"lockup raw." over the years, we've profiled inmates who have committed extreme acts of violence, both in and out of prison. though we found there's a special breed of criminal mind, whose violent and bizarre actions seemingly knows no end. >> you ain't got to -- >> i know how to walk. you got a lot of people around in here. >> you ain't got to hold me. >> when we first met ivory taylor at california's pelican bay state prison he had to be flanked by two officers for his interview in a security housing unit called the shu. >> okay, you got it. look at our man right here. he's got this rambo camera. where they from? >> msnbc. >> nbc? >> msnbc. >> what's your name? >> they call me double life because i got two life sentences. and they call me godzilla because i got more points than anybody else in the prison system. so i fight everybody. i fight anybody that fight with me. and i've been in the hole 19 years straight. >> taylor spent all those years in the shu because of a list of violent infractions

so when our lockup production team shows up, there's a lot of buzz. at first the inmates are very cautious and play it close to the vest. but as the interviews go on they become more comfortable and start to reveal things about themselves and some become showmen. >> hey. ♪ >> i see the clock on the wall. the rhyme is still ripping. >> i'm through drinking gin and juice and tangeray. >> the day's over here. >> back to the strip [ bleep ] legit. >> lock up, lock up. >> while many inmates are eager to share their stories or talents with us -- delshaun bloodworth, an inmate at boston suffolk county jail took things to another level. >> you know i'm about ready to get ready for my video shoot and about my show my biceps and abs and [ bleep ] and about to be wavy. >> dell delshaun caught our attention right away >> i'm going to show you that in a minute. >> he saw it as an opportunity to showcase himself. and he was concerned about how he was coming across to the viewers. >> do i look good? >> you look fine. >> my hair look good? >> do you see all my featur

you're not just going to go to lockup and come out of lockup. if you identify as participating in gang activity, you're going to be up there in 23 and 1. >> since news of the 23 and 1 lockup may not go over well with the heartless felons, it will be delivered by the special response team, a specially trained s.w.a.t.-like team of officers also known as the men in black. >> we're going into the pod to make a show of force. we're going to throw this on and let them know we mean business, we ain't going to play with this. >> these are pepper foam launches they're called. they shoot off pepper balls. when we go in, we'll just make the perimeter. first guy break off to the right. second guy break off to the left. let's go. step it in. >> get up get clothes on. >> get dressed. that's what. >> put your heels against the wall and feet together. >> put your hands on top of your head. >> you listen to what we got to say. >> listen up. due to this pod behavior and guys classification has been upgraded to 23 and 1. if you want to know what that is, that mea

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it's a stoner character. >> this is the bud doobie of msnbc "lockup" fame.some damn respect. >> two years after gill's release, bud doobie was alive and well and wrestling in a denver nightclub. racist humor is a big part of the bud doobie character. >> why don't you get up and show me your green card? i like getting reactions out of people, whether it's good or bad. >> but gill admits, it's sometimes hard to tell where bud doobie ends and michael gill begins. i've had a problem since i've been in prison with racism. i'm not going to lie about it, there's a culture in prison and you learn to hate everyone but whites, and that's kind of followed me out here, even to this day. let me tell you something, when this is over, none of you are going to be here! you're all going down! >> michael, before he went to prison, he didn't have a racist bone in his body. for some reason, as he came out, he started having all these problems with my other wrestlers of ethnicity. i had to sit down and say to mike, you have to reprogram yourself. you're not in prison anymore. >>

"lockup" crews also stay constantly aware. knowing all too well they could wind up in the line of fire. >> in my mind that's one of the worst things that can happen. we were shooting in san quentin in alpine section and we were down on the ground floor, and suddenly i felt something hit me on the top of my head. and i had the worst thought that oh, my god i've just been gassed. luckily it turned out to be a banana peel. >> when we visited the stateville correctional center in illinois, we encountered another bizarre practice involving human waste. >> it's feces, it spreads on everything. clean it up every day. every day he puts it right back on. >> unit-i the segregation unit at stateville correctional center. basically this is where the bad people who are being extra bad in the facility come to be locked up. they urinate, bowel movement everywhere. i think they just are kind of crazy. the prison life is probably getting to them. >> we've never seen a more bizarre display of this gut-churning activity than at california state

