"lockup: raw." "lockup's" interviews with some of the most notorious criminals behind bars have provided disturbing insights into what drives the horrific acts of violence. >> it's just like i snapped. >> he disrespected me. that's all it takes. >> i started having delusions. >> i started singing "the battle hymn of the republic." glory, glory hallelujah. >> i'm not going to live with punks. i'm not going to live with rats. i have nothing to lose. you see my point? >> we filmed in dozens of maximum-security prisons across the country, interviewing some of america's most dangerous and deadly inmates. and it isn't until you really step back to kind of get a sense of where they're coming from and what they did, that you realize kind of the evil that exists across the table. >>> nestled at the base of majestic glaciers, the small coastal town of seward, alaska, is known for more than just breathtaking natural beauty. it's also home to the spring creek correctional facility, alaska's only maximum securit

"lockup" crews have found that at other prisons, too. in 1852, california's san quentin is one of the oldest prisons we visited. >> approximately 1985 brand new correctional officer here at san quentin, i was working graveyard in a section called donnor. >> officer feudler is a member of san quentin's investigative services unit, an elite team of cos that track gang activity and other threats to the institution. >> one night my partner and i were working graveyard. i was sitting with my back to a file cabinet just like this. there were a row of padlocks on the top handle. my partner and i were talking. all of a sudden, the locks started rattling back and forth together. clacking. he looked at it. i looked at it. see, i'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it. we both ran out of the office. and we had no explanation as to what that was. we asked some other officers and they said that, you know, the unit's probably haunted. never can tell. there was no explanation for it. no earthquake. the inmates weren't complaining in the unit abou

think you like lockup. you don't like lockup? why you keep coming back? if that guy steps on your toes a little bit, that's not what my intent is, but i need to give it to you straight. your mouth. you're going to have to learn how to control that. if you're ever going to make it. we deal with people. that's what we do. it takes a hell of a person to deal with people that no other citizens want to be bothered with, to be able to walk among these people day in and day out, give instructions, tell them what to do, manage them without creating problems. >>> next on "lockup: extended stay" -- >> move it. lock him up. >> violence erupts in holman. and for warden culliver, that means no holds barred. >> i want the whole housing unit locked down. we are under a lockdown. >>> just as the crew is wrapping up for the day, the violent side of holman erupts. >> move it. lock him up. move him. move him. >> i got a knife. >> don't step on the blood. >> get my hall crew up. there's a mop and pail. start the cleanup process. after we were getting him in from the other pr

"lockup: raw." over the years, "lockup" crews have ventured inside some of america's most dangerous maximum security prisons. and they've all encountered one absolute certainty. >> we film in extreme environments. most people would never want to step inside a maximum security prison, yet we send our crews inside some of the most dangerous facilities in america. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> yeah, i love pain! >> you can't let your guard down. you have to keep your eyes open in the back of your head. the hairs are constantly up on the back of your neck because they're violent places, and violence can and does break out at any time. >> [ bleep ]. >> our cameras have been there to capture these dramatic life-and-death conflicts. and now we take an even closer look at them through the experiences of our field crews and their raw encounters with violence behind bars. >>> california state prison, corcoran, home to hundreds of the state's most violent and infamous offenders hosted "lockup" crews in both 2000

i can't let you out of lockup. how am i going to let you out of lockup? >> you have me locked up. problem. >> no, no, no, no, no. you haven't proved that to me. if you had been locked up and wanted to come back to pop, you would have came down, did your time, let all the steam out, and you'd be back in pop. you've seen that happen before. that's how we came to the agreement, if you can keep your nose clean, then i cut you loose. but you couldn't do that. >> i slipped. >> okay. there's a consequence for slipping. >> i know the consequence for slipping. >> okay. >> i know what it is. >> okay. >> i'm taking responsibility for what i did. >> i'm taking responsibility for what you did, too. this is what you have to do, though, terrance. before we can talk about working the deal we had before you slipped, you have to do these 14 days. you're still going to get disciplinary and all that other stuff. >> i know that. i ain't trying to manipulate the system. i'm just being straight up. if i do these 14 days, if i do 14 days, can i get a five-minute phone call to my mother, man? just five mi

