, i can be sure that a cellie won't murder me, a cellie won't rape me or viciously beat me.hen you refuse, you're going against their policy. so they stick you in a hole. >> that's exactly where we met dennis hamilton, in the hole, solitary confinement in the administrative segregation unit 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 yea

. >> you've got to have a good cellie.'re doing time. i don't care where you at. from the places i have been, hot spots, for the past 15 years, all violence. every day, lockdown. fighting. so i was very tense. and i was really ready -- say anything wrong, really ready, that's all i know is violence. violence, i knew was violence. violence was my answer to everything. 18 months when i turned 7 1/2. >> that's all you knew? >> that's all i knew was violence. i start getting a hold of myself, checking myself out inside. now that i'm here with terry, i feel like a whole lot of tension just eased. >> as their relationship evolves within the cell, clarence and terry discuss their future outside the prison walls. >> if you have a problem, what you going to do? are you going to backslide? are you going to say, okay, i'm going to deal with this problem? i'm not going to use this as an excuse to prostitute. society is against people like you. straight up, society is against you. those are the programs. the programs will get you a job

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 says because i'm just one man. and, you know, there's like safety in numbers. so, me trying to stand out, you know, it's a hard thing to do up in higher levels. it's a hard thing to do. >> knowing these racial guidelines has kept inmate jacob bell out of trouble. >> for the most part it's peaceful. a lot of times it's what you make it. there's a lot of prison politics, as far as races. you have to know where you're at and know how to conduct yourself. it all depends on your stay here at corcoran how things turn out. >> the politics of race creates >> the politics of race creates rigid demands, which control the smallest details of inmates' lives. >> for the most part you're separated and broken off. you pretty much can walk around, but there are certain area

what happened was -- i had sex with my cellie.e out here every night and tell angel, oh, nothing's going on. i'm lying. i don't know how i feel about that. i -- it's wrong because i'm seeing somebody else. and i don't know. >> everything's going good between me and wicked. we're sleeping together, like i said. i hope everything ends a good way. i'm very happy that everything is going well with us. and i hope it continues being that way. >> he's 23 years old. and he's not going to take it well because, you know, he's kind of like -- he's into me. >> everything supposedly is going to good. and i'm going to keep it that way because i don't want to go somewhere es. >> i guess we're living one big, fat lie. we're just liars here. and i don't know. it's hard to have a relationship that's not going to be in my cell. i don't see angel and i celling up together. they're just not going to let us cell up together. it's just going to be -- and my cellie approached me. and it just happened. it was one of those things that just happened, you kn

i'm actually kind of lucky in a sense because i don't have a celly. i can't have a celly.ad incidents inside my cell with me and the person i'm living with. i stabbed one of my cellies 36 times and another one i cut his throat. i pick up everything off the floor and kind of shower and wet myself all the way down. and i get in here naked and i [ bleep ] soap all up and wash all off with a small stream of water. it's not a big shower but, hell, it's a shower. it beats nothing. that's my shower. it isn't a big shower but it is a shower. you have to improvise. >> not only are birdbaths a nuisance but they also pose a safety risk, as officers and inmates can easily slip on the tier. >> four tier. >> what you're looking at now, people would say it's flooding the tier, but i guarantee you've got a guy in a cell taking a birdbath as they call it. that's something i can't -- i hate. yeah, you get that all the time. one time we had like, i don't know, 50 cells that did it one time. on the front bar here, it was like niagara falls, it was beautiful. >> what's up with the water? >> i

here, kill your celly or we kill you when you come out. >>> in every prison profiled on "lockup" our producers have found subtle differences in how inmates enforce the convict code, or the unwritten rules by which they live. but one aspect rarely changes -- the position of sex offenders on the inmate hierarchy. >> murderers, robbers, they're up here. child molesters, rapists, they're down here. them guys on the bottom deck, most of them guys are sex offenders. you know? i don't like them. i just tolerate them. i used to beat them. i used to prey on them. >> they normally mark the sexual predators by cutting them across the face with a razor blade or a knife, and the other inmates know that hey, this guy's no good, they call him trash. >> we even met a pair of brothers who wouldn't hesitate to extend the convict code to their own father. >> my father was in here for -- i don't know the exact charge, but he was in here for messing with kids. and you know, i ain't cool with that. >> brad and michael are serving time for murder at animosa stat

