like holman. warden grant culliver embodies them. he's authoritative. >> you know that. >> dynamic and tough. >> you are not going to win an academy award. >> he shows compassion for the inmates he oversees, many of whom will never get out. but when violence explodes at holman, his zero tolerance policy is in full effect. >> lock down. we are under a lockdown. >>> administrative segregation is home to roughly 200 inmates. confined to their cells 23 hours a day. these men often become defiant and desperate. when an inmate acts up in general population, he's moved to ad-seg. but when he acts up in ad-seg, the officers' only option is to periodically move the inmate from cell to cell. >> we're going to move him out. he's already hostile. we'll just use caution with him, okay? >> put your hands behind you. cuff up. >> stick your hands out. >> jammy bell is temporarily housed in the shower stall until his new cell is cleaned and inspected. >> all that nasty -- somebody stop harassing me. our crew first

this is "lockup: holman, extended stay." >>> of the nearly 1,000 inmates at holman state prison, several hundred are segregated for breaking rules on the inside. for inmates with violent crimes and no parole dates in sight, their minds require distractions to stay sane. >> never a dull moment. >> whether it be the friend next door or the relative hundreds of miles away. >> i want him closer to home. >> and when these comforts are taken from them, the results can be explosive. administrative segregation, or ad seg, is where holman's most volatile inmates are kept in 23 hour a day solitary confinement. for 19 of his 43 years, bobby ray gilbert has known no other home. >> it affects a person, it does. i would be lying to say it didn't. your thought patterns change, of what you think about changes. back then, i daydream about the whole getting out, having a family, picket fence. you know, the daydreams to get out and do it right this time, you know? and now you daydream about how you can blow this whole prison up and kill everybody in it. just feel like, man, if i could just do society a fav

this is "lockup: holman extended stay." >>> holman is more than 170 men who have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution. >> my role is the execution. >> roughly 360 more are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. >> but there are times when i wake up and think about dying in prison. and that's a bitter pill to swallow. >> all are living with the inevitable. >> i watched a lot of people die here, you know. at holman, nobody leaves. >> but their only chance of getting out of prison will be inside a coffin. for inmates serving lengthy sentences, one day merges into the next, weeks into months, months into years. and a lifetime slips away. the challenge for these men is to find meaning in their lives and not surrender to hopelessness and despair. ♪ baby butterfly ♪ while your hands are dying ♪ and you spread your wings before it's time ♪ ♪ baby butterfly ♪ to survive ♪ only 17 ♪ yeah ♪ when she lost her life >> this musical duo spends every hour either writing, rehearsing or performing and music for them has become a life line. ♪ baby butterfly >> i like that.

this is "lockup: holman extended stay." >> the holman correctional facility is a maximum security prison, where the officers are outnumbered ten to one. in an environment that sometimes breeds violence, inmates are constantly making weapons for protection. >> well, i've had knives, i keep knives. i've always heard it's better to be caught with one than without one in prison. >> and the officers must do whatever they can to curb future attacks. >> you don't need to see nothing, so keep your head down. >> not gonna tell you no more. >> this is a security level five facility in alabama. it goes from security level one to security level six. >> last year, we had what we consider like four major incidents happen. and that would have been a stabbing type of a situation, where it was very serious, life-threatening. and over the last four or five years, we've averaged 3 1/2 to 4 those types of events each year. for this type of facility, that's very good. >> and in this type of facility, many of the inmates are armed to the teeth. >> they seem to always think that everyone needs a weapon. they w

here's kwame holman. >> holman: a federal appeals court today declared the "defense of marriage act"discriminates against gay married couples. a three-judge panel in boston found the 1996 law unconstitutionally bars same-sex couples from federal benefits granted to heterosexuals. the court did not address the law's definition of marriage, as restricted to one man and woman. the case is almost certainly bound for the u.s. supreme court. republicans in the u.s. house fell short today on a bill that would ban abortions based on gender. the bill carried prison terms of up to five years for doctors. supporters said some immigrant groups have brought to this country a tradition of targeting female fetuses for abortion. opponents argued the government should not intrude into such private matters. there were new warnings today about europe's currency system, as continuing debt troubles roiled nation after nation. the rising concerns also rippled across the atlantic. ( explosion ) from the violence-filled streets of madrid to the poster-riddled streets of dublin, evidence of europe's economic

this is "lockup: holman extended stay." for the officers and staff working at holman, the biggest challenge is dealing with difficult inmates. >> you ain't got no business [ bleep ] with my -- >> took my mail and -- >> that's the part of it. [ bleep ]. i don't have any problem. ask any officer that walked by here. i don't know [ bleep ] with nobody. >> and with a steady decline in staff, the pressure is on the new recruits. >> i don't even want to think about failing because it's not an option for me. i'm going to pass. i feel like if i did fail, i'm letting a lot of people down. not just myself. >>> welcome to the gates of hell. >> charge him double for an armband. okay? hey, and then whoever that armband belonged to, he need to get charged, too. >> in roughly four months of shooting inside holman, warden grantt culliver has shown many sides. >> warden's office. culliver. can i take a message? >> he'll call you back. yes, ma'am. >> you take messages, warden? >> yes, ma'am. we do it all. >> he's firm. >> get your shirt on l