"lockup: raw." >> shot the man three times, right? >> and we beat him to death. >> i hold him in a choke hold. >> i shot him. >> i took the towel and strangled him. they opened the door and i tried to throw him off the tier. >> murder is a respected crime in here by a lot of these inmates. >> kill or be killed. >> human beings are the most dangerous animal on earth there is. >> he ran upstairs, i fired. it happens. >> one of the most intense things our "lockup" field crew encounters when they go inside a maximum security prison is conducting interviews with murderers, sitting five, six feet away from a very violent offender. but more often than not, they leave those conversations feeling like they just talked to somebody that's just a normal, everyday guy. >> when our crew went behind the 40-foot walls of indiana state prison, they had ample opportunity to meet killers among the 2,000 inmates that are incarcerated there. >> the number one charge at this facility is murder. approximately 70% of the offenders housed here are housed for

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> you're in jail. there's no greater punishment in the world. >> you're here with crack heads, dope fiends, rapists, murders. >> we're all treated guilty until proven otherwise. >> "lockup" has spent time in three of america's busiest and largest jails, l.a. county, miami-dade and new york's rikers island. they represent a real cross section of life across the country. each one has its own unique set of challenges. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> got to be on point. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> can't let your guard down for nobody. >> this is not a place to be. >> this is as close to a living hell as i think i ever want to come. >> step back behind the red line. >> everyone, bend over. >> if you like this type of thing, this is the place to be. >> i want to kill myself. i can't take it. >>> for the uninitiated or in this case, the unincarcerated, there is sometimes confusion between prison and jail. prison is only for convicted felons. jails also house convicts but only those awaiting transf

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 day dream about the whole getting out, having a family, picket fence. you know, the day dreams 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 do society a favor.

"lockup." >> it's not our job to extract justice. it's our job to keep these people in these cells here. >> pretty rough. you know? >> you eat yourself? >> it's an adventure every day. >> can't let your guard down for a second. >> you know where mommy is? he says, yeah, in jail. >> nobody plans on coming to jail. i don't think they do. i don't. it just happens. >> how come you're all in there? you having a party in there? >> you can see i got concrete bars. i don't have any place to expand. i can't make another cell. >> i'm not a very violent person but i can be violent when i want to. >> a lot of people in here with hiv. >> the first one looks like a wire shank. >> a stabbing, knocking a guy down and just kicking him until he's bleeding. >> these kids don't know how to act like proper gangsters anymore. >> los angeles county, california has a population larger than 42 states in the nation. nearly 10 million people live there. it is also the home to one of the largest jail systems in the world. more than 20,000 men and women live wit

we open the gates, "lockup." >> you get close to somebody, but you can't trust that person because that person might be the one to stab you. >> down here on the floor, one of the inmates was actually brutally burned. >> step back to the door. >> they can smell fear, especially in a female. >> this system needed a wake-up call. i broke my tv, made a couple shanks and assaulted them. >> i was covered from my neck down with blood. >> i have heard and i've seen what he's done to other officers. >> i would just like to get on with my life and get my freedom back. >> one of the greatest challenges facing prison officials across the country is protecting the safety of both inmates and officers in an extremely predatory environment. with many facilities overcrowded and understaffed, that task can be difficult if not impossible. in the next hour on "lockup," we'll go beyond the scenic desert landscape to the penitentiary of new mexico, a prison that is battling to overcome a long history of violence. just 15 miles away from the art galleries and shops of santa fe, a concrete fortress looms above

"lockup raw." >>> inside every prison cell or in any jail bunk, we find harrowing stories. >> all the sudden there's just blood coming out of my eye, and i knew i got shot. >> i never seen death before. so i put the rope around his neck and killed him. >> unique personalities. >> hi. >> i wore nice clothes. i drove nice cars. and my robbery paid for that. >> welcome to my humble abode. >> but they all share one thing in common. >> they don't attempt to bully me. they know what will happen. >> [ bleep ]. >> i'm often asked how we find the stories we cover on "lockup." and the answer is footwork. it comes down to the field producers simply taking the time to get to know dozens of inmates. other times we just follow the action and the story unfolds under our eyes. once in a while the path to a good story is a little less obvious. >> during our "extended stay" shoot at the holman correctional facility in alabama, we were filming interviews in the administrative segregation unit when a loud disturbance occurred. >> they put me in a cell! where it comes down to my [ bleep ] bed. it comes do

