be searched for weapons. >> keep your eyes open. keep your ears open. do your normal cell searches, handle your business and be safe. >> a large team of correctional officers will search every square inch of their cells. first, all the inmates are removed. first for weapons, then taken out to the yard. >> step over here. >> all right. all right....
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that's why they've been placed in administrative segregation.y've assaulted staff. >> there are more than 900 correctional officers at san quentin state prison, nearly 200 of whom are women. officer mannix is one of them. >> hi, miss mannix. >> hey. >> i'll see what i can do and let them know that you're still here. >> okay. >> okay? all right. >> all right. >> being a correctional officer, i'm at work and that's full time when i'm there. when i'm home, i'm a full time mom. >> here, john, you want to help out? >> it's been 12, 13 years. she's had a couple of 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'm working at san quentin. i'm like, really? i thought that was only a guy thing. >> i got 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. i think honestly, a
that's why they've been placed in administrative segregation.y've assaulted staff. >> there are more than 900 correctional officers at san quentin state prison, nearly 200 of whom are women. officer mannix is one of them. >> hi, miss mannix. >> hey. >> i'll see what i can do and let them know that you're still here. >> okay. >> okay? all right. >> all right. >> being a correctional officer, i'm at work and that's full time when i'm there. when i'm...
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he asked to be released from departmentwide administrative segregation. down to speak to him about that review. he'll be meeting with the team manager jerry synder, casebook manager beverly gilmore and myself. >> hello. hi sir, how you doing. haven't seen you in a long time. >> i know, it's been a long time. >> yeah, yeah, it's been a long time. >> some staff have recommended you be released from departmentwide administrative segregation. some staff haven't. okay? so with that being said, it's now in my hands to make a recommendation to central office. >> though trotter has shown improvement one of the first things superintendent brown wants to address is a conduct report that he received several months earlier. >> chris trotter started saying over and over "f" the police, kill the police. that sounds like a threat to me. >> no, but that wasn't it at all. that wasn't it. we were working out together on the range and we had our chin after the workout and he took it out of context and nobody said kill the police or anything like that. i'm not in here for ki
he asked to be released from departmentwide administrative segregation. down to speak to him about that review. he'll be meeting with the team manager jerry synder, casebook manager beverly gilmore and myself. >> hello. hi sir, how you doing. haven't seen you in a long time. >> i know, it's been a long time. >> yeah, yeah, it's been a long time. >> some staff have recommended you be released from departmentwide administrative segregation. some staff haven't. okay? so...
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it's administrative segregation. we know it came from downstairs. they fished it up here. easily be broken down, that's a weapon. right here is a fish line. so he's using this to -- they use this as a weight. and they'll send this off the tier to the lower tiers most likely where they're allowed to have razor blades, stuff like that. the inmate will attach a razor blade to this and fish it in. they've got a lot of line right here. they'll go down the tier, they'll go up, they'll go down, they'll go side to side. and this is how they pass contraband right here. we'll definitely take this. they know exactly how some of us do our jobs. so if they're going to sit there and they're going to be loud in their cells or be disrespectful, i'll walk down the tier, i may pay a visit to their cell, do a cell inspection, maybe find some contraband. they know when i go in, i'm not leaving until i find something. a lot of times they tear up the side of the mattress, try to hide stuff in there, think we won't get dirty and go in there. >> these cell searches yield contraband and vital gang
it's administrative segregation. we know it came from downstairs. they fished it up here. easily be broken down, that's a weapon. right here is a fish line. so he's using this to -- they use this as a weight. and they'll send this off the tier to the lower tiers most likely where they're allowed to have razor blades, stuff like that. the inmate will attach a razor blade to this and fish it in. they've got a lot of line right here. they'll go down the tier, they'll go up, they'll go down,...
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. >> when we first met co cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in administrative segregation.evel one inmates in a dorm setting. >> i have 200 inmates in here and it's only me. it's like going totally other side of the spectrum. everything down here is observation, just watching, listening, getting the feel for the dorm and if you're always watching, you can tell when something's starting to go bad, hopefully stop it before it gets bad, but things happen down here all the time. you have a lot of drugs down here, partner found two hypodermic needles in this dorm probably about three days ago. so you got the drugs, you got the inmate-manufactured alcohol, you got the gangs, you got the weapons. so it can be real dangerous at times. i do three certainlies a day so we just pick them randomly. this guy i haven't did yet. since i've been down here. so it's his lucky day. get this guy, i'm going to get him to unlock his locker. >> okay, you guys got me in trouble. >> unlock your locker, man. >> lock it? >> unlock it. >> my locker's open. >> that's yours right there. >> yeah. >> is he
. >> when we first met co cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in administrative segregation.evel one inmates in a dorm setting. >> i have 200 inmates in here and it's only me. it's like going totally other side of the spectrum. everything down here is observation, just watching, listening, getting the feel for the dorm and if you're always watching, you can tell when something's starting to go bad, hopefully stop it before it gets bad, but things happen down here all the...
