. >> at a maximum security prison like holman, violence can be reduced but not eliminated. >> you comelooking meek and mild, those inmates that have been here, they get you into debt, if they're not soliciting debt, they have your family members send them money, and if that doesn't happen, you get threatened with bodily harm. >> we met a number of inmates at holman, but few more memorable than parker. >> about six months ago, i cut a dude's throat down there in population. >> what happened. >> he beat me out of some money and me and him would work a deal and i kept going back to him, i said, hey, you know, you need to [ bleep ] pay me my money. you need to pay me what you owe me. he didn't pay me and i got tired and cut his throat. >> parker has assaulted other inmates and staff members, he has spent most of his time at holman in the administrative segregation unit. >> he's in here for violence and apparently the time has not taught him any differently. >> could i be rehabilitated? yeah, i could be rehabilitated, becau if i could get rid of the hatred. i have a lot of hatred for people

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

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

. >> tattoos in prison often lead to violence, as we learned when we visited the holman correctional facility in alabama. >> you want to be interviewed? put your clothes on. come on. >> steven parker is serving a life sentence for the murder of his stepmother. >> a lot of people, you know, they villainize me for that. i grew up with parents that didn't give a [ bleep ] about me. i'm not trying to excuse my behavior, you know what i mean? i take full responsibility. i pled guilty. >> parker claims to be a leader of the aryan brotherhood prison gang. >> i wasn't racist until i started landed in jails and prisons and kept getting jumped on over and over again. then i became racist. i wear it proudly. i got the swastikas and got the bolts. >> when we met him, he was serving his time in administrative segregation because his desire for another tattoo nearly turned 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

not eating another meal at holman.o they're going to send me closer to home if it's nothing but a graveyard. >> playing the devil's advocate, how is that going to help your mother? >> she has to have yard sales. she can't pay her light bill. but she's going to have to spend money to come see her son. >> when i heard that bobby had gone on a hunger strike, i wasn't surprised. it's not atypical for an inmate to do that. it's the only source of power they have, really, saying they're not going to seat. and when i talked to him about it, he seemed pretty resolute that he was going on a hunger strike not so much as a protest, but almost as though he wanted to kill himself. >> how long does it take to starve to death? 35, 40 days? they can have it. i gave them 22 years, 6 months. that's enough. start to feel like sisphysus. keep rolling that stone up the hill. knowing damn well it's going to roll back to the bottom. you reach the point where it's -- just not any heart to fight any more. >> six days after his hunger strike be

john holman, al jazeera mexico city. >> a huge cleanup is underway in northern chile killed 23 people. 57 people are still missing as the heaviest rain in 80 years. more than 5,000 are now living in shelters. an unseasonal makes it easier for big developers to acquire their land. liddy dutt reports. >> this harvest season is full of discontent. last month storms destroyed 70% of his wheat crop. and he says what's left will be just enough to feed his family. >> our situation has gotten worse but what can we do? we farmers don't have anyone to turn to and we don't have any faith in the government. we have to survive on our own the best way we can. >> reporter: according to india's weather bureau last march was the wettest in years. states like deli and rajistan have been damaged. across the area farmers are counting their losses and for many there unseasonal weather is one other challenge in increasingly challenging times. neighbors think they have lost nearly 100,000 worth of crops. they say the damage caused by unpredictable weather or what unions describe is eans. >> in the governmen

john holman reports. >> a ban of wild animals in circus acts is due to start in three months time. it is a hammer blow for junior who has been training wild animals all his life. >> our family has done this for generations. we are in shock. what are we going to do? >> reporter: this is where his tigers live. small carriages are common in mexican circuses which is part of the reason for ban. they've released a slew of videos depicting animal cruelty. >> i think circus has to evolve. for a long time they have centered their show on dressed up animals. they say it will mean job losses but i think they'll need new people for newer and better acts. >> caused 70 circuses to close their circuses for good. kept in ranches like this one with more and more arriving. these animals have been in storage for last couple of months, with the circus owning them paying for their upkeep. that can't happen forever. what's going to happen when the ban goes fully into effect? the government says it will take on and look to zoos. >> the relocation of the animals worries me because many are wounded mutila

