"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 securi

"lockup: raw." it's a world where the threat of danger dictates every action and every decision. >> i have seen stabbings over drugs. i've seen stabbings over money owed for canteen. >> i was holding his head on the ground digging one of his eyeballs out. i didn't have the technical difficulties with that. >> i have seen child molesters get stabbed. >> i hit the inmate. tried to get him by his arm. i slipped. i didn't realize when i slipped. it was all blood. >> a world that "lockup" producers and camera crews explore on a regular basis. >> when we walk into prison with our camera crews, inevitably we attract attention. but sometimes it's not the kind of attention you want to attract. [ bleep ] y'all. we don't need y'all around here no more. >> shooting in prison is very controlled for the most part until all hell breaks loose. >> a world where even the most heinous violations are common place. >> squeeze a water bottle and shot urine into my eye and mouth area. >> been advised by house staff that h

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 sentences. and this was just one way they decided to manifest their sexuality. >> if there's a female that excite me sexually, you know what i'm saying, you know, i tend to expose myself to them if i take a liking to them, right. >> why? >> because it's the only way to get se

america's most notorious prisons to a world of chaos and danger, now the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> every time we step into another prison we are amazed by the world that we enter. it's violent, it's loud, [ bleep ] -- very intimidating but through it all is a fascinating place. >> the daily grind of prison life has pushed some inmates to the brink. >> the agony in here, the torture, the poke, the prod. the frustration you can't release. how do people build their frustration? you build your body. you build your muscles. >> some use the time wisely. >> get that money. get that money, man. >> but other inmates self-destruct. >> i take a razor blade and cut myself up real bad, you know, and then it will all be all right. >> prisons are hate factories. they can't produce anything but hate. >> the first time i walk out of this [ bleep ] not one of you [ bleep ]. >> i mean, prison is extremely boring when you're locked up in one place, extremely small place, where it is extremely crowded and there's really nothing. >> this is the living space right here. >> it's like telling you

but given what i am, i'll probably do a lot of time in lockup.not going to go back in the closet and say, oh, i'm straight just to stay out of trouble. because, you know -- i came out, you know, i'm gay, it's who i am. and they just have to accept me, so, i'm just going to be who i am and just keep going. >>> coming up on "lockup raw: the devil's workshop" -- >> from the day i stepped in here, i've been looking for a way out. >> all hell breaks loose when inmates jump the wall. >> that's your corner where james and doug and spider monkey and the others went over. heroes charge! ♪ ♪ (lightning strike) ♪ (kiss) ♪ lead your heroes in the hit mobile game download heroes charge now! and, sometimes, an even longer night. helping with homework before doing your own. and you may think no one notices ...but she does. she sees more than "mom," she sees determination. we do too. for nearly 40 years, we've designed an education for people just like you. >>> nothing impacts a prison more than an escape. correctional officers take great pride in keeping a faci

now it's back to "lockup." >>> prison inmates don't have a lot to look forward to.s are a big deal. for some of these inmates they haven't seen a child or a wife or parent in years. so it is a very dramatic time when they come to visit them. and in lockup, these visitations have provided some of the most compelling moments in the series. >> few visitations provide as much drama as conjugal visits when an inmate is allowed an overnight stay with his spouse. >> makes you appreciate the little things in life. >> when we met ron golden at the california's kern valley state prison he was serving a 22-year sentence for armed robbery and assaults on correctional staff. he claimed his recent marriage to a childhood friend helped turn him around. >> before we were married i was always in a lot of fist fights and riots, whatever, in and out of the hole. >> golden's improved behavior earned him the right to a 46-hour conjugal visit with his wife in one of the prison's family cottages. but before the visit begins, both goldens must pass through security. >> you have your i.d.?