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. >> ad seg is just short for administrative segregation. like i said, in essence, it's a prison within a prison. >> inmates housed in ad seg are not allowed contact visits and must remain in their cells 23 hours a day. when they are allowed out, they are handcuffed and escorted by an officer. >> they are in trouble. most of the time they're in gangs and violence, so for our safety as well as everybody else's safety, we handcuff them behind their back and escort them everywhere they go. >> if you would have came yesterday, i just sent her a portrait i did of her, all red with hearts on it like valentines. she touched my heart. that's why i get weak. that's my son. i can't be with them for ten years. that's hard. >> angel rodriguez has spent two months in administrative segregation. he's automatically placed there because he's labeled a validated gang member. >> that means administration has labeled you as being a participant or an associate of those who are known as gang members.so if you're an associae administration's eyes, they will lock
. >> ad seg is just short for administrative segregation. like i said, in essence, it's a prison within a prison. >> inmates housed in ad seg are not allowed contact visits and must remain in their cells 23 hours a day. when they are allowed out, they are handcuffed and escorted by an officer. >> they are in trouble. most of the time they're in gangs and violence, so for our safety as well as everybody else's safety, we handcuff them behind their back and escort them...
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. >> it's just short for administrative segregation. in essence, it's a prison within a prison. >> let's go. >> reporter: inmates housed in ad seg are not allowed contact visits and must remain in their cells 23 hours a day. when they are allowed out, they are handcuffed and escorted by an officer. >> they are in trouble. most of the time they're in gang and violent and so for our safety as well as everybody else's safety, we have them handcuffed behind the back and escorted everywhere they go. >> if you guys would have came yesterday, i just sent her a portrait that i did of her. >> she touched my heart. plus my son. i can't be with him for ten years, you know. that's hard. >> angel rodriguez has spent two months in administrative segregation. he's automatically placed there because he's labeled a validated gang member. >> that means that administration has labeled you as being a participant or an associate of those who are known as gang members. so if you're an associate in the administration's eyes, they will lock you up. >> you know
. >> it's just short for administrative segregation. in essence, it's a prison within a prison. >> let's go. >> reporter: inmates housed in ad seg are not allowed contact visits and must remain in their cells 23 hours a day. when they are allowed out, they are handcuffed and escorted by an officer. >> they are in trouble. most of the time they're in gang and violent and so for our safety as well as everybody else's safety, we have them handcuffed behind the back and...
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> that's exactly where we met dennis hamilton, in the hole, solitary confinement in the administrative segregationnit at kern valley state prison. it was the second time his refusal to share a cell had landed him there. but his time in the hole was about to end. and he was scheduled to return to general population, where sharing a cell is mandatory. >> to me the cells are too small. i think the cell in itself breeds an environment for homosexuality. >> dennis hamilton was an unusual inmate. he just believed he didn't have to live with another man. i think he had a fear about living with another man. >> and to me it's like you don't even want these people in society, but you want me to feel safe inside a cell with this person. >> ironically other inmates might not feel safe around hamilton either. he's serving a life sentence for kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, and say salt with a deadly weapon. nine years in, he's only now decided to make his stand against taking a cell mate. >> there's no rule that says i have to take a cellie. two, i don't want to live with another man for the rest of my life.
> that's exactly where we met dennis hamilton, in the hole, solitary confinement in the administrative segregationnit at kern valley state prison. it was the second time his refusal to share a cell had landed him there. but his time in the hole was about to end. and he was scheduled to return to general population, where sharing a cell is mandatory. >> to me the cells are too small. i think the cell in itself breeds an environment for homosexuality. >> dennis hamilton was an...