. >> when warden grant culliver arrived at holman in 2002, he instituted a zero tolerance policy forviolations of rule 38. >> it's a sign of disrespect. and not only disrespect to those officers because they know the environment they're coming into, but you know, it's disrespectful to expose yourself even to the man that's standing next to you. >> inmate johnson, ivan black, 206812, standing behind the old jail door with half his body showing, fully exposed, masturbating watching officer bonds. do you understand these charges? >> yes, sir. >> you wish to plead guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> during our shoot at holman, inmate ivan johnson faced a disciplinary hearing for a rule 38 charge. >> i looked up to the main count, j-3 standing at the door with his body halfway behind it and he was fully exposed and he was masturbating. >> i was not exposed nor masturbating watching officer bands. i stepped outside the old jail with an associate whom i was horse playing with. i never saw miss bonds, because my attention was not focused on the officer. but i wasn't disrespecting miss bo

john holman live in mexico city.hank you >>> staying in mexico the state-run oil company says four people have died after a fire broken out at one of its production platforms. 45 were injured. the fair broke out in the dehydration and pumping area of the platform it is not clear what caused it. 300 workers have been evacuated >>> in the u.s. a democratic senator from jersey has bin dieted on federal corruption charges. robert menendez accepted gifts from a florida eye doctor in exchange for helping the doctor's interests. a senior public figure - he denies wrong doing. >>> after years of protest over paying low wages, mcdonald's announces it will boost pay for 90,000 workers, by 10%. at least a dollar more than the legal minimum wage. protesters wanted a 15% increase. it only applies to restaurants that the brand own, and not franchises, which makes up 90% of the mcdonald's stable. >>> farmers all over ireland are celebrating april 1st, a day that restrictions on dairy produce that they have been able to supply have

john holman, al jazeera mexico city. >>> french law makeers are putting a ban on ultra-thin models. lawmakers say they want to discourage anorexia. about 40,000 people suffer from the disorder in france. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the average american throws away nearly 200 pounds of plastic every year. only 5% is resoikd. recycled. in the west african country of ghana, one company has found a way to stem the tide. ama boama reports. >> these plastics are chief and convenient. but they also end up littering the streets. a company called trashy bags collects about 200,000 bags a month. and are assembles them. it is a social enterprise that is trying to driver awareness about the growing waste in our environment. >> our bags, if people used those when they went to the grocery store or to the markets or to the stores and they used that every time then they would reduce the amount of disposable thin plastic bags which they're using all the time. here you go to buy a bottle of water in the store and they'll put a black plastic bag around it. and that's the current attitude we're trying to change. >> using

john holman, al jazeera. >> the wife of james brady sarah brady has died. responsible for the legalization of background checks for handgun purchase et cetera. brady was 73. >> alessandro veti shows us. >> in a dark alley a glimmer of light. these solar-paneled street lamps are helping people of san luis walk home safely for the first time. they are cheap bright, and easy to make. are they're going to need well the solar panels, the led the battery, the most difficult is the sacramentoer, how when the light turns on. no more do you have to wait for thousands of parts to be imorlted but you can make urtarte basically made with local parts and yet at the same time gives something for residents. >>> students were bussed in from the nearby university to help. costs $.70 to build and nothing to operate. san luis is a perfect recipient of this technology. found no basic services. >> you can imagine the impact you're having on these people. that's the most satisfying thing to see the people smiling to see the lights shining because their quality of i light has imp

correctional facility in alabama. >> there was an unusual phenomenon at holman prison. they had a big problem with public masturbation. they were dealing with the problem as best they can. if a person got caught, they were immediately put into lockup and they had to go through certain programs in order to get out of lockup. >> the violation is known as rule 38. and the prison's warden had developed a no-nonsense approach to dealing with it. >> my rule is, if you get caught with a 38, there's no questions asked. we're locking you up. we'll sort it out later, but for the time being, you're going to lockup. that's just automatic. okay? the first offense is 90 days, second time i double it, third time it goes to 270, the fourth time it's a year. >> but it happened a lot for some reason there. it was getting to the point where, particularly in the lockdown facility, you'd walk down the tier and all you'd see are hands going. it gets pretty unnerving after a while. i attribute it to the fact that there were a tremendous amount of very young men locked up there, with very long

and, of course, all the inmates started hooting and hollering everywhere she went at holman prison she created a scene. >> holly was in ad seg because his various relationships with other inmates led to disruptions, but he's in stranger to troubling relationships. he's serving 25 years for murdering a man he considered to be his husband. >> he and his colleague were having a little valentine's ball. he comes in and i'm associating with another guy, just talking, and he just grabbed me and one thing led to another. he drug me outside started to beat on me. beating me, beating me, beating me, and beating me. i just -- i stabbed him. he fell, i stabbed him again. >> holly did not let prison end his love life. he told us he's had three prison husbands so far and the current one figured out a way for the couple to be close to one another in the crowded general population dorms. >> i'll tell you he would actually pay the guy that slept next to me, he would actually pay him to sleep in his bed. uh-huh, sure would, just to be beside me. ain't that something? >> the inmate holly considers his h

let's talk to john holman our correspondent in mexico city. are we seeing a massive increase in abuse of all kind. or do you think we are seeing more cases reported more people aware of the fact that they can go to the authorities about this? >> well what children's rites organizations have been on the phone, they have been saying to me that we are not seeing a big increase. we are seeing things that have been high for some time. it's just different states and authorities in mexico have been lapse in reporting the figures. it looks like an increase but it's been high for some time. that's been the case because in mexico we are talking about a society, that many sectors see it as okay to hit children discipline them and there's a form of punishment for children. it goes for some sectors of society and police and authorities, saying that the organizations, when they take children to get the matters resolved, that the authorities and the police - the reaction is indifference or to stay that's okay, that's how you discipline children. for children