i know one day i will. >> coming up on lockup raw: prison love. >> i love him to death.do anything for brad. anything. short of killing someone. the family bonds lead to murder. >> later. >> one of the first things i noticed something i never thought i would see in a million years in a prison yard. that's all the cats. >> when inmates adopt. >> especially when they're little babies you can raise them up, pet them. feed them. you watch them grow. that's your cat. e menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. [ bottle ] ensure®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that parker. well... did you know auctioneers make bad grocery store clerks? that'll be $23.50. now .75, 23.75, hold 'em. hey now do i hear 23.75? 24! hey 24 dollar, 24 and a quarter, quarter, now half, 24 and a half and .75! 25! now a quarter, hey 26 and a quarter, do you

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 how's convicts but only those awaiting transf

lockup raw. >> this is the hardest part because you're in here with very little to do. you sleep, you eat, and you sleep some more. and you eat some more. >> it is a life of profound monotony. >> just do something but look stupid. same thing every day. just sit down, read a book, and that's it. >> day after day, year after year. >> it's like an animal in a cage. it's uncomfortable confinement. >> it's a 9 by 6 cell. i can put my hand from here to here and i can't even stretch my hands all the way out. >> boredom, interrupted by minutes of sheer terror. >> i have been working on this for about two years now. >> inmates have a lot of free time on their hands. it's what they do with that flee time that really kind of separates where they're going to go with their lives, will they make use of their time in a positive way or will time make use of them and they'll go to the dark side? >> the place new inmates cross the threshold into a world where they will be known as much by a number as by a name. >> the intake process varies from prison to prison, but each one brings stark

"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

. >> lockup takes you inside a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you have never seen, "lockup: raw." >> for inmates to survive, they have to make friends, they have to make alimpbss for security purposes, to the problem is they're voujded by people who aren't very trust worthy. here's the dilemma, you have to make friends for protection, but they can be the friends that end up killing you. >> finding true fwraip in prison might be a dicey proposition. but at the spring creek correctional facility in alaska, we found a pair of cellmates who seem more like frat house brothers has been cellmates in a penitentiary. when we met richard evans and and mikingmiking -- >> i was tattooing. >> who were you tattooing? >> this is the one we got caught doing right here. we got ran up on while we were doing this. >> you busted us for real? >> thank you, gentlemen. >> he hangs out here, coming out the window, i'll be right out, i'm be right out. >> this bond also has a dark side, the cellmates share a strong appetite for methamphetamine. >> what am

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> i get mad sometimes, man. the emotional toll here is like water torture. every day it's like a drip, drip, drip. >> always somebody bugging out, always somebody causing trouble in the cell house. >> i'm not a man till i can tell

the first time we met her, she was in lockup. she was being taken out to have an interview and our cameraman brian started to follow her and i watched his facial expression change because holly would do these exaggerated mannerisms which she thought were a woman and her hips were swaying back and forth as she talked down the tier. 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 li

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now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> you're in jail.here'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.

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >>> it's a grinding wheel. everything here is a rut, a circle. a death trap inside. it will wear you down. >> they're the inmates who may never know freedom again. >> i've got some criminal tendencies. >> there have been times that i got into a fight over certain things. >> they're the inmates with nothing left to lose. >> i've seen a lot of guys snap. any given day they can snap. >> having feces or urine thrown an ow, spit, blood, semen, anything you can think of has happened in here. >> like a tomb. a concrete tomb. >> these are the inmates who serve hard time. >> these are not the good guys. >> what's my role here? i'm an [ bleep ]. >> it's fun to break the law and dance with the devil, but when you got to pay the fiddler, there ain't nothing nice. ♪ >> in prison, the term "hard time" can mean many different things. it could be an inmate who will never see freedom again. or an inmate who is doing solitary confinement for years at a time. our crews have seen numerous examples of what it's like to do hard time