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. >> angel rodriguez has spent two months in administrative segregation and placed there because he's labeled a validated gang member. >> that means administration has labeled you as being a participant or an associate of those who are known as gang members. if you're an associate in the administration's eyes, they'll lock you up. >> what the cameras don't see, when it's quiet and people are doing their times, we cry too. we got feelings too. i don't let my neighbors hear it, i run the water, sometimes i can hear myself. that's how much i miss my girl, know what i mean? >> doing ten years in a windowless cell with no positive stimulation and unable to touch family members is an unbearable prospect for angel. >> i'm going to try to speak to administration to get family visits, i have somebody that i love and loves me and my little son. he needs me. i don't want him to end up in prison. you know what i mean? i want good things for him. >> angel faces a long and difficult process of counselor and committee meetings to get back to general population. the first of which will happen today.
. >> angel rodriguez has spent two months in administrative segregation and placed there because he's labeled a validated gang member. >> that means administration has labeled you as being a participant or an associate of those who are known as gang members. if you're an associate in the administration's eyes, they'll lock you up. >> what the cameras don't see, when it's quiet and people are doing their times, we cry too. we got feelings too. i don't let my neighbors hear it,...
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>> at holman, 630 beds are dedicated to general population. 200 accommodate inmates in administrative segregation172 are set aside for death row inmates. >> you have anything from a property offender here all the way to self-proclaimed serial killers. >> because of a lot of difficult inmates or inmates that other camps can't contain, they will send them to us, and we take them, and we deal with them. >> you'll be out in 30 damn seconds. [ pounding ] >> people can get tied up. people can get shot up, you know. people can get stabbed up. >> wrong place, wrong time. you might get hurt. >> so it's up to you to maintain and weave. you know what i'm saying? if you can't weave, then you're gonna be another statistic. either you're gonna get messed up or locked up. >> when i was growing up in this area, we used to be literally scared to pass by the road because we would hear all these horror stories of, like, people getting killed. >> i've seen a guy, you know, get opened up. i've seen stabbings. i've pretty much seen it all. >> over the years, holman's reputation for violence has earned the facility a n
>> at holman, 630 beds are dedicated to general population. 200 accommodate inmates in administrative segregation172 are set aside for death row inmates. >> you have anything from a property offender here all the way to self-proclaimed serial killers. >> because of a lot of difficult inmates or inmates that other camps can't contain, they will send them to us, and we take them, and we deal with them. >> you'll be out in 30 damn seconds. [ pounding ] >> people can...
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. >> when we first met harper he was serving his third year in administrative segregation or solitarynement for having assaulted correctional officers. >> in my opinion, duane is a really stressed out individual. >> don't just strip me out for talking. strip everybody out for talking you [ bleep ]. >> shortly after "lockup" and if you back up, you're a too much, especially when multigrain cheerios thought they were dead. [ laughter ] [ grunting ] huh? [ male announcer ] should've used roundup. america's number one weed killer. it kills weeds to the root, so they don't come back. guaranteed. weeds won't play dead, they'll stay dead. roundup. no root. no weed. no problem. >>> here's what's happening. john edwards former mistress has written a tell-all book about her affair with the former senator. it is set to be released june 26th. it's expected to include revealing details about their relationship which began while edward was still married. >> connecticut is now the 17th state to allow the use of medical marijuana. doctors will able to prescribe the drug to patients who suffer from il
. >> when we first met harper he was serving his third year in administrative segregation or solitarynement for having assaulted correctional officers. >> in my opinion, duane is a really stressed out individual. >> don't just strip me out for talking. strip everybody out for talking you [ bleep ]. >> shortly after "lockup" and if you back up, you're a too much, especially when multigrain cheerios thought they were dead. [ laughter ] [ grunting ] huh? [ male...
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they have a different word for torture they have a different word for this they call it an administrative segregation or they call it putting in being put in restrictive housing and then what happens to the right in these facilities is that are you start to have sort of a personality disorder and the extreme is that they can and they didn't commit some people and harder themselves and that was a very pivotal house shared of people maiming and making them their bodies believed and doing things that you would think would lead any reasonable person in an institution to remove that individual have a psychiatric facility where they could get some sort of help help so they could get some kind of attention but they said that in most cases there is a sort of matter of factness on the part of the visuals that are facing this and in fact you're seeing that officials don't really seem to care and these individuals when they are treated or the woods they inflict on themselves are just removed and then there they go back into solitary confinement come in this whole song story kind of unfolding over the last two d
they have a different word for torture they have a different word for this they call it an administrative segregation or they call it putting in being put in restrictive housing and then what happens to the right in these facilities is that are you start to have sort of a personality disorder and the extreme is that they can and they didn't commit some people and harder themselves and that was a very pivotal house shared of people maiming and making them their bodies believed and doing things...