the best behaved are housed in holman's coveted honor dorm. but inmates who behave badly are sent to the administrative segregation unit. >> segregation is an area where we house roughly 200 inmates, and all these inmates are individually celled and they are all here because they broke a rule infraction here in prison. >> human contact in segregation is extremely limited. and interaction with others is at a minimum. this deprivation can take its toll on an inmate both physically and mentally. >> you've got a lot of inmates back there that have been in single cells for a long time. and they, of course, build up hostilities. it's a highly explosive area. >> i did not do what they said i did. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> another typical day in ad seg. that's part of it. >> these officers work here and on a daily basis they deal with these inmates and you build up a relationship with these inmates. some are good and some are not so good. >> most people said when i started, i wouldn't make it. three days until i had a point to pr

here's kwame holman. >> holman: a powerful suicide bombxploded in the capital of yemen today killing 96 soldiers and wounding more than 200. it came amid a brewing u.s.- yemeni war on al-qaeda's chapter in the country. ( siren ) sirens blared in the yemeni capital of sanaa as emergency vehicles sped to the scene of the thunderous blast. hundreds of soldiers had gathered near the presidential palace for a military parade rehearsal when a person in uniform detonated a belt of explosives. >> ( translated ): this is the work of al-qaida, it is clear that this is their work, they did this. >> holman: and within hours, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula made that claim. it said the targets included yemen's defense minister, who was present, but unhurt. the militants said the bombing was retaliation for a recent army offensive to recapture key towns in the south. al-qaeda fighters gained ground there during last year's uprising that ousted former president ali abdullah saleh. in a warning today, the al-qeada group warned of more attacks, unless the army pulls back. it said, "what happened to

kwame holman explains. >> holman: jeff talked with 18- year-old kristen dupard from mississippi.d $20,000 for her recitation. on ourorld page, we've posted and in politics, president obama today outlined why he thinks attacking mitt romney's record at the private equity firm bain capital is fair game on the we have video and analysis. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at joplin, missouri, on the mend one year after the deadly tornado. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributio to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. caption

kwame holman explains. kwame? >> holman: at 1:00 p.m. eastern thursday, gwen will be field your questions on politics and more. find the details on the chat hosted by washington week on our homepage. and on our art beat page, we look at a new exhibit of portraits at the spiva center for the arts in joplin, missouri. that city is marking the one- year anniversary of a massive tornado. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at decisions handed down by the supreme court. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> growing up in arctic norway, everybody took fish oil to stay healthy. when i moved to the united states almost 30 years a, go could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to

it is in that setting that it's my distinct honor to introduce a friend of mine paul holman.this evening more than 900 million people around our planet will go to bed hungry. and it's unfortunate that more than 500 million of them are young children and many of them because of their chronic hunger will not have the strength to fight the next illness and will succumb when they should persevere. many will not have the strength for their brains to fully develop so they can learn, grow and contribute to making their world more productive and economically rewarding for their communities. and it's in that world where we are able to honor tonight a business leader, paul holman who runs a massive consumers goods company unilever and has had a very impressive background at nestle and other firms. and he brings an absolute and unique commitment to ensuring that business leaders around your world commit themselves to literally ending hunger, ending preventable child death and making sure that the reach of modern capitalism touches even those families that sometimes are forgotten. and it

kwame holman explains. >> holman: it's the latest "u.s.a. today"/gallup survey of registered voters in a dozen swing states. that's on our politics page, where you can also sign up for the morning line e-mails. on the rundown, how access to arts education helped a musician thrive in high school, part of our "american graduate" series on preventing dropouts. paul solman talked with him about baratunde thurston about his new book, "how to be black." here's an excerpt. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at the growing weight of the nation, and the mounting costs of the obesity epidemic. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> citi. supporting progress for 200 years. >> at&t. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutio

here's kwame holman. >> holman: world markets fell again today, wary of the political turmoil in greece. wall street was no exception. the dow jones industrial average was down 63 points to close at 12,632. it's lost nearly 5% of its value in the last o weeks. the nasdaq fell re than eight points to close at 2893. and the price of oil hit a six- month low. it dropped below $94 a barrel in new york trading. republican presidential candidate mitt romney accused president obama today of putting the economy on a disastrous course. in des moines, iowa, romney charged that huge increases in federal spending and debt are endangering the country's future. >> debt is sweeping across iowa and across the nation. and every day that we fail to act, that fire gets closer to the homes and the children we love. i will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. we will stop borrowing unfathomable sums of money we can't even imagine from foreign countries we're never even going to visit. >> holman; white house officials countered that romney favors policies that led to high deficits and the recession