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. point-blank, dirty. >> anything can happen, any given time, at 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 also where convicts often serve sh

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. >> you 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

. >> over the years of producing "lockup" we've interviewed hundreds of inmates across the country in various maximum security prisons and jails. really their stories break down into two broad categories. the first, inmates that brag about their heinous crimes and leave no doubt as to why they're behind bars. but the second and more puzzling category is the one where you kind of wonder, how did someone like you get into so much trouble. >> during our extended stay shoot at the orange county jail, we met more than one inmate who provoked that question, including a marine who valued strength above most other qualities. >> i grew up in strong island new york. that's the name we call long island. i was also going to get strong island on my back. i decided to switch it up and just get strong land. my kind of original twist to it. we breed strong men in long island, pretty much. and everywhere we go, pretty much let everybody know we're from long island, you know what i mean? >> even though christian carney was facing the most serious of charges, he still approached his workout routine with

now the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> on the ground. >> we're going to run military style. strict. >> before any inmate sees the inside of a prison, he's most like lie -- likely first seen the inside a jail. >> i'm just sitting in a room. i don't know if it's night or daylight. >> and nothing about jail is for the faint of heart. for some, jail is the ultimate limbo between freedom and a life behind bars. or even worse. >> i've accepted the fact that a potential outcome of trial could be a death sentence. >> and for better or worse, time in jail changes everyone. >> i'm afraid of how long he's already been in jail and that it would change him. i hope it doesn't change his heart. >> there are distinct differences between america's prisons, and jails. prison is for inmates convicted of crimes and are now serving sentences. while some jail inmates are also serving sentences, the majority are not convicted, but are being held awaiting trial for the resolution of the charges for which they were arrested. there is another difference that has made jails a rich source of stories f

, been in lockup with status cases before.i leave that all alone. >> we spent a lot of time and a lot of effort and a lot of resources on making sure we stay on top of all of our gang activity. there's always a new group being formed or in the process of being formed. there's always people coming together and wanting to have their control of their environment. and it's something you have to stay on top of and make it part of that balance. >>> next on "lockup" -- >> my crime is murder and i cannibalized during the process. >> crimes of the unspeakable. >> i just said, you got to eat some of her brains for her to become part of you. its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. make sure your doctor hears you too! i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nerve pain. if you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands, don't suffer in silence! step on up and ask your doctor about diabetic nerve pain. tell 'em

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"lockup: raw." >>> these girls, these girls here are my homeys. >> damn right. >> some of us gather here four years, some five. some have been together a long time on relationship. know what i'm saying? >> if male inmates look for sex in secret, we found a different story when we visited the north carolina correctional institution for women. >> a female offender has a lot of needs. and part of that is to feel that someone cares about them. that has a lot to do with them bonding. because a lot of women have been abused. for the first time they see somebody they think they care about, they run to it. they don't take time to see if that person is really good for them or not. >> as a result the prison places strict limits on intimate relationships. >> ladies put some space in between y'all. >> it is a rule violation for women to have sex in prison. when we see it, they are punished because of that. we can't have it. >> we met one group of inmates willing to share their secrets for skirting the rules. they were led by dawn braswell known around here as heavy "d." >> you have ten fours in here

that haunts me. >> and as if watching "lockup" isn't warning enough for some --

"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 the hall. >> oh, [ bleep ]. 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 see

this is "lockup san quentin: extended stay." >> probably next to an inmate's release date, visits are the most important things in their lives. keeping in touch with their loved ones. >> i don't like coming here, but i have to so i can see him. >> for some, visits are rare moments of intimacy. and for others, a business transaction. >> a lot of drugs come in through the visiting room. a lot of drugs. >> you don't want to be here, man. >> and then the hustle just like the bona fide, hustler with the web and then with the two hands, like you said. >> the money. >> money in one hand, dice coming out the other. >> it's going to be hard. make sure that i do it, though, because if someone else does it, it's going to be different. >> everybody hates prison. society hates prison. it's part of life. i've got to accept the things i put myself in. i can't try to be rebellious and hate the people that lock these doors on me every day. that's part of their job. they're making money. you know what i mean? and i've got to respect that, but yeah, i hate prison. i hate the cards i was dealt but i deal