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he is being transferred to the level five facility, which acts as an administrative segregation within the penitentiary. >>> coming up, felix attempts to clear his name. >> it's still red, like i told them. >> plus, peaches' plan to transfer to a lower level may have hit a snag. and shiverdecker flexes his mcgyver muscles in the construction of a shank. >> this has been building and building and building. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> inmate chris shiverdecker was recently approved for a transfer out of level six to level five. that was until today. >> shiverdecker when i escorted him he said to make sure they don't have -- he said to make sure that i didn't have a rookie with me when i came to pick him up from the yard. then he said to watch myself. >> and usually when he tells us something, we knew that there was business or there was something that was going to happen. >> his intention was to assault the inmate that was directly ahead of him. >> if i would have had it my way, she would have been dead. >> what happened? >> threatened my life and w
he is being transferred to the level five facility, which acts as an administrative segregation within the penitentiary. >>> coming up, felix attempts to clear his name. >> it's still red, like i told them. >> plus, peaches' plan to transfer to a lower level may have hit a snag. and shiverdecker flexes his mcgyver muscles in the construction of a shank. >> this has been building and building and building. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is...
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. >> these inmates will be held in administrative segregation until isu's investigation has been completed. although the incident at tehachapi forced corcoran to alter its day-to-day routine, the arrival of new inmates never ceases. and for these new inmates, survival depends on knowing the rules and knowing their place. >> everything comes down to how you conduct yourself. and the overall code of how you conduct yourself is pathetic. but it's by race. you know, you're no longer considered -- you no longer become human. you become a color. >> in the four months we spent inside corcoran, our producers learned that for most inmates the safest place is with their own race. >> would you not hang out with an asian guy? >> yeah, i hang out with the asian guys. if they needed them. if there's people getting too rough. then there's going to be a conflict being cellies. you have to either kill your cellie or he'll kill you. it's not worth it. >> what i might do is my personal feelings, but what my people or who i hang with might have a problem with it, you know. so i have to do what the community s
. >> these inmates will be held in administrative segregation until isu's investigation has been completed. although the incident at tehachapi forced corcoran to alter its day-to-day routine, the arrival of new inmates never ceases. and for these new inmates, survival depends on knowing the rules and knowing their place. >> everything comes down to how you conduct yourself. and the overall code of how you conduct yourself is pathetic. but it's by race. you know, you're no longer...
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there is administrative segregation. >> although the confinement unit is an eighth of a mile away for inmates transferred there have to be excorted by two officers and transported by van. >> 60 days is the beginning of summer. i will be missing this summer this year's pretty much. the beth couple months out of the year. it don't make no difference. have to try to keep my nose clean and stay out for next time. >> he'll be back. [ bleep ]. it's one good thing about prison ain't nobody going nowhere. >> sometimes it's good to be by yourself to get you that alone time that you need. but on the other time will the be boring because i don't have nobody to talk to. this is it, though. >> new home for a while. >> what's your first impression? >> i've been in the hole before. different scenery, you know, still locked up doing time. >> though carr and harper have come to depend on each other in prison they may be going their separate ways before long as well. >> i'm assigned transfer papers to go to a lower security prison. before they could refuse them. but now you can't refuse it. >> what is
there is administrative segregation. >> although the confinement unit is an eighth of a mile away for inmates transferred there have to be excorted by two officers and transported by van. >> 60 days is the beginning of summer. i will be missing this summer this year's pretty much. the beth couple months out of the year. it don't make no difference. have to try to keep my nose clean and stay out for next time. >> he'll be back. [ bleep ]. it's one good thing about prison ain't...
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our "extended stay" series, we found gilbert exactly where we had left him, in ad seg, the administrative segregatedwhere inmates are locked down 23 hours a day. it houses holman's most violent and destructive offenders, and it is where bobby ray gilbert has spent almost all of his 27 years in prison. >> i've got life without parole, i have two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence and a 10-year sentence. yeah, i have anger issues. [ laughter ] >> gilbert's many convictions include robbery, assault and two counts of murder, one of which was carried out against another inmate in prison. during our shoot, we would see his anger erupt again. [ bleep ] >> five minutes trying to do it the right way! i'm going to show you what i'm made of! >> but gilbert proved to be more than just a violent man. he also showed us a thoughtful, creative side. in the last interview we did with gilbert, he seemed resigned to his fate of spending the rest of his life most likely alone in a small cell. >> at this point, you just look back and realize that the best part of it's over with
our "extended stay" series, we found gilbert exactly where we had left him, in ad seg, the administrative segregatedwhere inmates are locked down 23 hours a day. it houses holman's most violent and destructive offenders, and it is where bobby ray gilbert has spent almost all of his 27 years in prison. >> i've got life without parole, i have two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence and a 10-year sentence. yeah, i have anger issues. [...