"lockup: raw." >> what is it? what is it? >> a fight. >> when our crews go behind prison walls, we know always to expect the unexpected. we've seen bloody assaults. >> we got another cut up here, guys. >> inmate rage. >> we will not negotiate with terrorists! >> destruction in the cell block. >> and bizarre expressions of personal style. now, some of the most memorable, unexpected moments we've encountered inside america's prisons. >> this is what you live for in the penitentiary. >> you want to think it's funny. >> tough [ bleep ]. >> never a dull moment. >> we send our producers and crews inside prisons. their job is to be objective observers. but in the first week of filming inside limon correction facility in colorado, something unusual happened. we inadvertently became part of the story we were covering. >> why is everybody getting agitated? we were in ad seg, administrative segregation, the prison within a prison. we started hearing inmates screaming out things and i started to hear them talking about cho-mos, which are

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"lockup: raw."iews with some of the most notorious criminals behind bars have provided disturbing insights into what drives the horrific acts of violence.

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >>> when you come to prison you have to join a gang. you have no choice. it's a must. >> once i opened the door with the drugs i got recognition. >> many of them have this warrior mentality. >> by getting that recognition, i get power. >> my job was to go in there and kill him and went in with the intention of killing him. with power i get every one i go to. >> you're surrounded by, you know, a thousand killers. and every one of them did a stranger. >> once i control the yards i control the drug situation. i control the inmates as well. >> we were actually killing people that didn't deserve to be killed. >> this is california's san quentin state prison, one of the first prisons ever profiled on "lockup." >> for a photographer, san quentin was a really interesting place to shoot because it's the old-style tiers and the big exercise yard and there's a lot of corners and shadows and things to attract your lens. so it was just as a photographer, it was really an interesting place to shoot. it can be a very dangerous place because it's got

now it's back to "lockup." >> one of those offenders is jocco bailey. at age 16 he received a 40-year sentence for murder. >> i was selling marijuana. two older guys wanted to buy some weed. when they seen i was young, i guess they figured they could take the weed. they figured wrong because i was carrying a weapon. it was a gun fight. one of the guys ended up dead. the other ended up wounded. and i ended up in prison, to my regret and family's regret and the person that's dead's regret. >> when we met him. bailey had been in prison at indiana state for 17 years and spent more than 11 of them confined to a 23-hour per day lockdown cell in administrative segregation. >> a person ends up in administrative segregation, usually are problem childs in the institution, are security threat to members, the people that want to make money in the institution by trafficking. they're troublemakers. >> but bailey seemed more interested in creature comforts than violence. >> this is my la-z-boy, my chair. sitting in this cell for years and years and years will mess you

eat. >>> next on "lockup: world tour" -- >> what do you do with pliers? >> -- one of the most infamous murderers in scotland. and an old timer stirs up trouble. >>> directly between glasgow and edinburgh scotland is shotts, the farming village that dots the isle's central interior. but just beyond grazing sheep is a much more foreboding presence. this is hmp, her majesty's prison, shotts, a maximum security prison that houses more than 500 of scotland's most violent prisoners. >> all the prisoners will be serving four years and offer. that means they've committed a serious crime. 52% of the prisoners here now are serving a life sentence. most life sentences are given for murder. so we have a lot of murderers here. >> many of the men committed for murder here are in their 20s and claim drugs played a role in their crime. >> this man's crimes made headlines. >> so you were a drug dealer? >> a drug dealer, aye. a wee bit. >> but hutchison was a drug dealer with a sadistic streak. he's serving a 25 to life sentence for two murders, attempted murder, kidnappin

"lockup raw." >> yeah. >> this is how you do it here. >> you do your back that way, you know what i'm saying? nobody getting up in here. >> few things in prison are as key to survival as having a good cellmate. >> when you live with a person 24 hours a day, you build up a brotherhood, a sense of -- you build up a rapport you don't have with your family. and you're both dependent on each other for survival. >> but some cellmates can't get along. lockup crews have had several accounts of inmates attacking their cellmates. >> i got into an altercation with my bunky. i stabbed him. >> i made him drink out of the toilet and took the towel and strangled him. >> i tore up the sheet and wrapped it around his head. i said you ain't doing nothing. but at the brushy mountain correctional complex in tennessee, we met two cellmates that were not only successfully living together but doing so in a maximum security unit locked up 23 hours per day. >> it's not mind of fun. you're stuck in a cell. we go out, me and him go out and work out every day, come back in the cell and watch tv and listen to the