"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

in the last days. >> wabash "lockup: extended stay," and hell yeah, the stay is extended.0. that's five decades, man. i'm going to show you my cell, man. show you what's going on in my cell. show you all where i live, how i live. all right. wake up. that's my bed. it ain't that thick. you know what i mean? it's my window. this is my window. that's the gate teasing me with freedom. you see the cars running by, going places i can't go. trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what i'm going through. >> i looked out the window a lot. >> a lot of inmates have the hopes and aspirations of going home. because of the nature of my crimes, the brutality, the heinous and gruesome events that occurred, i know that i'll never see the streets again. >> this right here, as pathetic as that is to say, this is my pillow. don't nobody touch it. doesn't nobody touch it. ain't nobody going to touch it. you know. i put my head on it. i -- i cradle it at night like it's another person. you know. because it's one of the things you wish you had. you know, do i want the company of

"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 they opened in 1989, bell ka bay has had a reputation as one of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation. when we first visited in 2000 it was under lockdown, 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. in an environment simmering with bitter rivalries and racial tension, finding any long-term solution is a never-ending battle. >> inmates on the general population yard right now consider everything a state of war so they're ready for anything. >> some guys going to get their head blown off, some guys going to get stabbed real good. >> there's no hope. ♪ >> we're in a new alcatraz. >> isolated al

. >>> next on "lockup" -- >> when i came here i thought, oh, wow, this is going to be a world of hell enough. it's been a world of hell. >> our cameras return to the shoe, corcoran's maximum security housing unit. urgent diarrhea. now there's prescription xifaxan. xifaxan is a new ibs-d treatment that helps relieve your diarrhea and abdominal pain symptoms. and xifaxan works differently. it's a prescription antibiotic that acts mainly in the digestive tract. do not use xifaxan if you have a history of sensitivity to rifaximin, rifamycin antibiotic agents, or any components of xifaxan. tell your doctor right away if your diarrhea worsens while taking xifaxan, as this may be a sign of a serious or even fatal condition. tell your doctor if you have liver disease or are taking other medications, because these may increase the amount of xifaxan in your body. tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan on becoming pregnant, or are nursing. the most common side effects are nausea and an increase in liver enzymes. if you think you have ibs with diarrhea, talk to your doctor about new xifaxan.

this is "lockup: san quentin -- extended stay." as the oldest prison in california, san quentin is steeped in a violent history. >> get out in the yard. take a hole. >> taking in and distributing inmates from 17 counties, its criminal population changes almost every day. >> just keeping this place functional is an enormous effort. >> the prison uses a set of regulations and procedures to maintain order. but inmates often operate under a different code of conduct. >> the inmates have what they call prison politics here, and the gangs control all of that. they have literally written rules and regulations, and the repercussions for not following those rules are serious. >> get down. >> anyone that's active, they are going to hit me if they see me. they are going to kill me, try to slice me. >> on your stomach, on your stomach! >> sir, sir, sir, back up, back up, back up. watch where you're walking. there's blood. there's blood on the ground. maurice, get me another box of gloves. >> the inmate had a serious cut. almost all the way aro

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. point-blank, dirty. >> anything can happen, any given time, at any momen

the sheriff himself hauling her to lockup and accompanying her to court. >> she expressed a slight bit of displeasure about her accommodations, and i explained a resort. >> reporter: her lawyer objecting to the sheriff's special treatment. >> i don't think he's had any contact with anyone who's been arrested ever. >> reporter: but unable to make her million-dollar bail, couch lockup. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> matt, thank you. >>> now to the economy this friday and the new report out tonight, 292,000 new jobs created in december. that beat the predictions. unemployment dropping now to 5%. meanwhile, we're tracking wall street, slightly calmer today after a volatile week. the jitters in chien p. p the dow closing down just over 167 points. >>> this friday the warning for parents and grandparents after the video you're about to see. the mistake that can change lives in an instant. a car thief speeding away from a gas station. a frantic father running after him because of a child inside. and tonight the list of the most common places this happens. >>> the consumer alert breaki