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when an inmate commits any crime inside corcoran, he is sent to the administrative segregation unit, or asu, until his case is heard. >> this is a pretty secure unit, everything is controlled as far as any kind of movement, incoming, outgoing, whatever. so canteen, walking to see a visitor. here everything is controlled. for meals, we bring them. there is a set program that we go by. >> how are you guys doing? all right? good, good. >> today our producers are granted access to a case being heard by the institutional classification committee. >> morning, morning. i am here today to review your asu placement, to determine if your housing is appropriate, and to ensure that due process has been available to them. >> inmate ed duane smith and his cellmate are charged with prison murder. >> i've been trying for the past month to get my 115 heard. >> did you not postpone to the d.a.? >> yes, but it says, according to -- >> do you have your request with you? >> no, but i did submit it. >> who did you submit it to? >> i sent it to captain fields, one to grimsley. >> this is what we can do, sm
when an inmate commits any crime inside corcoran, he is sent to the administrative segregation unit, or asu, until his case is heard. >> this is a pretty secure unit, everything is controlled as far as any kind of movement, incoming, outgoing, whatever. so canteen, walking to see a visitor. here everything is controlled. for meals, we bring them. there is a set program that we go by. >> how are you guys doing? all right? good, good. >> today our producers are granted access to...
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. >> gallop is housed in the administrative segregation unit. in order to minimize his contact with other inmates, he's in a single-man cell and even takes his recreation time alone. gallop is currently serving two years for the distribution of narcotics. he also has an open case for assault with a deadly weapon, to which he has pled not guilty. but his reputation at suffolk county stems from a prior conviction against an inmate during an earlier stay here. >> when he was sitting down i was like, maybe i could take the mirror off. i started playing with it and i learned how to take it apart. i ran into another kid's cell and stabbed him. >> the inmate was stabbed 19 times. >> myself and the staff responded. as we entered the unit, we observed the cell door was wide open. and when we got down there, he was inside the cell and stabbing the inmate that was inside the cell with a manufactured weapon that he had made. there was blood on the walls, on the floor. all over both inmates. >> the victim survived the attack. >> i believe that he enjoyed the
. >> gallop is housed in the administrative segregation unit. in order to minimize his contact with other inmates, he's in a single-man cell and even takes his recreation time alone. gallop is currently serving two years for the distribution of narcotics. he also has an open case for assault with a deadly weapon, to which he has pled not guilty. but his reputation at suffolk county stems from a prior conviction against an inmate during an earlier stay here. >> when he was sitting...
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. >> under pelican bay's state of emergency, much of the mainline facility was moved to administrative segregation, a jail within the prison. here, inmates are closely watched, their activities and movements severely restricted. >> inmates in here are handcuffed and walked everywhere in handcuffs. these inmates that you see on the yard right now are southern mexicans and they align themselves with the prison gang called the eme. we don't let them mix the race to come to the yard out here. they go with their own race, to the concrete yards. >> this is a camera that oversees the yard that i'm working on right now. within a millisecond, these guys will stab each other and they will try to toss the weapon, so the camera comes into good play. >> every door in inmate housing is operated from the upstairs control level. the officers up here control every aspect of inmate activity. only the downstairs officers have physical contact with the inmates. their colleagues upstairs are their eyes and ears, and their protection. >> this is the l-88. it fires rubber rounds. it's an intimidating weapon. as you can
. >> under pelican bay's state of emergency, much of the mainline facility was moved to administrative segregation, a jail within the prison. here, inmates are closely watched, their activities and movements severely restricted. >> inmates in here are handcuffed and walked everywhere in handcuffs. these inmates that you see on the yard right now are southern mexicans and they align themselves with the prison gang called the eme. we don't let them mix the race to come to the yard out...
