department of jails. and because we are the department of correction, we play some role in changing that. hat we receive, but that somehow we act upon the world in a way that reduces crime. >> once they leave, we don't want them to come back. we're tired of this. i've seen guys come back around, back around, back around. we just want them to get out there, start their life over, get with their families and move from there. >> correctional officer michael lee has been at rikers 15 years. >> they can ask whatever they want here. i'm not here to deter them or beat them down or tell them this is the end of your life. we have classes to help them learn mechanics, culinary classes and fresh start. we want to help them once they leave here on to whatever they're going to do once they leave. >> in 2004, the r.i.d.e. program was started to reduce the number of repeat offenders. >> we started a program called r.i.d.e. that stands for rikers island discharge enhancement. under the umbrella of r.i.d.e., we have a lot of components to help them with sobriety, housing and employment. we want to link the

so far taking steps to keep these inmates out of solitary confinement in california the department of corrections has already prepped more than fifty prisoners to move out of solitary and into the general population and in indiana a federal judge has ruled that the department of corrections in that state violated prisoners eighth amendment rights by not providing adequate mental health care by subjecting them to solitary confinement and in many cases worsening their illness i want to talk about the implications of this with bonnie curran as with the american friends services committee she's also the director of the prison watch project. so a bonnie the indiana case was brought about by the a.c.l.u. talk a little bit about the outcome of the case and what you think it means on a larger scale. well the issue of isolation is something that the american friends service committee has been monitoring and u.s. prisons since one nine hundred eighty six. we first saw political people political activists jailhouse lawyer. islamic militants put in isolation and then in the ninety s. they began building whol

the louisville metro department of corrections jail houses 2,300 inmates, most of whom have been chargedith crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> there it is. >> in the bucket, boy. get all that. >> the vast majority of inmates are men, who try to pass time with sports activities themselves. but in the eight dormitories housing the jail's daily average of 210 female inmates, much of the focus is on beauty. >> pencil. you draw and color with them. and they're also good for makeup. great eye shadow and great mascara. just add a little warm water to it and voila. i put yellow on for me because of the uniform. >> monique jeffries might have an eye for color, but it's her hands that landed her in jail. >> i'm in here because of ike and tina. that's what i named my hands, ike and tina. >> why? >> because ike was aggressive. and tina finally fought back. >> are you a good fighter? >> i'm going to pat myself on the back. yes. i'm 39, and i ain't never took a loss. and the only person i ever took a loss to is a male. but i refuse to let a woman beat me up. >> fightin

>> at the louisville department of corrections jail, many of the staff have been working together soand some of them actually are. >> just to let you know, the new sanitation sheets that they're doing -- >> yeah? >> i got one today where you're not to fill anything out -- >> lieutenant dejarnett and his younger brother, who's a sergeant, have been on staff together for nearly 14 years. >> and i'll make sure we get something before it becomes a bigger problem. >> the mentoring part's pretty much done. he did that, though. he took care of me early on in my career. he bought my first gun for me. i paid him back, but you know, he really helped me along with a lot of things, you know, helped me out immensely coming through academy, you know. probably a big part of the reason that i was the honor grad out of the academy was because of what i knew coming in from him. we're pretty much equal footing now except for the rank thing, so. >> but when the brothers have a dispute about rank or anything else, there is one person they both like to call. >> i'm going to tell mom on you. your shirt. >>

the louisville metro department of corrections jail has a daily population of about 2,000 men and women charged with anything from minor crimes to capital murder. most are here awaiting trial or the resolution of their charges. the original jail opened in 1976. 20 years later, an additional jail facility was built right across the street. >> let's go! >> narrator: today, both buildings are overcrowded, and their layouts are outdated. >> how are you guys doing back here? you guys doing all right? >> narrator: director mark bolton wants to change that. >> this is an old facility. it's a very costly facility to operate, and one of my goals that i would like to accomplish before i leave here is master capacity planning for a new direct-supervision jail. >> narrator: direct supervision is a system where offices are stationed inside housing units 24/7. research shows it to be more effective in reducing violence than in facilities where remote supervision is used. >> you're trying to look like me today, right? >> [ laughs ] >> no. >> i see how it is. >> narrator: at louisville metro, officers