now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup raw." if you were to describe prison life in a three-letter text, it definitely would not be lol. it could be wtf. but that doesn't mean what you think it does. >> sorry, mom. >> it stands for workouts. tattoos. >> i got a tattoo on my pants. >> the most painful one i'd probably have to say would be the one i got in the middle of my armpit. >> and food. >> we're not [ bleep ] animals. >> i don't think a dog would eat that. >> this is the jungle. if you want to eat, you came to the wrong place. >> hey, yo, listen. it's going down just like this. ♪ >> you never know when it's going to pay to be the stronger man. >> you never know when you're going to get into a melee in here. there's no room for slouches. >> to survive behind bars, an inmate really has to display strength. over the years we've seen some imposing inmates who are either through their lifting or through their exercise regimen, look like they can tear you apart. other inmates survive through their intelligence or through their se

you got me through 30 days of jail in the frederick, county, maryland lockup. >> guest: oh. i'm sorry. i mean, i'm not sorry i got you through them. >> caller: i got pulled ol' for drinking and driving on spained license in frederick, maryland, really screwed up, was young, just out of the army, depressed. thought me life was rupeed, -- ruined, and i found that writing and ripped it out of the prison library. so thank you for writing that. appreciate that. >> guest: ow are welcome. i'm glad to know i did a little good. >> secondly -- >> what he referring to -- go ahead, randy. >> caller: no problem. you have to believe this. because of you, and because of hunter, i -- in and my prison experience, i decided to become a writer, and i just released yesterday on am son my own book, called "a drinking map with a golf problem" and i want to thank you for both of those things, inspiring me to write and writing the story that got me through 30 days in lockup, man. >> guest: i'm glad to have done some good in this life. >> host: what is he referring to? >> guest: i guess we'll come r

"lockup." >> this place is infested with child molesters, rapists and murderers. >> you happen to be in the most beautiful place in the world, as a matter of fact, this place should be a resort instead of a prison. >> you are surrounded, you know. you're trapped in more than one way. >> i'm training myself always physically and psychologically to be able to combat these officers. >> if a guy comes up all belligerent, that's what he's going to get back. if he wants to dance we'll dance. >> you think you're a bad ass? >> not at all. >> don't cop attitude. >> i'm not copping attitude. >> it's supposed to be a no-no but it happens. >> i want a guy that wants me to be feminine and all the things that he should want and get if he's with a woman. >> this is cell 13 downstairs. >> i read about that. i killed mommy and i'm getting out in 20 years, blah, blah, blah. >> i pulled up the sheet and wrapped it around his head and said, say hi to mommy. >> when people think of alaska, they often picture a place of extraordinary beauty. a vast expanse of wilderness considered to be the last frontier.

"lockup: raw." >> most of the prisons we profile on "lockup" are maximum security prisons.se 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?

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"lockup." >> i'm not disappointed in anything i've done. i've made the decisions that i've made. you have to be a strong-minded individual. >> i have seen staff assaulted. i have seen staff die. >> i have lost over a pint and a half of blood. and the doctor says i don't know how much more you could have taken. >> i wish i could touch and hug them but i guess this is better than nothing. >> i shot a man and i burned him up in a car after i had shot him. >> i've got to be here until i die. i got double life and i've got to stay here until i die. >> i don't know how you feel about it, but i'm ready to receive something from god. >> with my retirement pending, i was in jail for having taken someone's life. >> the day of an execution, the entire facility goes on lockdown. if there's no last-second appeal, the offender is then advised the execution is to commence shortly. >> denial is rife in the death penalty. i don't think my mother especially ever thought that i would be executed. >>> the oldest maximum security facility in the state of indiana is the indiana state prison, located n

"lockup." >> this place is infested with child molesters, rapists and murderers.