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she is out of administrative segregation and into the general population, again, the male part of thehat should be setting off alarms for everybody. first of all that transgender people get put in solitary confinement all of the time, supposedly to protect them. that's a huge, huge cost for protection, second, she is in a male prison, but that's often what happens to transgender inmates. >> we were surprised as we made the calls and found out there are already transgender inmates in the minnesota system. in our conversations with them, they seemed as though they were taking into account the difficulty here. is enough being done? >> that's such a loaded question. there is not enough being done anywhere in the criminal justice system. and as things drift off toward for-profit prisons, it's only going to get worse and worse. not enough is being done to make sure that transgender people is safe or anybody is safe from sexual assault. in california, there was a study done of people in the state prisons, and transgender women were 13 times more likely to be sexually assaulted. now, in large
she is out of administrative segregation and into the general population, again, the male part of thehat should be setting off alarms for everybody. first of all that transgender people get put in solitary confinement all of the time, supposedly to protect them. that's a huge, huge cost for protection, second, she is in a male prison, but that's often what happens to transgender inmates. >> we were surprised as we made the calls and found out there are already transgender inmates in the...
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. >> the next step for esdale is administrative segregation or asu hearing that will determine how longn segregation. >> you'll most likely be seeing asu tomorrow. yes. >> i'll be there. >> all right. >> i'll be there. >> all right. >> yep. it was nice seeing you, though. >> you, too, daniel. >> it's always nice seeing you. you're always going to be good in my book, no matter what. always going to be good. get the [ bleep ] out of here. >> while he deals with the consequences of his actions, it's time for espinoza to do the same. he's been called to a disciplinary hearing for a brutal attack, a three-on-one attack on another inmate. a fight jail officials called one of the worst they have seen in years. >> as you know, it could be a big incident. he might charge it criminally. before we ask you any questions, you must understand your rights. >> since most fights are broken up before there are serious injuries, they usually are handled internally, with punishment as a stay in segregation. but for espinoza the fight was so violent, he could face new criminal charges. >> you have the right
. >> the next step for esdale is administrative segregation or asu hearing that will determine how longn segregation. >> you'll most likely be seeing asu tomorrow. yes. >> i'll be there. >> all right. >> i'll be there. >> all right. >> yep. it was nice seeing you, though. >> you, too, daniel. >> it's always nice seeing you. you're always going to be good in my book, no matter what. always going to be good. get the [ bleep ] out of here....
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. >> when we met him, he was serving his time in administrative segregation because his desire for anotherurned deadly. >> about six months ago, i cut a dude's throat down in population. he was supposed to do some tattoos. i was going to get some swastikas tattooed on the side of my neck. he didn't want to run them. i said, well, you just need to give me my money back. he didn't want to do it. i pulled out a box cutter and i cut the side of his throat. and he went running away and tried to run behind an officer. like an officer is going to stop me [ bleep ]. they put him on a helicopter, flew him to the hospital, did some kind of surgery, put his jugular vein back together. >> our producer learned that the total debt owed to parker was $60, payable in snacks and toiletries purchased at the prison canteen since inmates are not allowed to carry cash. but behind bars, the true value of a tattoo can only be determined by the person who wears it. >> why did you want to get a swastika on your neck? >> because i just thought it would look cool. i like -- i wanted to get two of them on each side,
. >> when we met him, he was serving his time in administrative segregation because his desire for anotherurned deadly. >> about six months ago, i cut a dude's throat down in population. he was supposed to do some tattoos. i was going to get some swastikas tattooed on the side of my neck. he didn't want to run them. i said, well, you just need to give me my money back. he didn't want to do it. i pulled out a box cutter and i cut the side of his throat. and he went running away and...
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they are going to seven cell house, one of ksp's administrative segregation units.n here, they will be confined to a stark 8 x 10 foot cell.♪ >>> next on "lockup" -- >> a lot of these guys are not mentally stable. they need some type of psychiatric treatment, you know what i'm saying? >> serving time in the hole. >>> and later -- >> i took a knife and stabbed him with it three or four times until he was dead, and then i butchered him with it. >> a man who took drastic measures to get sent to ksp. . this is bobby. say hello bobby. hello bobby. do you know you could save hundreds on car insurance over the phone, online or at your local geico office? tell us bobby, what would you do with all those savings? hire a better ventriloquist. your lips are moving. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it,
they are going to seven cell house, one of ksp's administrative segregation units.n here, they will be confined to a stark 8 x 10 foot cell.♪ >>> next on "lockup" -- >> a lot of these guys are not mentally stable. they need some type of psychiatric treatment, you know what i'm saying? >> serving time in the hole. >>> and later -- >> i took a knife and stabbed him with it three or four times until he was dead, and then i butchered him with it....