every year, about 45,000 men and women are booked into the louisville metro department of correctionsail on charges ranging from misdemeanors to murder. most have only been charged with their crimes and are here awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. >> act like you got some sense. >> those stays can range from months to years. and during that time, some will find themselves with new troubles. >> we have some intel from two various sources. there's been a whole lot of marijuana that's been on the fourth floor. so we're trying to catch something and then link it back to certain inmates and try to link where it's coming in. we have some ideas, so what we've got now, i've activated the shift team of s.o.r.t. we're going to go in and get in their paths and try to search the inmates and search the dorm and hopefully get some of the dope out of there today. >> go in hard, get them out, search them, go back and search the dorm. all right. anybody causes us any problems, we cuff them up, we put them in one of the holding cells. we'll deal with them later. all right. any questions ab

. >> the louisville metro department of corrections jail books an average of about 120 new inmates a. the reactions to being in jail run an equally wide gamut. >> all of these bitches in this [bleep] got a problem with me, i'll go to the hole every r.i.p. and i don't give a [bleep]. >> mary lohden serving time for a theft conviction has just returned to the jail for violating home incarceration rules after she tested positive for alcohol. >> ain't nobody on drugs. this is sober. this is sobriety right here. >> officers removed her from a dorm due to disruptive behavior. >> excuse me? excuse me? >> but, now, even in the single person cell, she's gotten into a conflict with a neighbor. >> just do the damn thing [bleep]. let's do it then. [bleep] i'll knock all of your fronts out. i'll knock all your fronts out. >> sit down now. >> i will knock all of your fronts out, bitch. knock you down a size, whore. you don't feed nobody right here. all you do is treat people like dogs in here. treat them like dogs. >> are you done so i can explain? >> yes, ma'am, i'm done. >> okay. chow time -- >>

you gotta taste this soup. >>> at the louisville metro department of corrections, it is rarely quiet. the new from all over the city and county are brought here for booking. while most will bond out, many others will be detained in jail, indefinitely, until their charges are met. hours earlier, eighteen-year-old dale karmak became one of the youngest inmates. her original conviction was second degree manslaughter. two years earlier, she killed her father. >> i just remember you know, grabbing the gun. and i just pointed it. aimed it right at his head. you know, yes, my intentions were to kill him. so at that moment, i shot him multiple times in the back of the head. i know it is hard for some people to grasp, but when you're in fear for your life, up against the wall, there is no telling what you would do. >> karmak lived alone with her father, according to reporting, there was abuse in the home. >> a couple of nights earlier, we get in an argument, he blacks my face, bloodies my eyes, blacks my nose, finally, i'm shaking. >> karmak says when the abuse continued the next morning, she

that are coming about are happening in some of the southern states, and people are using the fact, you know, who commissioners and department heads of correction facilities all over the country for unconstitutional conditions. ahead of the department of corrections in mississippi and the warden of the louisiana state penitentiary have become champions of some of the reforms in the state legislature because they are tired of seeing the same people cycle in and out of their system who don't need to be there, or certainly don't need to be there as long as they are. do you find that it takes federal law enforcement to drive the -- [inaudible] >> yes. >> and lastly, will the federal establishment be as sensitive to the economic issues? >> that's an important set of questions. i don't talk about the federal system as much because they're on the opposite trajectory. so the federal system, as was just mentioned, is actually expanding. the bureau of prisons budget actually expanded this past year. it is going kind of counter to the direction that states are going in, and the aclu sponsored a couple of hearings in congress where states leaders, from sta

completed at the courthouse and then we sent him to the orlando reception center, florida department of correctionsand that will be start of his trek through the state penal system. >>> coming up -- >> we notice that you lost quite a bit of weight. >> the evolution of dee dee moore's physical appearance causes a security risk. >> that's scary. i look like a psycho. t their shs made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of sugars. with fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. office superstore ink retailer in america. now get $6 back in staples rewards for every ink cartridge you recycle when you spend $50 on hp ink. staples. that was easy. when you spend $50 on hp ink. w ent en you spend $50 on hp ink. all out on the yeah, but i'm so slow decotaking them down after all the fatty holiday food. but that's normal,