. >> at the holman correctional facility in alabama, we met inmate kenny wilson. he was housed in the prison's administrative segregation unit. >> i had about five or six charges. main -- my most biggest charge is dealing with a teenager, which i was 16 and she was like 15, i believe. i ended up, know what i'm saying, just dealing with both of them, the mom and the daughter. came in 15 years, and i got 15 more. >> originally convicted of rape and theft, wilson earned his second 15-year sentence while behind bars after he brutally beat a corrections officer. >> ended up i just gave him -- early retirement. cracked his ribs, jaw. think i did something to his hips, too. broke his collarbone, too. to me it was no thing, it was prison. you don't come here and work here and think it's cake. no, he ain't die. he just won't be a correction officer no more. >> despite his attitude and violent behavior, some at holman are trying to help wilson turn his life around. >> i've known him several years. a long time. i have a history with him. he's a young man with a lot of anger

we are joined by john holman in mexico city. tell us about the attack on the police officers. >> well we have been talking to analysts and experts and looking through newspaper records of the last knew years in mexico. this is a big deal. 15 police men killed in a single attack. this is the biggest number killed in a single incident in recent years in mexico. from what we have been looking through for the entirety of the drug war. this speaks of a cartel, a new generation in the we were sit that is growing in power, and feeling in a confident position. so the attack happened in the western state, on a highway. a police convoy was moving down the highway, and it was an ambush. gunmen appeared and shot at the gunmen killing 15 officers that was not anything that was spontaneous. something planned with precision. police and authorities tell us this was in retaliation to the police killing the boss of a local drug plaza called el gringo. this was a revenge attack and speaks to the power and stranglehold on the state. the cartel is i

john holman reports. >> the undisputted stars of the show and they're about to drop off the billing completen of wild animals an in circuit acts, a. >> i've been going to be out of work along with many other trainers. our families have done this for generations. we're in shock. what are we going to do? >> this is where his tigers live. small cages are common in mexican circuses and part of the reason for the ban pushed through congress by the green party. they releaseed a slew of videos of valuety. >> i think the circus has to evolve. for a long time they centered their show on animals. >> their animals are in limbo kept for now in ranches like this one with more and more arriving. these animals have been in storage for the last couple of months with the circuit who owns them pay for their up keep, but that cannot condition forever. what will happen to them when the ban comes into full affect? >> they're going to die. who is going to maintain them? unfortunately the circus people don't have the money to keep them. >> the government said it will look to zoos and sanctuaries to take on the ani

john holman has more from mexican city. the attack took place in the highway. gunmen were waiting for a convoy of state police to pass through. when they did, they opened fire and killed 15 officers, injuring five more, the biggest killing of police officers in a single incident since the start of the drug war. scoring to the analysts and experts that we talked to. they left behind charred cars on the road in the western state. authorities believe that this attack was in retaliation for the police killing of a local leader of a car tell called the new generation. it has not had problem killing police, and killed five more in march. it comes at a point where president pena nieto head a strategy of arresting big cartel figures, this might be a sign that the approach may not be working in improving the security and lowering the violence in the country, incidents like this continue to happen. >> more to come on al jazeera. meet the teenager who invented a gadget that will help alzhiemer's patient that might lose their way. >> and. i'm andrew simmonds reporting from

john holman has more from mexico city. >> reporter: the attack took place in a highway. gunmen waited for a convoy of state police to pass through. when they did, they opened fire and killed 15 officers, injuring five more, the biggest killing of police officers in a single incident since the start of the drug war, nearly nine years ago. according to analysts and experts. they left behind charred cars on the road. authorities believe the attack was in retaliation for a police killing of a local leader of a car tell called the new generation. they had no problem killing police killing five in march. this is at a point when president pena nieto made a strategy of taking out by arresting big cartel figures in mexico. this may be a sign that that approach is not working in improving security and lowering violence because incidents like this continue to happen >>> one of china it said biggest classical music stars started a trend. millions of children are learning to play the piano. the instrument is so popular china is the top piano producer. harry fawcett reports. [ ♪♪ ] >>