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if i was going to go to prison i have to go to administrative segregation because if i went to general population, they would kill me. [ male announcer ] it isn't just your mammogram. it's your teenager's first varsity game. it isn't just your annual exam. it's your daughter's wedding. did you know with your health insurance you may now have some preventive benefits with no co-pays or out-of-pocket costs? it isn't just your cholesterol screening. it's all the tomorrows you're looking forward to. learn more at healthcare.gov. >>> these are cracker bolts. it's a racist thing. >> every one of these got a story behind it. >> while many of the male inmates we meet in the course of shooting lockup wear their past crimes or notorious affiliations on their bodies in ink, the majority of female inmates rarely give any hints in their physical appearance about the details of their past or the uncertainties of their futures. on our first day of shooting at the orange county jail in southern california, we interviewed a young mother who served as a prime example. >> can you tell me your name and ho
if i was going to go to prison i have to go to administrative segregation because if i went to general population, they would kill me. [ male announcer ] it isn't just your mammogram. it's your teenager's first varsity game. it isn't just your annual exam. it's your daughter's wedding. did you know with your health insurance you may now have some preventive benefits with no co-pays or out-of-pocket costs? it isn't just your cholesterol screening. it's all the tomorrows you're looking forward...
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met dante bullock at the state penitentiary in iowa he was spending his third day in the administrative segregationt also known as the hole. authorities say he stuffed this padlock inside of a sock and brutally attacked another inmate with it. >> do you think that you have a violent past or history or angry, or what is the situation? >> i am violent when i am provoked. >> bullock is already serving a life sentence for kidnapping, but if the charges with the pad lock stick, he could be locked in his cell 23 hours a day. >> i was in the wrong place at the wrong time. the inmate had been assaulted and my defense to them was telling them i was in the area and pushed out of the way as the inmate was trying to get away from the person assaulting him. >> bullock was anxiously awaiting a hearing with the prison's administrative law judge to plead his case. in the meantime, he let us know that while ad seg meant losing his television, the location of the cell at least made it possible to keep up with current events. >> this cell right here is in front of the police station, and to me, it is the best cell on
met dante bullock at the state penitentiary in iowa he was spending his third day in the administrative segregationt also known as the hole. authorities say he stuffed this padlock inside of a sock and brutally attacked another inmate with it. >> do you think that you have a violent past or history or angry, or what is the situation? >> i am violent when i am provoked. >> bullock is already serving a life sentence for kidnapping, but if the charges with the pad lock stick, he...
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he was transferred to administrative segregation, and the custody control unit or ccu. >> welcome toly of the beast, man. [ bleep ] i hate lockup. for real, for real. it makes your time hard. all you do is to sleep. ain't no books in this bitch and when you aare ccu, you get nothing but a bar of soap and shower soap, and that is it. my hair, i have not been to get a haircut or shave or nothing like that. i am back down here slumming it. this is the downside of prison. violence happens. what you expect? you group a bunch of violent offenders together, and you don't expect a clash. at the end of the day, you pray you are standing and not hur. >> as authorities continue to investigate the stolen tv, wright has petitioned to be back into the original housing unit. >> i don't know what at this point is going to happen h with wright, if he can allow back to p-housing because of the animosity he caused that night with the accusations of the tv, so we will be evaluating his housing assignment. >> while the authorities determine a safe housing placement for wright, he will remain in confineme
he was transferred to administrative segregation, and the custody control unit or ccu. >> welcome toly of the beast, man. [ bleep ] i hate lockup. for real, for real. it makes your time hard. all you do is to sleep. ain't no books in this bitch and when you aare ccu, you get nothing but a bar of soap and shower soap, and that is it. my hair, i have not been to get a haircut or shave or nothing like that. i am back down here slumming it. this is the downside of prison. violence happens....