the department of corrections has been sued 8500 times between 2007 and 2011.ar how many were filed by inmates, but more and more soon to be every year. take a look at these numers. the number has risen from under 1500 in 2007 to more than 1800 in 2011, and payouts are nothing to sneeze at. nearly 15 and a half billion dollars last year alone, and almost 44 million the year before that these are all suits against the department of corrections. just one city and one state. how is it that people break the law, commit violent crimes against fellow citizens and society and then have the freedom to take taxpayer dollars. it's all right. society loses twice. the most recent statistics for total spending in this country was $74 billion. we spent $9 billion a year incarcerating people awaiting trial who can't afford bail. illegitimate like nuisance suits would seem to be a small way to start cutting back on those costs. that's what i think. now we want to know what you think. should present inmates be allowed to soon? log on to gerriwillis.com, of the right hand side o

signs of foul play, the prison began an investigation. >> all inmate deaths in the florida department of corrections investigated by our inspector general's office and they're reviewed by florida department of law enforcement to ensure there is no foul play. the medical examiner currently has done the autopsy, and all of the case is under investigation at this time, so i can't reveal any more details about inmate bennett at this time. >> as the investigation into bennett's death proceeds, life for santa rosa's other 2,800 inmates continues on. >> well, good morning. i'm still here at lovely santa rosa, main unit, here in milton, florida. it's not exactly the best place in the world to be, so i would not advise anyone out there coming in -- i know i have a lot of regrets. the food here is horrible. so is the daily schedule. it's pretty boring. i work in laundry here, five days a week, monday through friday. i'm a sewing machine operator. nothing too glamorous about it. >> santa rosa's laundry plant is a sea of blues and whites. sheets and blankets. about 60 loads of laundry gets washed, dried and fol

. >> the california department of corrections says it's not fair to blame a rise in crime, just a reassignlinementunties given traechl money. >> this crime is going down you're going to blame property crimes going up on realignment,. >> the feermer sheriff worries criminals will graduate to more serious crimes. >> phone shall for homicides increases. >> carol morgan doesn't know what is2=s0 to blame it on. she knows the neighborhood isn't the same. >> it's terrible. opposed to what it was before. >> the stats should be out later this fall, corrections says that may give a better picture of realignments affects. >> all right. thank you. coming up, do you du have privacy concerns about a graph search? michael finney can help you and a digital coupeon deal this can come from stores you're driving by thanks to one connected app. >> and parts of the bay area warming as much as five degrees, we're going to see more warming heading into the next several days. we'll take a look at the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> surf could be up for mavericks competition on the coast. when it's going to be made.

. >> after 25 years, i'm working with the colorado department of corrections, i get to retire on october. >> 13 months ago, i went into sudden cardiac arrest at the notre dame/southern cal football game. little did i know on that brisk october day, my life was going to change forever. >> my sister had to have implants. i wasn't even tested or considered to be a donor because of my weight. >> i was down for 52 minutes and shocked nine times and rushed to the hospital. >> a 10-year-old kid, you still want to be a part of something be a part of the team. >> it's sanjay gupta. >> hey, dr. gupta. how are you? >> i'm great, annette. how are you? >> i'm fantastic this morning. >> i wanted to say surprise, welcome, and congratulations. we have already picked you. surprise and welcome to our team. >> really? >> we've selected you. we're very excited. how are you feeling? you all right? >> i am. i'm so overwhelmed and so excited and a little terrified, but it's going to be great. >> we have already picked you -- >> oh, yay! oh, my gosh. you surprised me. i thought i was hearing background noise. >

