>> jerry hawkins has done time in two other prisons before being sent here. >> to me it's the worst prison. >> how so? >> it is a 180 prison, highest security level, far up north, most of the inmates are from southern california. you are far away from your family, you see it snowing, it's got the lowest number of visits, it's far. >> the nearest city is nearly 100 miles away. and high desert is a 12-hour drive from los angeles. inmates say when nobody from the yowrts comes to visit -- outside comes to visit, it's hard to get out the abuse that is an every day fact of life. >> it's nothing new, all type of stuff, i just feel like this is the worst prison. some people might be scared to speak out. i'm not, i'm telling the truth. >> you feel they're needlessly picking on you? >> i feel like a lot of us are being picked on. >> have you filed a formal complaint? >> i have various 602s in my file. >> what have you layered about those complaints? >> i haven't heard nothing, i've just been denied. >> hawkins also complains, the paperwork he filed never made to it the courts, he lost the chance of