that would definitely be one of those once in a lifetime cellie happenings, you know what i mean?eras didn't seem as eager to be celled with turner. >> i mean, he's a cool guy and everything, but, you know, i don't want to be taking everybody under my wing and everything like that, you know what i'm saying?ç >> in fact, contreras already had another cellmate in mind. >> i have a new boyfriend now. he's going to move in with me, and we'll see how it goes from there. what can i say? i mean, i'm not going to tell you we're going to abstain from sex because that's just silliness. >> how long have you known him? >> going on three weeks. >> i have interviewed a lot of gang members in prison, but this was the first time i ever interviewed gang members, kind of smiling and laughing and talking about romantic relationships, and they were all more interested in their love lives than anything else. >> i'm glowing, i'm happy. isn't that wonderful? i don't get happy very often in this place, and when i have somebody that's interested in me, just me solely, it makes me happy, you know? and so

do you have a cellie? >> no, sir. >> no. you do understand that once you go to an sny, you are required to take a cellie. >> yes. >> you also understand that when up go to sny, all of the prison politics go right out the window. >> yes. >> you can be housed with almost anyone. you understand that, correct? >> yes. >> okay, so we're going to go ahead and release you to facility 3c sny. do you have any concerns with that? >> no, sir. >> do you agree or disagree? >> i agree. >> thank you. you have a nice day. >> i haven't been like this in a long time. you know, i've always been stressful, always thinking they're coming my way and what i have to do. but now i can just choose for myself. now that i've made this decision, it leaves all of that behind now, you know? all of that is gone. >> reuben's realization that the gang lifestyle is a dead end came only after a violent fight with his cellmate. for daniel bobian, another gang dropout, early retirement was also involuntary. >> i've been hanging with gang members since i was a ki

here, kill your celly or we kill you when you come out.like, oh, yeah, that's a movie. no, that's a fact. >> still, hymer has mixed feelings about sharing a cell with someone just like himself. >> my cellie is really a multiple offender. and bad as that sits in my gut like acid, just -- it's just a putrid thing. there's nothing sexy about a kid. you know what i mean? and to hear it, to know it -- i know i'm here for it. that charge. but it's just still sickening. >>> next on "lockup: raw" -- >> i want to go home with her. >> yeah, i'm taking this one home to the country. >> the convict code takes on a new dimension when the inmates are women. >> we call it bulldagging, women relationships here, that's a slang word for bulldagging, and that's two women together. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ 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. how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a phy

i've seen a guy get both eyes gouged out with a toothbrush and stabbed 15 times by his celly. >> as fare they start doing drugs and get in debt, the only way to get out of debt usually is to do a hit. and sooner or later, the right person is going to come along where they want to hit him, and if they don't do it, they're going to get hit themselves. >> clear out. >> that's exactly the choice that was presented to this young inmate who got a year in the s.h.u. for stabbing another prisoner. >> the guy was weak and people will say, oh, he was weak, weak meaning he couldn't keep up with the exercise. you know, that was the reason. this is how stupid this is. say hey, this guy doesn't deserve this. when i did speak up for him, you know, it was placed on me. well, since you're speaking up for him, you'll deal with it. i regret it. i am sorry for the guy that i stabbed. you know, i really am. i regret that i did that to him. >>> up next -- >> they'll stab him, they'll kill him, they'll toss him away like he's nothing. >> the perilous risk of leaving a gang. orning! wow. want to start the day

but i'm in celly, so i get in there. >> i was a northerner. member of the northern california gang member. to be honest, i just wanted to be a gang member, to be honest. and at that time i thought, okay, i'm going to represent the neighborhood and this and this and that. no enemy is going to come step foot on our territory. but i mean, at the same time it was also just for looks when i was in school because girls like gangsters. you know what i mean? they don't like little square boys. do you know what i mean? they liked gangsters. that was part of the reason why i did too because i got a lot of attention for it. and i loved it. i'm not going to lie. i loved it. to be honest, if i could take the time back, i wouldn't be here. >> unlike his cellmate, george, phillip still questions his decision to drop out. one month ago, he told us why he left the gang. >> my home boys like the northerners gave me contraband to hold for the house. and i was holding it and everything like that. during the process of me holding it, i lost it. so instead of just

but, as long as you have a good cellie, and you just got to learn how to learn each other's routines,h other's ways, the way they live. you just work around each other. >> we got three men in here, top and bottom. somebody got to use the bathroom, we will leave. put the sign on the door. >> we just kick back, watch tv, listen to music, eat food and kick it. that's about it. that's about all you can do in here. >> the hot pot is easy. fill it full of hot water, plug it in, and cook whatever you want to cook. if i wanted to cook a hamburger from the window that's cold. fill it full of hot water, you take your cup, set it upside down, put your hamburger on there open in the package and the steam -- you can steam heat it and then, if you want to make big meals, we got shoeboxes which we call tubs. they are shoeboxes built to store stuff. but you empty them and then make a good dip bowl. nachos, 10 or 12 soups, a bag of chili, a tub of cheese, summer dogs, fill it full of water, mix it up, dip it into your bowls and eat. >> after spending so many hours in a confined space, inmates value ti