. >> reporter: 53 inmates were executed in holman while hinton row. >> my dogs remember so many people got to know be executed. >> reporter: he languished in prison for years before his case reached appeals court. >> i had never been so convinced of someone's innocence than i had in plin mr. hinton's case. >> reporter: the judge was one of those appellate court judges that believed the story. >> there was no incriminating evidence, nothing from the robbery, no finger prints. >> reporter: his appeal denied but his team kept fighting. >> we had exhausted every state court appeal and the united states supreme court finally intervened. >> reporter: the result was a new trial, the break hinton had been waiting for. a few weeks ago, the state of alabama dropped the case after a new look at the evidence could not match the bullets to the gun, and hinton was released. but one man's joy, another's heart ache. the son of one of the victims declined our request for an interview, releasing the statement. all the stories are saying he is innocent and he was not. he was never proven innocent. he wil

john holman reports now. >>> the mexican government is trying to reform its police force and root out widespread corruption. local officers say they are overworked, underpaid and need support. >> keeping order in one of mexico's violent towns will be a tough task for any police for. here officers are under paid, under-equipped and have to by their own bullets, said this policeman, who didn't feel safe to show his face or leave the police car. if we had better equipment and bullets paid for we'd do jobs better. >> reporter: the mexican government views the police as corrupt and incompetent. officers say it's the case, but are struggling with little government support. almost all the police we talked to on the streets are too afraid to go on camera. they are worried of getting in trouble with superiors. they told us they work shifts of 24 hour, and barely earn enough to get by. this ex-policeman wasn't given medical insurance or a bulletproof vest, while working in an area riddled with crime. >> translation: one time we arrested carjackers. i finished my shift at 7am. by 3:00p.m. they w

today new york senator brad holman is introducing a bill he hopes will make that happen. the bill would require all new buildings in largely renovated bathrooms in the state to have changing tables in both female and male public bathrooms and he's not the only one. celebrity dad ashton kutcher recently took to twitter complaining accessible for dads not even celebrity dads. if approved, the bill would go into effect pretty much immediately there. >>> you're a dad, what do you think of that? >> two times over. i say anything that makes that experience easier i'm all for it. >> i asked the guys who sit near me in the newsroom those who are not fathers yet found it was a great idea but one father i talked to said he'd have to think about. >> it you have to go through the experience first and then you'd be on the team of the changing tables in the bathroom. >> there's something that they should have absolutely for both men and women. >>> after the break, planning a trip to a national park in our area? we'll tell you where you can >>> police are telling us a massive family arg

. >> i'm john holman in mexico city. and the president peno nieto will be heading to the summit of the americas keen to talk about reforms that he and his government enacted. including education, energy and tying in with key talks points selected for the summit. he'll be looking to show mexico as an example for the rest of the region. what he'll be less keen talking about is a difficult last knew months for him and his government. chief among the scandal, the appearance of 43 students and local police and government were involved in the comparisons. in a way this will be a way to escape those issues and show himself and mexico in a positive light on an international stage. he'll meet outside of the summit with the president of brazil panama and the united states president obama in a meeting where they'll talk about trade, economic and social develop. in general for mexico they'll hope for a smooth summit in which they can show the country as a region's leader and a country moving forward. >>> what can we expect in the we

in 1997 commits-year-old michael holman was played in the backyard when his mother heard him scream. she ran out to find he stepped on a piece of glass. michael's father immediately brought to sunset in the towel but it didn't stop. they were wrapped surmounted by a disposable diaper. the bandage quickly soaked with blood. the next morning the bandage was rewrapped using a heavier fabric at the bleeding continues. instead of calling the doctor. susan said when you are sick you pray and ask the lord to heal you. and he became more ... crying out in pain. michael died in his mother's science. and not taxi showed you last night and half his blood volume. he had hemophilia that retreated and a problem that could have been obvious as their son had suffered frequent and severe bruising throughout his young life. the hemophilia specialist at the children's hospital said she'd never seen a child die from this cut. part of the draw the challenge was to understand how parents could make the choice. as a parent, one in staying. if someone came and put a a gun and said i'll take your life for he

. >> when we met keith precious mason at holman correctional facility in alabama he was carrying on a sexual relationship with inmate mar quez nobles. >> when i first met him. i told him he had pretty teeth. and you know what i mean. i'm a teeth man. i'm into the feet. i like feet. >> as far as it is concerned it is very, very frustrating and uncomfortable. especially if that's something you really want to do. basically it is done quick and quietly. >> for prison officials, sex is a complicated topic. >> i don't think you really crack down on homosexuality. you can't stop it. you can prevent it from happening openly. >> if the relationship is not causing a problem, then we don't do anything with that. if they are not openly having sex. you can have a relationship that doesn't have sex involved. >> but mason believes it is the lack of sex that leads to the unrest among inmates. >> that frustrates these dudes. there is not a man that i know that wakes up and don't have an erection in the morning time. that's what happens. we are dealing with reality. when a man wakes up. first thing tha