. >> reporter: lynn and sheila still remember the department of corrections' initial response. >> they what makes you think men want to knit? i said they want to knit. they just don't know they want to knit. >> you like it, right? >> reporter: nearly three years later, the ladies have taught more than 100 prisoners to knit while dozens remain on a waiting list. some of the inmates have even skipped dinner to make class. >> i feel calm. it gives you a peace of mind. it definitely do that. give you a peace of mind. takes you away from present. >> reporter: something to focus on. >> pretty much. >> reporter: nellie proctor compares it to hanging out in the starbucks. >> this is like starbucks, without the coffee. >> reporter: just chilling? >> just chilling. enjoying the day. gets you away from the penitentiary lifestyle. >> reporter: there will be people that will see this story and might feel like you should do hard time, and going to a knitting class might not sort of fit their idea of what serving a jail sentence should be. what would you say to them? >> i'm doing something constructi

in 2011 a judge dismissed her lawsuit saying the department of corrections was adequately handling her gender identity disorder. today an appeals court agreed she's entitled to a hearing. she claims denying her sex assignment surgery is a violation of her eighth amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. >>> a jury in culpeper will resume deliberations tomorrow in the case of a former cop charged with murder. daniel harmon-wright was on duty as a culpeper police officer last year when he shot and killed patricia cook when she was sitting in a jeep. he claimed it was self-defense, that she trapped his arm in the window and dragged him. prosecutors say otherwise. that it was a case of excessive force and turned into murder. the jury deliberated three hours. they went home for the evening and will be back at it tomorrow. >>> an update on the student of virginia who said he saw a gunman on the campus. brian harrison is facing federal charges, accused of calling 911 last wednesday night. the school was immediately put on lockdown. e-mails went out. an hour later he admitted to po

not department of corrections or drug of choice which go together at some point. normal people don't have silverware drawer at home where the response are burned on the bottom. burned spoons, don't they have pots and pans to cook their food. they must eat small portions of top ramen. yeah, if that. if life was fair, teachers in this country would get made -- paid $1 million a year and professional athletes would work for tips. if life was fair, children wouldn't be born h.i.v. positive or missing limbs and they would all have the same advantage economically, socially, parentally. if life was fair, i wouldn't visit a prison on a sunday afternoon and talk to a general population of 500 or 600 and walk through the lobby and see children waiting to go through the metal detector and the look on their faces and they are already used to it. that's a felony. it's no big deal for a 6-year-old to walk through a metal detector to visit their parents. that has to stop. now, for the normal people, if life was fair, your property would still be worth what it was four years ago.

back in 2001, a judge dismissed her lawsuit saying the department of corrections was adequately handling her gender identity disorder. on monday an appeals court said she's entitled to a hearing. a denial of her surgery is a violation of her eighth amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. >>> countdown on for super bowl xlvii. both seems in new orleans and so is wusa9. >> you got that right. we're going to have reports from andrea roane and kristin fisher coming up later this morning. but now we get more before sids's big game. >> reporter: it's the distinct of new orleans jazz, the trombone, the clarinet, and then the smiles. >> i was born and raised. i've been here 58 years. i would never go anywhere el. this is my home. >> reporter: the city is gearing up for two how long back-to-back events nicknamed super gras. first the super bowl this sunday. it is the tenth time new orleans has hosted but the first since katrina. >> i love the 49ers. i've been liking them -- [indiscernible] >> reporter: then just nine days later, mardy gra. the two events will bring in one million vi

. >> reporter: i did speak with the state department of corrections this morning. they blame the fact that stanworth was eligible for parole on the court system. in vallejo, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> the mother of a missing bay area girl is still searching for answers after learning a bone fragment found in the central valley is not her daughter. the bone was found in october in a san joaquin county well where several victims of the "speed freak" killers were found buried. that bone belongs to a teen not 9-year-old michaela garecht. the fbi hasn't found any new remains in a second well >>> a big rig driver is dead after his truck went over an overpass and burst into flames. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran on how a group of strangers risked their lives to save him. >> reporter: at this point it's still a mystery how this accident that caused a major traffic backup happened. >> they will be looking at any marks on the roadway, marks of the vehicles, the pickup truck that was up there still on scene has now been taken off but they will look at the damage of that truck. the

they get involved with the meth ring and caught up and end up in the indiana department of correction. >> i got to be honest, most of the police knew me by a first-name basis. >> it's the same thing over and over. day in, day out. >> methamphetamine is the worst thing i have ever come in contact with. my only regret, i wish i never, ever in my life seen it for the hundred good stories i could tell you i can tell you three times the bad stories. it made me feel the greatest at times and made me hate myself most of the time. >> chas harper is currently serving his fourth prison term. the first three totalled six years for theft and burglary but when he was caught with 114 grams of meth the judge threw the book at him. >> i was sentenced to 72 years which means i have to do 36. that is 12 years more than a murder. most murderers get 60 years. it's hard for my family to grasp that the amount of time for the charges. i mean how do you explain to a six-year-old why your dad can't come home and to an 11-year-old you might be a grown man before you see me again on the outside. >> but harper i