we open the gates, "lockup." >> jail is hell. jail is hell. >> willie, will you come to the door, sir? >> a lot of the mental state hospitals have closed down, and the only options to the police agencies are bring them to the jails. >> it's dirty. the shower's dirty. the toilet's dirty. the floor's dirty. pointblank, dirty. >> anything can happen, any given time, any moment, just like that. very fast, very quick. >> let's go, let's go, let's go. >> i'm not even looking for shanks. i just happened to stumble upon these. >> you never know what to expect. all we do all day is sit here like a time bomb waiting for something to happen. >> this is as close to a living hell as i think i ever want to come. >> when someone breaks the law, there is a distinct difference between going to prison and jail. prison is for convicted felons, many with long-term sentences. jail is where suspects spend a relatively short time, either while waiting for trial or before being transferred to another facility. it's where convicts serve short sentences.

. >>> coming up next on "lockup: extended stay," the contraband investigation turns to billy groves. >> you want to give me any statement on this or anything like that? >> i don't have anything to say. >> while another inmate remembers the last time he saw his folks. >> just after midnight when they arrived, i killed them both. i was taking a multivitamin... but my needs changed... i wanted support for my heart... and now i get it from centrum specialist heart. new centrum specialist vision... helps keep my eyes healthy. centrum specialist energy... helps me keep up with them. centrum specialist prenatal... supports my child's growth and development. new centrum specialist is a complete multivitamin that gives me all the benefits of centrum. plus additional support... [ all ] for what's important to me. [ male announcer ] new centrum specialist helps make nutrition possible. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 there are atm fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 account service fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and the most dreaded fees of all, hidden fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab, you won't pay fees on to

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"lockup." >> beat on that [ bleep ] door again. beat on the door again. you, you, i want you to do it. you do it. >> 98% of these son of a bitches in here ought to be taken out somewhere and shot in the back of the head. >> sell it, sell it, sell it, sell it. that's right. ♪ tell me what i'm gonna do oh, baby, just tell me what i'm gonna do ♪ >> idle hands is the devil's playground, you know, so i stay busy. ♪ >> you think this can get me on "american idol"? >> the execution team will escort the condemned from the death cell into the execution chamber and place him on a gurney. >> you ain't here for going to church. you ain't here because you was doing something constructive. you been doing something constructive, you never would have been here. >> i was doing something constructive until they [ bleep ] pulled me down that hall. >> oh, yeah. >> in southern alabama, the holman correctional facility houses some of the state's most dangerous criminals. over the years, holman developed a reputation for inmate stabbings, and ambulances were often seen coming t

"lockup." >> i charge pelican bay with the following crimes. extortion, racketeering police brutality. i charge pelican bay with racism, promoting inmate-on-inmate violence. how it was in the beginning it shall be in the end. the righteous shall live and the wicked shall perish. >> ever since it opened in 1989, pelican bay state prison in northern california has always had a reputation as one of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation. when we first visited the institution in 2000, it was under lockdown, still reeling from one of the worst prison riots in u.s. history. five years later, we went back inside pelican bay, where the staff has worked to curb gang activity and prevent violent outbreaks but in an environment simmering with bitter rivalries and racial tension. finding any long-term solution is a never-ending battle. >> inmates in the general population right now consider everything a state of war, so they are ready for everything. >> some guys gonna get their head blown off, some guys are going to get stabbed real go

anyone with information on the investigation is asked to call metro crime stoppers 1-866-7- lockup. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a judge decides not to throw out statements made by a man charged with killing a young couple. the man faces two counts of first-degree murder. the bodies were found in june. his lawyers argued that minnick had not been read his miranda rights when investigators began questioning him about the slayings. drug charges this morning against a man accused of causing a crash that critically injured toddler. a man has been injured whiwith driving while impaired. month-old remainsal in critical condition. engineers plan to convert a portion of light street to wait roundabout to make things easier to navigate. the reason for the chaos is oftentimes cars attempt to turn from light street onto a key highway. the project will be similar to the towson roundabout. the lanes will be clearly marked to make easier to see where light street curves around on the highway and the design will force drivers to take the turn slowly. construction could begin as soon as next summ