here's kwame holman. >> holman: a bill to continue low-interest rates on federal student loans stalled in the u.s. senate today. democrats wanted to cover the cost by raising taxes on wealthy stockholders in privately owned companies. republicans blocked that plan. instead, ty favor taking money from a preventive health fund in the health care reform law. the two sides traded jabs after the vote. >> they're simply unwilling to allow the wealthiest americans to pay a single penny more in the aid to recovery of this economy. instead of closing the tax loophole, republicans want to pay for this effort by going after funding for child immunizations and diabetes prevention and preventing chronic diseases. >> the best way to resolve this would be to sit down and discuss the way to resolve the differences between the house and senate and pass it. so this hardly warrants the kind of effort we've seen once again to create a controversy where none exists. >> holman: the interest rate on the so-called stafford loans is set to double on july 1 to 6.8%. political leaders in israel formed a new coal

he will most likely not leave holman until his 30-year sentence is complete. >> i have two daughters. i like at it from that perspective. do i want these people around my family? no. but there again, some day in this case robert teter is going to walk out this door free. so you have to look at it from that side. he's going to go free. he's going to eos his sentence in 2014 and he's coming out. and society's going to have to accept that. >> see you later. >>> coming up -- >> i'm making a birdhouse right now. >> two inmates seek a creative respite. from hell. >> art is my sanity and my salvation. that's what keeps me stable. >>> the majority of the maximum security inmates we meet might describe prison as hell, but at indiana state prison, we encountered a pair of old-timers who fig yeared out how to make the best of it. >> what are you doing? >> sitting occupying time, living on air and prayer. that's all. that's all i'm doing. >> steve robbins was serving 90 years for murder. he had a sensitive eye when it came to color. >> this is really blue. a very beautiful color. you see, i have

here's kwame holman. >> holman: the u.s. economy gave off more mixed signals today. first-time claims for unemployment benefits dipped slightly last week, and durable goods orders increased a bit in april. but a key measure of business investment spending fell for a second straight month. the lack of clear-cut trends led to another choppy session on wall street. the dow jones industrial average gained 33 points to close above 12,529. the nasdaq fell more than ten points to close at 2,839. egyptians flocked to the polls for a second day of voting in their first, freely contested presidential election. among the main contenders are mohammed morsi of the muslim brotherhood and ahmed shafiq, the last prime minister under former president hosni mubarak. results are expected on may 29. it's widely anticipated a run- off will be needed next month. iran's nuclear negotiations with the u.s. and five other countries ended in baghdad today with no breakthrough. the iranians insisted they have a right to enrich uranium. they complained world powers want to maintain tough economi

here's kwame holman. >> holman: greece remained at a political impasse today. the second-place finisher in sunday's election-- a radical left party-- was the latest to try building a governing coalition. the group's leader alexis tsipras tried and failed to hammer out a deal with other parties. he has rejected greece's international bailout and the resulting austerity measures. in response, european leaders urged greece to keep its commitment to the bailout. >> greece has to respect this agreement as the other countries have to respect this agreement. the question of credibility is not only for greece, but for the euro area as a whole. and this is very important to understand, that if this agreement is not respected it would be very negative for greece. >> holman: the continuing impasse in greece roiled world markets again today, pushing stocks down in europe and the u.s. on wall street, the dow jones industrial average lost 97 points to close at 12,835. the nasdaq fell 11 points to close at 2,934. mortgage giant fannie mae has posted its first profit since the

here's kwame holman. >> holman: greece appointed an interim government today as it struggled to escape a deepening political crisis. meanwhile, germany appeared to hold out the prospect of additional economic aid. we have a report from jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: greece's presidential palace was a vision of tranquility this morning. no outward sign of what the governor of the bank of england has called "a eurozone tearing itself apart." but for these political heavyweights, even agreeing a caretaker prime minister proved hard. and this is that caretaker p.m. a safe pair of hands for an unsafe country. his name is panagiotis pikrammenos and he's a senior judge. the president congratulated him. "it's a great joy but a heavy burden for me," the new prime minister replied. pikrammenos translates as "embittered" in english. in fact, there is such bitterness here that far-left politicians who planned to cancel the eurozone's bailout deal, could win those elections next month. in berlin last night, chancellor merkel appeared to be steering francois hollande

kwame holman explains. kwame?et warner explores what charles taylor's 50-year sentence may or may no mean for africa. that's on our world page. judy and political editor christina bellantoni look at mitt romney's new ipad app. that's on this weeks political checklist on our homepage. and as part of our continuing climate change series, hari sreenivasan asks an expert about erosion along the gulf coast. find that on our science page. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at a new book about the country's most exclusive club, with just five members, all former presidents of the united states. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadc

but first, with the other news of the day, here's kwame holman. >> holman: the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker, is stepping down from his post a year early for health reasons. the announcement today said crocker will leave in mid-summer. he came out of retirement in july to take the job in kabul after having served as ambassador to iraq. in washington, the state department spokeswoman underscored crocker's decision was not about policy differences. >> he wanted to make it clear that this should not any way be seen as a lessening of his personal commitment and our national commitment, obviously, to afghanistan if you've got a chance to see the fuller statement that he put out to his embassy and the larger community. i think his heart will always be a little bit in afghanistan. >> holman: the president now will have to nominate a replacement for crocker. in the interim, james cunningham, currently serving under crocker in kabul, will become acting ambassador. iran and the u.n. nuclear agency were said to be close to agreement today to allow inspections of