department of building inspection. notice to end in five years and the suspension -- the board's suspension of this permit shall be lifted when the results are given to the appellants and the department of building inspection. >> correct. >> okay. so we will get notice from then and then we can release further paperwork at this point. >> [inaudible] >> please don't speak from the audience. >> i apologize. are you saying it's regardless of the outcome? >> we heard the question. let us deal with that. i understand what you're doing. no. i think if there are toxics in the soil it then becomes a building department issue. >> okay. >> we're leaving that situation out of the decision notice language. >> correct. >> so on that motion from commissioner hurtado to uphold this permit on that basis with the conditions as i stated. vice president fung. >> aye. >> president hwang is absent. commissioner lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> the vote is four-zero and up hold with the said conditions. >> madam director let's take a short break. okay. >> january 9, 2013 of the san francisco board of appeals. we are now calling item eight. appellants listed. the subject property is at 800 brotherhood way. protesting a let

. >> sanchez's sentence of 10 years in tdc, texas department of corrections means she will transfer fromz is let out of court, her lawyer believes justice was not fully served. >> i am just torn up. i like her. she is an anomaly. she is not for whom the prison sentence is designed. i think she has a lot of love. >> coming up. >> taser, taser, taser. >> the officer experiences 50,000 volts of taser power. >> all right, gentlemen. come out close the door behind you. >> during shifts at bexar county jail, the ratio between inmates and officers is 48 to 1. but in case of emergency, officers know exactly what to do. they reach for the small box attached to each of their belts. >> it is called a duress box. when an officer is in need of assistance, main reason is, when inmates get into a fight, a physical altercation. this is when we would out lie -- utilize the duress box. >> pushing the button puts officers into action. >> the special emergency response team. respond to all fights, fires, riots. >> one, two, three, stand up. >> yes, sir. >> the guys are highly trained officer. and tasers, pe

europe city department of corrections has been sued by inmates in the 8500 times. id out more than $100 million in legal clips. -- legal claims. going to the pockets of violt convicted criminals at a time when states are going bankrupt, it's a way to stop this kind of money from going up in smoke? here to sort through the insanity, criminal defense attorney. i'm a huge fan, i watch you almost everyday on the fox news channel. i'm si am so excited to have yon the show. let me fall all over you at the start of the segment. >> i will tell my mother you feel that way. melissa: isn't she watching? these suits, sure, have to be defendants who have a case without question and deserve their due. when you read the details of these, some guy had hot water spilled on his hands in the diningall and he is suing. somso they slipped in the water because the train was backed up. >> once sued because he ate the chili and his tummy hurt. that cost taxpayers $2000. my all-time favorite, one guy sued because he believed the prisoners were listening to his thoughts being broadcast over

. >> this prison bus from the department of corrections came in. me being my nosy self-i had to look. right here, names and numbers of people being transferred out. it wasn't too long ago i was on one of these buses. i wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardize my liberties that i have now. uh-uh. right now, i can hear the wind blowing in to the trees behind us. ain't no trees in no prison yards i've ever been in. life is great. >> i'm really excited. >> roy's brother ray was just as hopeful when he left prison. during our extended stay shoot at the lyman correctional facility we followed him to the small trailer home where he was going to restart his life. >> yeah, this is nice. >> i love it. >> come on in. all right. this is a castle to me. >> ray's release from prison did not go as he had hoped. we met him again a year and a half later. >> went home and moved into that trailer, and it became home. before i knew it, i was sitting in that trailer by myself, every night by myself, 24/7. it had become a drag. >> but things picked up for ray when he g