we open the gates, "lockup." >> this place is crazy. it's totally insane. more insane than me. >> come on in. come on in. >> i don't really have a whole lot of respect for life in general, my own or anybody's. >> i took a knife and stabbed him with it, until he was dead, and then i butchered him with it. >> there is violence in here unheard of. but it was right up my alley. >> this is no way to spend your life. >> in medieval times, law breakers were punished in unspeakably cruel ways, so perhaps it was no accident that the architect who designed the kentucky state penitentiary more than a century ago, built a structure that resembles a castle where dungeons might have served as torture chambers. for even the most hardened criminals in kentucky today, the first sight of the prison can be overwhelming. during the next hour, we'll take you inside kentucky's maximum security prison, known as the castle on the cumberland.♪ the cumberland river winds through the western kentucky town of eddyville. looming around a bend is a virtual fortress. the kentucky state p

"lockup." >> i pray to god that somebody recognizes what's going on here. you know, we in here just rotting away, you know. >> today we have about 756 inmates serving a life sentence here at folsom. >> i was state raised, federally funded. >> we're dealing with murderers and rapists, and that's always in the back of my mind. >> they treat us like slaves up in here, man. >> sometimes you've just got to do what you've got to do, you know, whether you like it or not. >> a lot of times these inmates just don't get along with each other. they didn't get along with people on the outside. that's why they're here. >> they were stomping his head. he went out code three in the ambulance, so he's pretty messed up. >>> what you see here, it's like this every day. >> it's the way they lived on the streets, so they're living it inside the walls. >> use your imagination. anything that you can imagine, that's probably what goes on here. >> you watch horror movies? this is a horror movie. >> i'm innocent. i didn't do it. >> since 1880, california's folsom state prison has g

any information about the case or the whereabouts of the suspects,, true crime stoppers at 1-866-7- lockup. >> the carroll county health department now has thousands of dollars -- thousands of dollars of the vandalism over the weekend. somebody smashed out about eight windows. an employee noticed the vehicles after going on a walk and contacted authorities. authorities believe it was a pure case of vandalism. >> this is malicious vandalism for no real reason. i do not want to see people getting away with that kind of stuff with impunity. >> so far police have made no rest in the investigation is ongoing. >> firefighters have been very busy with a series of blazes. flames broke out at a three story row home on east 25th street at 2:40 this morning. the fire started in the basement and spread to all three floors. this building is home to the big boy bonds company. no word on what sparked this place. howard county crews were sent to a two-alarm blaze. happened at a motel just before 9:30 on monday night. no reports of any injuries and investigators have yet to determine the cause. and and ann

anyone with information on the investigation is asked to call metro crime stoppers 1-866-7- lockup. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a teenager held at attempted murder case is denied his release from bail. he is charged after allegedly trying to shoot an 18-year-old. the judge ordered marshall to remain in jail on bond. a request for a lower bail was denied. a couple from anne arundel county looking for a new home after a fire ripped through their house. the man and woman were treated for smoke inhalation. one firefighter was treated for minor injuries. no word on what caused the fire. >> police in ocean city have filed additional charges for a man that left a toddler critically injured. a man is charged with dui. police say they found pcp and marijuana in his truck and his home. the 18-month-old girl remains in critical condition. the man is being held without bond. and most wonderful time of year for ravens fans. a t-shirt is now available. this is the 11th year the company has made the popular schurick. this short features torrey smith, anquan boldin, terrell suggs, haloti ngata -

me, they take me straight to lockup. because my wine has got more people on lockup than the police have. they get drunk on mine and they want to fight. they tell me they'll lock your little bitty ass up. i said what? i ain't making nothing, man, what you talking about? i'm sober. you know what i'm talking about. >> holmes comes up clean today. other inmates are not so lucky. >> it's called hooch, that homemade wine. it's what they brew, basically for the weekends, watching the football game. it's like us going to the bar and having a drink. and it's strong, too. >> though holmes usually conceals his hooch-making operation, the prison allowed him to show our cameras how it's done provided it's destroyed upon completion. >> two cups you're done. three you're passed out. you drink four you're going to the hole. trust me. take my jug. gallon jug. and this is half gallon here. i got another half gallon of orange juice. make it a gallon. take my sugar and take your juice, and you do this. let it sit for three days. when wine f