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after one particularly difficult event when he gets thrown into administrative segregation because he is brought up on charges of engaging in sex with other inmates, he turns to the story of the prodigal son. and the story of the prodigal son is basically a story about a young man who squanders his father's inheritance, his wealth, and he hangs out with pigs after he becomes poor, and he decides that he's going to rise again and go back and talk to his father. and seek forgiveness and start a new life. many of you know him as the prodigal son. he's also, for bayard rustin, the good son who came home again, sought forgive 'em, rose again -- forgiveness, rose again and lived a new life. and bayard takes deep spiritual inspiration from that parable. and he returns to that parable several times in his life. so he does have spiritual practices and spiritual inspiration in prison early on. it seems later in his life he becomes less, what do i want to say, publicly spiritual? he doesn't wear his spirituality on his sleeve, but i chatted via e-mail with walter nagel about this, and he let me
after one particularly difficult event when he gets thrown into administrative segregation because he is brought up on charges of engaging in sex with other inmates, he turns to the story of the prodigal son. and the story of the prodigal son is basically a story about a young man who squanders his father's inheritance, his wealth, and he hangs out with pigs after he becomes poor, and he decides that he's going to rise again and go back and talk to his father. and seek forgiveness and start a...
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. >> i would imagine giving the totality of the circumstances he'll be out of administration of segregation in 72 hours. get a little time-out. >>> coming up -- >> be careful. use caution. >> -- the officers came up empty on the "b" yard shakedown. leaving them no option, but to hit the inmates where they sleep. plus -- >> some people stab me and some don't. >> what happens when cellmates aren't happy at home. >> i had a fight with my cell mate because i was tired of living with him. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make it happen. tom chipped in 10,000 points. karen kicked in 20,000. and by pooling more thankyou points from folks all over town, we were able to watch team usa... [ cheering ] in true london fashion. [ male announcer ] now citi thankyou visa card holders can combine the thankyou points they've earned and get even greater rewards. ♪ you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you wanted a firm bed you can lie on one of those. if you want a soft bed
. >> i would imagine giving the totality of the circumstances he'll be out of administration of segregation in 72 hours. get a little time-out. >>> coming up -- >> be careful. use caution. >> -- the officers came up empty on the "b" yard shakedown. leaving them no option, but to hit the inmates where they sleep. plus -- >> some people stab me and some don't. >> what happens when cellmates aren't happy at home. >> i had a fight with my cell...
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segregated facility between 1942 and 1949. a spokesman accepted the award on behalf of the entire group. it's the highest expression of national appreciation from congress. >>> the food & drug administration approved a new obiasity drug that can help patients lose 3 p% of their body weight. it's the first prescription weight-loss drug approved in 13 years. it's only for patients who also have another health condition. arena tried to get it approved two years ago, but there were concerns about tumors. after seeing more evidence, the fda says there's a low risk for humans developing those tumors. >>> google is now officially throwing its hat to the tab lett market form the interneat giant unveil the nexus 7 today. with the 7-inch screen it's smaller than the apple's ipad. it will come with google's latest operating system jellybean. google's announcement comes just a week after microsoft announced its own tab lett. >>> coming up next, carroll maloney, hey, welcome. >> filling in for dan tonight. >>> yes. >> i'm a little sweaty, but adam oats is coming back, in a suit now. bad news for a local favorite who hoped to be playing in the golf tournament today. >>> a rocky mountain high for the na
segregated facility between 1942 and 1949. a spokesman accepted the award on behalf of the entire group. it's the highest expression of national appreciation from congress. >>> the food & drug administration approved a new obiasity drug that can help patients lose 3 p% of their body weight. it's the first prescription weight-loss drug approved in 13 years. it's only for patients who also have another health condition. arena tried to get it approved two years ago, but there were...
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segregation of the mill teafer which set the stage for a civil rights era that has changed the face of america. last friday was another case in point. president barack obama declared his administration will no longer deport immigrant students who grew up in america. this action will give these young immigrants the chance to come out of the shadows and be part of the only country they've ever called home. with that decisive executive decision, america took another step towards fulfilling the founders' promise of justice for all. madam president, it's been 11 years. 11 years since i first introduced the dream act. legislation that will would allow a select group of imgrant students with real potential to contribute more fully to america. the dream act would give these students a chance to earn citizenship if they came to the united states as children, they've been long-term u.s. residents, they have good moral character, graduate from high school and either either complete two years of military service or two years of college. the dream act has a history of broad bipartisan support. when i first introduced it, senator orren hatch of utah was my lead cosponsor. in fact, we had kind of
segregation of the mill teafer which set the stage for a civil rights era that has changed the face of america. last friday was another case in point. president barack obama declared his administration will no longer deport immigrant students who grew up in america. this action will give these young immigrants the chance to come out of the shadows and be part of the only country they've ever called home. with that decisive executive decision, america took another step towards fulfilling the...