. >> the alabama department of corrections denied a request to interview gilbert, but angel told us thetory of how she first became involved with gilbert shortly after seeing him on "lockup." angel had initially contacted another holman inmate featured on the series, sherman moore, who held the job of prison barber. it was moore who acted as match-maker. >> wrote to sherman and developed a friendship with sherman. >> it's like you pulled a flattop fade out of your head? >> is that what you want? >> but i also saw the segment on bobby and i inquired about bobby, you know, what kind of a person is he? >> i was telling them all about me drinking that bottle of scope up in west jefferson. >> sherman encouraged me to write to him. he's like, write him, angel. he said you might hit it off. he says you and her personalitywise are very similar. so i wrote bobby a letter because i just saw something more than what was shown. bobby breaking that window, pacing in the cage, you know, mad. >> so help me god they're going to transfer me! >> i saw more than the crazed psychopath. i saw a little bit m

but it is absolutely predictable this is going to haichlt california department of correction said it's not fair to blame a rise in property crime just a resignment when only three months of data. plus county were given extra money to handle the case load. >> crime state wide especially violent crimes is going down. so if you are going to blame property crimes going up on alignment blame violent crime going down on resignment. >> the shave worries that criminals will graduate to more serious crimes. >> potential for homicide increase is very real. surprised if it doesn't happen. >>reporter: carol morgan doesn't know what to blame it on she knows her nice quiet neighborhood isn't the same. it's terrible. it is getting worse and worse. as opposed to whether it was before when i came here. 25 years ago. >> state crime statistics for 2012 should be out this fall. correction says that might give a better picture of resignment affect. if sacramento, abc 7 news. >>> really incredible health news tonight. psychologist say chirp diagnose with autism at youngest age have now grown out of it. trad

. >> i do not believe there is an employee in the indiana department of correction in any state facilitythat does not know the name christopher trotter. >> beverly gilmore is the confinement unit's case manager. one of her responsibilities is to evaluate trotter's ability to return peacefully to general population. >> i know the notoriety of offender trotter very notorious. i believe he has aged out of that immaturity. he has developed good communication skills, good social skills. it's yes, ma'am, no, ma'am to me. and it's not fake. i can always tell when it's fake. i believe, personally, that he will be ready for general population before long. however, there are so many more people above me that will also have the input, and have known him so much longer than i have. so i'll have to respect whatever their recommendations will be. >> i'd rather not see him come out. i don't think he's changed. he's going to hurt somebody. >> lieutenant gary mcmillan has been at wabash for the past 16 years. >> this is my opinion. he's a pretty violent individual. >> they may look at it like everybody's

well, i appreciate that, because we do not tolerate this type of activity in the alabama department of corrections. >> right. >> as far as what actions that i'm going to take, it's pretty simple. we know who the bad guy is, we know that he stabbed him. but there's a little bit more to the story than what he's admitting. i'm going to interview the suspect and see what he's got to say. how you doing, man? all right. have a seat there. this is an assault case. and you know, with it being an assault case, it can generate a free world case. you understand that, right? do you wish to give me a statement as to what happened? >> i want a lawyer present. >> you want a lawyer? you do not choose to give a statement? >> no, sir. >> okay. so this interview is now concluded. >> okay. >> have a good day. >> you too, sir. >> the next step will be the grand jury, where he'll obviously be indicted. >> yeah, yeah. all right. you going to pick up the weapon today? >> yeah, we'll go ahead -- i'm going to go get it in just a few minutes. >> okay. >> there's nothing unusual at all. i kind of expected that. probably 90%

. >> as always, portions brought to you in part by the orange county department of corrections, invitingvacation, stay on probation. >> thanks to his former job, stokes has seen a broad spectrum of america one playground at a time. >> we build huge playgrounds for kids. every chuck e. cheese, burger king, mcdonald's has a playland out there that needs to be serviced, cleaned, built, dismantled. >> stokes is serving 120 days for possession of methamphetamines and driving on a suspended license, but this isn't his first run-in with the law. >> i've been arrested for being a deejay. i've been stopped by law enforcement on an inflatable device at one point in time. inner tubing is apparently illegal on lake perris out here in california. i've been taken to jail on a 5150, which is a psychiatric evaluation for oneself for others because i was wearing a renaissance fair costume at the time. i was just in half of my garb, knee-high moccasins, buckskin leggings. that's a great story when you're inside and somebody goes, so what are you in for? you know? it makes for good conversation. >> stokes