. >> while i was on lockup, i was always involved in excessive violence. >> when i was stabbing him, i was talking [ bleep ]. i said, you feel kind of vulnerable now, don't you? >> others become victims. >> i was a person -- which i am persecuted in multitude of ways. >> while some can only wait for the inevitable. >> i don't deal in hope. when you're on death row, you don't deal in hope. if you dwell on it, you end up either hanging yourself or going crazy. >> and with the personal cameras we left them, both inmates and their feline companions have plenty more to say. >> you like being here, cletus? i take that as a no. >>> if you're in prison, we really have no choice. because if we let one person disrespect us, then other people's gonna disrespect us. and that's the world that we are forced to live in. a world of predators. a world where the strong prey upon the weak. >> no matter how long they've been in prison or how many tattoos they have, no matter their reputation or how many fights they've been in, at one time or another, every inmate experiences fear. and no one knows fear

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"lockup: raw." >> for some inmates, a prison sentence means nothing left to lose. >> what the [ bleep ]. >> if i'm ever put in general population i'm as good as dead. >> but sometimes life has other plans. >> it's either him or me at that point. >> this [ bleep ] was real. >> people often ask me if we've ever had a member of our production crew attacked or somehow hurt in a prison. and fortunately the answer to that is no. security is always at the forefront of our minds. our crews are very experienced and know how to carry themselves in prison and never get too comfortable. but the reality of prison is you can go from calm and kwai tote a life and death conflict in an instant. >> about halfway through ten weeks of filming for our "extended stay" series in alabama, our crew experienced that reality firsthand. they had just finished a routine interview with an inmate in his cell. it was a little after 12:00 noon. >> there was a phone call, and one of our producers went back to get this phone call and if it wasn't for that, we would have been gone. we would have been out to lunch. as we

. >> call metro crime stoppers if you have any information, 1-866- 7-lockup. police in california are investigating a man for three cases of alleged sex abuse on children. anyone with information is asked to contact investigators in california. >> robbery is believed to be the motive for a shooting inside a barbershop. police arrived on the scene on 7:00 p.m. and wednesday night and found a victim that was shot multiple times. he's listed in serious but stable condition. a second teenager is now charged in a fight that had to be broken up with pepper spray. the fight broke up on tuesday. more than 1000 students had to be evacuated after pepper spray was used to stop the fight. state officials are keeping a close eye on the beltway overpass that was damaged earlier this week. the overpass at 95 before wilkins avenue is safer traff fr traffic. inspectors will check the structure on a weekly basis to make sure the damage does not get any worse. >> the ravens will take the field this sunday night in san diego. a devoted contingent of ravens fans is headed west to

. ♪ lock up, lock up, everybody lockup ♪ her another inmate tries to make a difference. ♪ amazing grace the end of the day, life is about choices. all of this stuff is an illusion. >> indiana's wabash valley correctional facility houses nearly 2,200 inmates. more than one-third are doing time for serious violent crimes. a less isolated than solitary confinement, the vast majority of inmates live in two-man cells. pairings are critical, and avoiding a volatile mix of cell mates is a constant challenge. >> we troy to not put people that are doing life with people that go home next year, or blacks with whites, or a white supremacist that might have a child molestation case, just to try to resolve the conflict before it happens. >> even with careful screening, conflicts can still arise between cell mates. >> it was reported we just had an assault. a guy in the infirmary received several injuries to his facial and head area, and at this point, he said he just had a seizure and we're going to go over and try to talk to him. they discovered he may have been assaulted with a hot pot. we're goin

. >> and with the personal cameras provided by "lockup" producers, inmates share their feelings about life behind bars. >> it's sad in my heart to know that i had to do that and take time away from my daughter. >>> maybe we can touch on just a little bit about what it's like to have spent 20 years in prison. when they first handed me this camera, i'm like, what? how does this work? i don't know what an ipod is. i don't know how to work these fancy gadgets. they had to show me. i don't know how to use a cell phone. the only vision that i have of the outside world outside these walls is what i see on tv basically. >> 40-foot-high walls, razor wire, armed officers monitoring every move from towers above. escapes from indiana state prison are rare. there is one place, however, where inmates can briefly escape these reminders of incarceration. the prison barbershop is not unlike any other small town barbershop in america. >> all you females out there, i'm coming to a town near you. >> the barbers are the most trusted inmates in the prison, even staff get their hair cut here. >> to me, it's