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> there is a pecking order inside the prison. where the inmates treat one another, they don't treat sex offenders very well. basically we're constantly finding them assaulted. we're constantly finding them extorted. we're constantly finding them beat up. it's almost a never-ending situation with your sex offenders. >> we've interviewed many inmates who have expressed contempt for sex offenders. few have done so as dramatically as one of the most memorable murderers ever profiled in "lockup." carl abul from the spring creek correctional center in alaska. >> there are people with certain criteria, rapos, child molesters. you can't cure them. there's no cure for them. you kill them. that's how you deal with the problem. there's no more problem, then. >> abul sentenced to 77 years for murdering a co-worker killed again at spring creek. he says he strangled his cell mate when the man began talking about sexually assaulting female staff. >> why don't you try raping another man. why don't you do that? why you got to rape on a woman? why

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> i get mad sometimes, man. i get angry. >> the emotional toll here is like water torture. every day it's like a drip, drip, drip. >> always somebody bugging out, always somebody causing trouble in the cell house. >> i'm not a man till i can tell you that. >> [ bleep ] >> it really wears on you after awhile. you know, you got to get away from it. >> [ bleep ]. >>> i really like birds. they're pretty neat. >> "lockup" crews have met hundreds of inmates facing long-term sentences. for some like dale veers at iowa state penitentiary, that means the chance to pick up a new skill or two. >> you start out with a block. then cut it down. and then i keep grinding and shaping it until i get it where it's supposed to be. >> a life sentence for kidnapping has given viers a chance to master bird carving. >> i kept the very first bird i ever carved because i just knew that i would get better. that is the first one i carved. that's my duck head. duck's getting a little bit better. i have another bird here. they get better. >>

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> prisons usually aren't associated with churches, but over the years on "lockup," we filmed almost every one there is and yet still on a standard cell search, we found out that behind bars few things are sacred. >> whatever religious preference they are, they'll still hide dope in it and weapons in it. you'll find razor blades stuck up in the bindings. you know, everybody finds god in prison. this is where he's at. come on in. >> but we've met some inmates who seem very devout even as they grapple with the realities of their crimes. ♪ >> it was in the middle of central california that we heard the sounds of the muslim call to prayer emanating from a cell at kern valley state prison. jose garza and rahan bhutto explain to our crew how their religious practices aren't hindered by prison bars. >> at 5:00 we come up and do prayers and then we just begin our day like that. >> so talk to me a little why this cell looks so different from other cells we've been in. >> half islam is based on cleanness. we have to be clean so we keep ourself c

"lockup: raw." >> most of the prisons we profile on "lockup" are maximum security prisons. these are hard core places with gang members, rapists, murderers. but every once in awhile we come across a fish out of water story, kind of the guy next door, the neighbor. where you ask the question how did this guy end up here? >> this is california state prison corcoran. a maximum security prison that has housed some of the nation's most infamous criminals including charles manson and the founder of the mexican mafia. despite its reputation, violence doesn't come naturally to everyone at corcoran. >> i don't see myself as being like many of the people that are here but what i saw the longer i was here was that there really is a thin line between them and me. >> before he was an inmate, stefan parro was a librarian. >> i'm here basically because i'm an alcoholic, and done a lot of drugs, too. drugs are part of my story. >> his drug use resulted in a six-year sentence for crimes, including burglary. >> at that time i had been married, not very long. my wife was pregnant. and the fac