i haven't had a cellie in 20 years. so that's kind of hard learning cell etiquette.now, i don't know celletquette. i'm a fish out of water. >> he still hasn't learned yet. they should have gave him medical attention before they brought him in the cell. mental attention. >> mental attention. >> yeah. >> dude has issues still. >> yeah, got issues. man, you spend 20 years on death row, you're going to have some issues. >> he has big issues. >> i was lucky, i was very lucky and they put me in a cell with an older black gentleman who's been around, and you know, he's open to teaching me. so he's teaching me about cell etiquette and prison etiquette again because i don't know the about prisonetquette any longer. i only know about death row etiquette which is different from main line etiquette. >> me and joe joe, we play cards. that what we do all day every day. >> in case you're interested, if you see this woman right here anywhere, you tell her to write me. and i mean that. >> he means that. and he's serious. >> with a full life now ahead of him, omar's focus has turned t

but i'm in celly, so i get in there. >> i was a northerner.ember of the northern california gang member. to be honest, i just wanted to be a gang member, to be honest. and at that time i thought, okay, i'm going to represent the neighborhood and this and this and that. no enemy is going to come step foot on our territory. but i mean, at the same time it was also just for looks when i was in school because girls like gangsters. they don't like little square boys. you know what i mean? they don't like little square boys. do you know what i mean? they liked gangsters. that was part of the reason why i did too because i got a lot of attention for it. and i loved it. i'm not going to lie. i loved it. to be honest, if i could take the time back, i wouldn't be here. >> unlike his cellmate, george, phillip still questions his decision to drop out. one month ago, he told us why he left the gang. >> my home boys like the northerners gave me contraband to hold for the house. and i was holding it and everything like that. during the process of me holding

we have been cellies for almost two years. >> stroud never imagined he'd have a cell mate.e used to be housed on indiana's death row living alone in a cell awaiting execution. >> i'm in prison for three counts of murder, three counts of robbery, two counts of dealing cocaine. i spent three years on death row. >> went on a robbery. half a million dollar score. it was a residence, a safe. three people, three innocent people ended up losing their life when they didn't have to, when they didn't deserve to. >> stroud's victims were contractors working at the home stroud and his accomplices robbed. stroud ordered the men tied up and then shot each in the head with a pistol. >> when i first walked on death row, the thing that hit me first was the silence. the absolute silence. walking on there was the type of silence that takes you in, the type of silence that's listening to you watching your every move to see how you're going to respond to it. i came on the unit 23 years old, trying to project courage, confidence and strength but on the inside, i was upset. i was confused and i w

we have been cellies for two years. >> stroud never imagined he would have a cellmate.e used to be housed on indiana's death row awaiting execution. >> i am in prison for three counts of murder, three counts of robbery and two counts of dealing cocaine. i spent three years on death row. i went on to robbery. a half million dollars scored. it was a residence and a safe. three people, three innocent people ending up their life when they didn't have to. they didn't deserve to. >> stroud's victims were voterors working at the home, he and accomplices were robbed. they ordered the men tied up and ordered each shot in the head with a pistol. >> when i first walked on death row, the thing that hit me first was the silence. the absolute silence. walking on there was like the type of silence that takes you in. it is listening to you, watching your every move. see how you respond to it. >> i came on the unit, 23 years old, trying to predict courage and confidence and strength and on the inside, i was upset and confused and afraid. the thing i remember the most was the cold concre

and my cellie is already at work. so i clean my cell.to go to school for prerelease. after school gets out about 2:30 my friend gets out of pai and we run laps and squats and sit-ups and do 100 burpies. after that, i kick back, watch tv for a little bit and after chow i come back and i'll either do some beadwork or i'll watch tv but usually do i some beadwork and 7:00 go to night yard and that's my time to go out and walk around. after yard i got tv programs that are from 9:00 to 11:00 i like to watch. i've been beading for about a year, trying to learn all i can about different stitches. very intricate. one mistake you have to take the whole thing apart. this is the most recent one i made. it's a bear claw. it's a little thunderbird in here. it takes me out of here. it relaxes me. it's a good pastime. when came to prison i left behind a pregnant wife. now the mother of my son. right after he was born i saw him through the glass. didn't get to hold him. i just have to wait till i get out. that's my son and my stepson. he is about 18 mont