i hate lockup. for real for real. it makes time hard.you in ccu you don't get nothing but a bar of soap, some toothpaste and my hair [ bleep ] i ain't able to get a haircut or a shave [ bleep ] i'm back here slumming it. this is the downside of prison. violence happens. what you expect. you expect us not to clash and at the end of the day you better pray you be the one left standing. >> arkansas authorities investigate the stolen tv he has petitioned to be put back in the housing unit. >> i don't know if he will return to p house because of the animosity for the accusations about his it have. we'll be evaluating his housing assignment. >> while authorities determine a staff housing option for wright he will stay in confine mt. >> these people put you in situations to try crumble you or break you. that's what i'm doing. i'm surviving. >> gerald ritchie is also in a confinement unit and he is not happy about it. >> they had punishment in mind when they built this place. that's a fact. let's make these guys understand if you come to prison,

. >> somebody's about to turn into a rat and as soon as we get back to the lockup. >> what began as a traffic stop has become a one-way trip to jail for both driver and passenger. the best chance for either man to go home tonight is by working with police. the driver whose record includes a prior gun arrest refuses to cooperate. >> there's a holding spot for now. >> his friend, on the other hand, says he'll play ball. >> i'm willing to do anything. you know what i'm saying? i'm trying to get my life going. i'm only 18. i can't do this. >> whatever happened, i wasn't there. you tell me what happened tonight. did you know the gun was in the car? >> no. >> you had no idea? >> no. >> okay. the gun's going to go to the illinois state crime lab and we're going to print it. you being up front and honest with us right now is going to help us out in the long run. so you're not going to have any kind of prints on it whatsoever? >> huh-uh. >> do you think it will have prints on it? >> no. >> it will have someone's prints on it, because somehow it got in that car. >> i had nothing to do with it.

if you have any information, call metro crime stoppers at 877-7-lockup. a violent weekend in baltimore city opera four shootings ended in three homicides. the most recent around 1:30 a.m. when a cab driver is pulling into a parking lot. we're told one of two passengers pulled a gun, demanded money, and shot the driver. >> this is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. when you get called to a residence you assume it is safe. as you know, it was not saved. >> they plan on but and remain at large. >> 127-year-old man is dead after a shooting in west baltimore. dayon barnes was on smallwood street when someone opened fire. he was taken to shock trauma where he later died. 832-year-old man was gunned down in northeast baltimore. he was shot in the head just after 10:00 p.m. in the 4400 block of bellaire road. he was rushed to hopkins where he died. police have made no arrests in any of the shootings and and a possible word on any motives which brings us to 192 homicides compared to 219 by this point last year. one of two people rescued in a boating ac

if you have any information on the case, call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >> police have been looking for a boater who went under after the sailboat capsized off the sandy point state park. a man was rescued but he died on sunday. all three were wearing life jackets when that boat went down. >> a house fire in south baltimore on sunday. this was in brooklyn. firefighters took about 30 minutes to gain control of that fire. one person was treated for burns. no word on what sparked the fire. >> 26 degrees on tv hill. >> mission accomplished for u.s. troops in iraq. we'll have the dramatic reaction. >> a bizarre accident injures seven people. >> the mid-atlantic off to a quiet start. a storm system is brewing in the planines. so, if the mint makes this hot chocolate cool, does the mint hot chocolate make me cool? not really. the new mint hot chocolate from dunkin' donuts. grab the cool sensation of mint today. >> good morning. 6:11. 32 degrees downtown. that is one of the milder spots. much colder temperatures. 25 -- 26 in parkton. 23 at ocean city. a bit milder downtown. you

iyonna information, call metra crimestoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >> a truck that hit the i-95 bridge on monday with two feet taller than the legal limit. it damaged abn and catwalk. -- a beam and catwalk. there appears should be complete -- the repairs should be complete by spring. >> a teenager faces assault charges after a fight at chesapeake high school in baltimore county. police used pepper spray to restore order, which said some students to the hospital. there is an interview tonight with the school principal. >> those rush to area hospitals have all been treated and released. the principle is now working to repair the schools part -- the school's principal is now working to repair the school's reputation. >> a school resource police officer used pepper spray to help restore order. fumes from the spray force more than 1000 students out of their buildings for 45 minutes. >> they were getting ready to leave to catch the bus behind me. it took place in a matter of seconds. >> extra workers spent the day on campus helping students sort out what took place on tuesday. >> they were very