"lockup: raw." three unforgettable inmates. each one about to cross the threshold to freedom. >> look back, you come back. this time i'm not looking back. >> we witness their joys. >> i look like a pimp. look at this little phone. >> do you think i'm stupid? >> their fears. >> you were still wearing diapers when i was doing this. >> their triumphs. >> i've done everything i could possibly do over the last 26 years to be ready. >> and discovers sometimes the only thing tougher than being in prison is staying out. >> everybody's betting i don't make it. ♪ oh >> for inmates who have spent most of theirs lives locked inside maximum security prisons, the prospect of getting out can often bring more fear than relief. >> unfortunately, more than 50% of the inmates who are released from prison come back in. it's a chronic problem that's resulted in one big revolving door. >> we saw an example of this firsthand when we met joe sanchez at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i've been doing this since 1981. in and out, in and out, in and o

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this is "lockup: corcoran extended stay." inmate interaction in prison is volatile at best. >> dude told me he was going to stab me. i told him to get his knife and i went in and got my knife. >> whether it's with officers. >> you are the captain, man. something has happened to you. >> disputes with other races or gangs. >> i got in a fight on the level one yard. i had lied to some home boys, fresno home boys of mine. and i guess i had it coming. >> or even a prison romance. >> i had sex with my cellie. >> in corcoran it's not a question of if there will be violence, but when. >> everybody down! get down! >> violence flares in the gym on "a" yard and officers move quickly to reclaim control. david salazar, the victim of the battery, refuses to identify his attacker, and the corcoran officers launch a massive investigation. >> let me see your knuckles. >> flip them. can you pick up your shirt? >> take your whole shirt off. >> take it all the way off. >> there is more than just what he's telling us. >> hey, salazar, are you a -

. >>> 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. >>> someone dies in your family, you can't go. you're stuck here, man. your mom and dad dies, you don't get a phone call. some priest comes over here to tell you your people died. it's crushing. >> as a late night thunderstorm envelopes indiana state prison, some inmates deal with past demons, while others contemplate the future. that's especially true for aaron brown. tomorrow, he's due to become a father, of sorts. >> i am getting a cat. the prison has a program set up with a no-kill shelter and we're allowed to adopt cats. i've been waiting for about a month since i was told that i'm getting a cat. and i've actually wanted one since i got here in 2002. >> why? >> i've always liked cats. i think sometimes i like cats better than i like people. >> while a kitte

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this is "lockup: pendleton juvenile extended stay." >> pendleton juvenile correctional facility, one of america's largest maximum security juvenile prison. here, teams serve their time behind razor wire while staff attempt to rehabilitate and educate, over 300 male offenders. >> [ bleep ]. kkk. black power. black panthers. >> some are harder than others. >> black power. >> unlike adult prisons staff here must deal with impulsive teen behavior that can escalate without warning. during our six months of shooting inside pendleton we witnessed all this and more. >> these youngsters here when they simply get angry and go from 0 to 60 in a second, they simply react and then they think about the consequences and how they're going to get out of it. >> lieutenant gary burke supervises the segregation unit at pendleton. when an inmate acts out in general population, he's moved to seg for the safety of offenders and staff. most kids who come here are still a long way from rehabilitation and their defiance can cause added pressure for officers. >> the challenge is bring your "a" game when you co

now the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> when our crews go into maximum security prisons across the country there's a certain dynamic we observe every time. it's the inherent distrust between correctional officers and inmates and yet they have to work side by side every day and get along. the problem is things can go the bad at any time. >> when our crew walked into the most notorious housing unit at the wabash valley correctional facility in indiana, we met an officer who gave a graphic example of how brutal the relationship between offenders and corrections staff can be. >> there was a medical emergency out on one of the ranges. as i went up to the cell to inquire as to what the emergency was, i said, what's your problem? he said, you are, bitch! and then spit a mouthful of blood on to me. striking me in the eye, and the nose, got in my mouth, and my ear, and all down my side here. >> wabash valley's secured housing unit or shu holds the prison's most dangerous inmates. >> why did you come back to work after that? >> you have to. you absolutely have to. if you let something li