he's good at cooking his celly is really good at cooking. we have a nacho slam and make a cake.elebration. i say it's to realize we wasted another month in here. it's something to look forward to. >> who makes the cake? >> my buddy kamikaze makes the cake. >> he is no ordinary cook. among wabash inmates he's a culinary genius, turning snack food into something special. but doing a prior prison term he learned to be a difficult sort of cook. >> i went around to other people who were in prison for cooking meth and got a recipe from this guy and this guy and figured that was going to be my new thing. stealing cars wasn't working. the last two times that i got out of prison that was all that i -- my intent was to cook meth. i love to smoke it too. but you know, i like to make it. making something that people really like and getting the reaction from it, you know, that was another thing that i liked about it. i tried to make the best stuff. >> thank you. >> for their monthly slam, the four men pool the snacks they purchase from the prison commissary. >> this is a survival kit. chips,

. >> my cellie came down there and said hey, man, you're on the news. i said yeah, what's up.said that gal that testified against you killed somebody. >> this is scott cannon. you can imagine his surprise when he heard the news that the woman who had been the star witness against him was now a convicted killer herself. what do you now know about bimla boyd that you didn't know at your trial? >> looks like she's not afraid to kill people. >> but would the latest death on what became known as murder mountain make any difference in cannon's case? when we met him in april 2009, he had been behind bars for more than a decade, losing every appeal he had ever filed, and he was still claiming that he did not kill jason kinser, susan osbourne and celesta graves. >> what do you most want people to know? >> wrong guy's in prison. >> are you a killer? >> not a killer. >> it's hard to say that, isn't it? >> it's easy to say i'm not a killer. it's hard to be asked it over and over and over. it's easy to answer it. but it falls on deaf ears a lot. >> the families of the victims all tell us t

sometimes you get with a celly that doesn't want to exercise.and it's nice to have somebody that does because then you can use their body weight. >> you want to not look over your back as much and if you're a stick figure and walking in here with some new beef, you know, and you got your chest all puffed out like this, you know, and you're talking like bubba, you know, then, of course, you're going to have some problems. but if you're consistently working out, then people know that you're pretty much physically fit. they'll leave their hands off of you. because you don't want to end up somebody's girl, you know, something like that in here. yeah. >> as for the new arrivals, they'll have to come up with their own methods for coping with life behind bars. >> you know, it's cold, and it's depressing. this is the worst, but you have to do it. when i go to sleep and have nightmares about this place and wake up, and i'll still be stuck in the same nightmare. you've got to do your time and be strong about it. there's nothing you can do but face your fe

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he's probably one of the best cellies i've had since i've been here. >> and what do you think, corey? i love johnny, even though he don't know how to keep his food in his mouth. he spits it all over me. noodles everywhere. you know, we play chess together. he looks out. i have no canteen, he looks out for me. i have coffee, i look out for him. we just get along. >> try to calm him down because i'm living in here with him. i don't want to deal with it. i'm like, hey, you want a honey bun? [ bleep ] i mean, it's just he's a real hyper kid. >>> coming up, one of the jail's oldest inmates is sanctioned for fighting and william allen must confront a violent past. >> you've got to be able to explain your criminal history to the person in classification. that's the only way that this is going to work for you. >>> there's a good reason why congratulations you are our one millionth customer. people don't like to miss out on money that should have been theirs. that's why at ally we have the raise your rate 2-year cd. you can get a one-time rate increase if our two-year rate goes up. if your ban

this is my cellie rack and his bed where another grown ass man sleeps at, you understand?and that is the gate teasing me with freedom. right there is a highway i think. you see the cars going by, and going places that i can't go. you feel me? so i'm trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what i'm going there. >> carlton wright's picture will change very little in the next 24 years, when he is eligible on the 50-year sentence for robbery, bodily injury and criminal confinement. >> you want to go out right now? h all right. >> but he has had one bit of good news. he has been released from the confinement unit. he was sent there for threatening other inmates while trying to locate his stolen tv set. >> what happen ed ed to the guy stole your tv? >> i don't know. i ain't seen him yet. >> did you ever get your tv back? >> i got another one. >> so the guy who stole your tv was never prosecuted? >> man, i don't know. this is wabash. i mean, i'm not tripping. this is a small prison and you going to bump into him again. it is hard to live in a place like this for 4