i hate lockup. i'm back here for real for real. it's making time hard.s in this bitch, nothing. when you in ccu you don't get nothing but a bar of soap, some toothpaste, shower shoes. you're in survival mode in here. i ain't able to get a haircut or a shave [ bleep ] i'm back here slumming it. this is the downside of prison. violence happens. what you expect. you group a whole bunch of violent offenders together and you expect us not to clash? at the end of the day you better pray you be the one left standing. >> as authorities continue to investigate the stolen tv he has petitioned to be put back in the housing unit. >> i don't know at this point if he will be allowed to return to "p" house because of the animosity for the accusations about his tv. we'll be evaluating his housing assignment. >> while authorities determine a staff housing option for wright he will remain in confinement. >> i've got to make it work, you know what i mean? these people put you in all kinds of situations, to try to break you but you have to overcome that [ bleep ]. that's wh

"lockup." >>> the number of units here at san quentin has grown beyond the capacity of this prison and what it was designed for. >> free us. free us. >> i took sociology in college. and you can stack a bunch of rats together. eventually they start eating each other. >> with the age of the building the way it's set up, almost anything you do, you're in direct contact with the inmates. >> it doesn't matter how much staff we have. they will erupt if it's going to. >> mentality of most inmates, have issues, i'm on death row, and there's nothing you can do to me. if i assault you today, there's nothing they'll do to me tomorrow. that's their mentality, you can only kill me once. >> san quentin prison in california is home to some notorious killers -- scott peterson, who was sentenced to die for murdering his pregnant wife, laci, is perhaps the best known. but the facility also houses richard ramirez, better known as the night stalker, and richard allen davis, polly klaas' killer. the prison is more than 150 years old. the walls are crumbling. and the institution is outdated, contributing to

now back to "lockup." >>> at indiana's wabash valley correctional facility the men considered to be theous and disruptive are housed in the secured confinement unit. most inmates here have assaulted staff or other offenders and are now held in windowless single-man cells 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and phone calls made once a week are made from the isolation of their cells. >> in this confinement unit, we have to deliver all of their services. i try to make contact with every one of my offenders at least once a week. that's all 144 of them. >> case manager beverly gilmore is the link to the rest of the world for many confinement inmates. >> i came from the south. i was so protected and so green when i came here. and when i started learning more about the needs of offender population i thought why can't i be an advocate for them? >> tell me i'm the best. >> yeah. >> on a daily basis, they'll send letters to me or notes requesting information, maybe complaining or some of them just telling me to have a nice day, ms. gilmore. that's nice. it's better than getting cussed out

if you know this man's identity, you are asked to call metro crime stoppers at 866-7-lockup. >> a new casino is on the ways of the mall is rolling out a new feature aimed at keeping visitors safe anne arundel mills. barry simms joins us live with more on the story. barry? >> this may not look like anything major, but this is the new feature and it is designed to help give security officers a bird's eye view over the parking lots. the latest security device at arundel mills mall gives security officers a lift. this rises to 15.5 feet in the air and gives security officers a better view of the parking lot allowing them to look between cars. >> of people around here before the wrong reason, we will look out for them. we will not be lax about it. >> this is another security enhancement joining forces with closed-circuit television cameras, scooters, by, and car patrols. >> we patrol the interior and the exterior 24/7/0365. this is another element that people are not accustomed to. not only the criminal element that will see this and go somewhere else, but the customers will feel safer abo

look at some of the conditions. 45 degrees, and we'll skip the weather cameras, as we get a little lockup on that computer there, but the bottom line is this, clear tonight, dry conditions. the most powerful radar. sweeps show all clear. through the overnight, there will be a brief chance for some rain early in the morning, and that's going to be about it. 45 in baltimore. 56 in easton, and 46 in ocean city. winds are light and variable, and what little wind we do have, generally out of the south-southeast. that plus some sunshine helping to warm us up today, as a warm front actually pushed north, and that really allowed our temperatures to correct about 15 degrees from yesterday when we struggled to get out of the low and mid-40s. 54 in cambridge. 61 down in culpepper virginia earlier today. just some clouds spreading over the state now. new year's eve, you're looking good as far as standing dry. but we could see this system here pinwheeling itself out of the great lakes, and this will skirt just north of us from the overnight and into early tomorrow. we'll catch the bottom edge of this,