"lockup raw." in a life full of restrictions, we've seen inmates take control of whatever they can despite the consequences. >> he wants this and he wants it now. well, he's not going to get it now. >> come on down, blanco. >> takes two sides and [ bleep ]. >> we've seen frustrated inmates reach their breaking point. >> i actually felt small pieces of glass hit the camera and hit myself. >> and in the battle of wills, some will take actions that can never be reversed. >> tattooed red the whites of my eyes. >> anytime we film inside a prison, we know at some point there's a particular type of story we're going to encounter. we call it the battle of wills. we know we're going to find one inmate determined to get his way even against overwhelming odds. >> and we encountered one of the mest compelling examples of such an inmate at the penitentiary of new mexico. kevin blanco. >> he's one of those inmates that can be unpredictable. you really don't know how he's going to behave from one day to the next.

we was all on lockup when i actually first met him. i know his -- his dad from inside the prison system. >> me and my dad, we ain't got a real good relationship. then i met robert. he's been more like a father than my real dad has. >> he's really just a lonely kid, you know what i mean? he wants to play tough, but actually he just wants to know that someone cares about him. >> every time he sees me he's like, stay out of trouble. stay out of trouble. if i do get myself in trouble, he'll cuss me out. >> josh reminds me a lot of me when i was his age. i know what he's going through. he thinks he's got something to prove to people, but i think he's wanting me to see him as a tough guy, you know? >> spears would soon be proven right. >>> next -- >> well, he passed a rumor that he wanted to try to kill me. >> josh harrison finds himself in serious trouble. >> if i meet him right now, i'd beat him up just to show him you're not tough. >>> everybody in this row, you need to stand up against the wall. >> with a recent stabbing at indiana state

this is "lockup, corcoran, extended stay." inmates have been dreaming up ways to smuggle in contraband since corcoran opened its doors in 1988. >> there is drugs in prison, obviously. >> whether in the form of drugs. >> it's usually like this. >> or weapons. >> looks like it's made of aluminum. >> piece of stainless steel here. >> off a food cart. >> always a race against time for the officer to find the contraband. >> look at that. >> before it's too late. during the months our crew spent inside corcoran we witnessed our fair share of searches. today on a yard maximum security facility we caught up with an officer beginning his shift with one of three standard cell searches. >> every day. looking for contraband, stuff they're not supposed to have. razors, they break them apart. an awful lot in the cell. piece a metal. just sharpen that. can't tell what it came out of, but she sharpened that, that would make a good shank. make a couple weapons out of that. >> is it sharpened to a point? >> no, not yet. >> we can only book him

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this is "lockup: pendleton juvenile, extended stay." on any given day, inside the razor wire fences of pendleton juvenile correctional facility, anything can happen. >> stop! stop! turn around. >> during our six months inside, we learned some days can be more chaotic than most. >> control to all units and shift supervisors. >> caught him signal 2000, which is an attempted escape. going to run for it. told the sergeant he was going to run and took off out of the unit. >> i think by 7:30 in the morning, we had a signal jam meaning officer needs assistance. we've had two signal 2000s, which are escaped. >> turn around. turn around. turn around. get on your knees. get on your knees. put your hands behind your head. take your shoes. stay like that until we exit the cell. >> it was a half hearted attempt. he gave them a little struggle and they brought him here. he acts relieved now that he is here. as a matter of fact, i believe it's his second time trying to escape in the last two weeks because he's having such a problem getting acclimated

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. >> 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. >> -- in prison for rape, which i am -- i am persecuted in a multitude of ways. >> while some can only wait for the inevitable. >> i don't deal in hope. while you're on death row, you don't deal with 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

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me, they take me straight to lockup.ause 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. >> 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 our cameras to show us how it's done, provided it's destroyed upon completion. >> two styrofoam cups, you're drunk. 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. take my sugar and take your juice, and you do this. let it sit for three days. when wine ferments, it emits a methane gas. it the cre

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> prisons usually aren't associated with churches,med almost every one there is and yet still on a standard cell search, we found out that behind bars few things are sacred.