now back to "lockup." . >> in indiana, men considered to be the most dangerous and destructive are housedd confinement unit. most inmates here have assaulted staff or other offenders and held inside windowless singleman cells for 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and even phone calls which are allowed once a week and are made from the cells. >> in this confinement unit, we have to deliver all of their services. so i try to make contact with them, every one of my offenders at least once a week. and that's all 144 of them. >> i came from the south. i was so protected and so green when i came here. and when i started learning more about the needs of offender population, i thought why can't i be an advocate for them? >> they send notes requesting information, complaining or some of them just tell me have a nice day mrs. gilmore. and that's nice. it's better than getting cussed out. >> one of gilmore's assigned inmates is this man. >> he'll say are you okay, man? he'll say you okay mrs. gilmore? i enjoy that kind of talk. i can understand him. gets to talking fast and i say slow it d

"lockup." >> don't be weak in prison. that's a downfall. >> i didn't like the way you allowed them to punk you. >> when they said 15 to life in prison, it was the scariest thing i ever had to go through. >> when i walked back here, it was horrifying. >> i want to be outside. i want to see some beauty, try to forget about this place. >> studies show that women are one of the fastest growing segments of america's prison population. since 1995, the total number of male prisoners in america has grown 29%. the number of female prisoners, nearly 50%. so what does it mean to society and to our justice system? we first visited valley state women's prison in california back in 2000, one of the largest all-female prisons in the world. we returned five years later to see if reforms made any difference to a system troubled by overcrowding and the inmates caught in a seemingly hopeless circle of abuse, drug addiction and violence. >> everybody tries to make a family here. this is their family while they're here. but then there is anot

county police or you can become eligible for reward money by calling metro crimestoppers at 8667-lockup. the sears company will shut down dozens of sears and kmart stores nationwide. some of those could be right here in maryland are you between 100 and 120 stores will close after terrible holiday sales brought a 5 percent drop in revenue. sears holding corporation's says shedding of stores will generate up to $170 million. a list of which stores will not yet released. >>> christmas is stolen from a west baltimore family when burglars ransacked their home and stole the presents from right under their tree. wjz is why that city police headquarters at the latest on the incentive -- on the insensitive crime. >> family was at a christmas eve dinner where burglars broke into their home stealing something that really cannot be replaced. >> reporter: smiley faces, something they have not seen on the three children in these. christmas eve night their house broken into, the gifts under the tree all gone. >> i was upset. i was mad. student it's just terrible that i couldn't see my kids christmas m

under the punishment handed down yesterday, the former governor will report to a federal lockup in february. he will spend e at least 12 years behind bars after convicted on 18 felony counts. it's a stunning fall for the man who compared himself to some of the greatest freedom fighters. >> it was the agents that came in and said what they said. and i said who is this? i thought it was a friend on mine. unfortunately, it wasn't. then the day unfolded. i had a bunch of thoughts. of course, my children and my wife. then i thought about dr. king. gandhi and tried to put perspective on this. >> that was him remembering the day of his arrest. he turned to poetry when talking to reporters after the sentencing. >> if among the things he wrote was, if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters the same, patty and i, this is a time to be strong. this is a time to fight through adversity. this is a time for us to get home to explain to our kids what happened. what all this means. and where we're going from here. we'll keep fighting on. and see you soon. >> blagojevich is the

i hate lockup. for real for real. it makes time hard. and the no books in here, nothing.but a bar of soap, some toothpaste, a pair of shoes. my hair [ bleep ] i ain't able to get a haircut, a shave, none of them. i'm back here slummin' it. this is the downside of prison. violence happens. what you expect? you expect us not to clash and at the end of the day you better pray you be the one left standing, not hurt. >>> as authorities continue to investigate the stolen tv, wright has petitioned to be placed back in his original housing unit. >> i don't know if he will return to p house because of the animosity for the accusations about his it have. we'll be evaluating his housing assignment. >> while authorities determine a safe housing placement for wright, he will remain in confinement. >> i got to make it work, you know what i mean? these people put you in all kinds of situations to try to break you. but you have to overcome that [ bleep ]. that's what i'm doing. i'm surviving. >> gerald ritchie is also in a confinement unit and he is not happy about it. >> they had punish