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empirical data set which most guys are doing at three in the morning and i came across a show called msnbc lockup. cross between a reality tv show in a documentary. on the show they had a crew going to various prisons and they were interviewing convicted felons much were convicted for violent offenses. i was watching the show and i started think about the kinds of people that i wonder think about, the people who are in the industry, who donate generously and wonder what happened to these guys with these people that i like many people really respected in their convicted for offenses and then they disappear. and so this project began as a personal interest that i saw the headlines, this is 2008, enron, there's very much in the headlines and that evening out of personal curiosity, this is not a scholarly project at all. i did what i think a think a lot of people have the back of my, what are some of these guys thinking. i thought maybe if i could do it they're doing on the show and spent time talking with them might see a different perspective. spee-01 so give us a sampling or list of who it is you

msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup raw." >>> inside every prison cell or in any jail bunk, we find harrowing stories. >> all of a 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. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." >> for some inmates, a prison sentence means nothing left to lose. >> what the [ bleep ] it look like? >> 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. it was all there was. >> 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

. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." ♪ daddy, are you coming home >> the lucky ones find ways to cope with it. >> you have to find something to fill up whatever void you have. >> others are haunted by it. >> it still bothers me a whole lot even today. talking about it's got me shaking already. >> but for some, the past could return with a vengeance. >> they told me they're coming. they're going to cut all the tattoos off of me that are aryan related and basically take my life. >>> at a typical "lockup" shoot at any one prison we might interview up to 100 inmates. many of these inmates have come to terms with their life behind bars. they really don't care anymore about the past or about the future. but every once in a while we'll meet an inmate, follow their story where the futility of their past catches up with them. and it's like a light comes on and they realize they have to change. >> behind the 40 foot walls of indiana state prison, inmates have plenty of time to think about their lives and the consequences of

. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." the rope around his neck, and i killed him. >> how long did that take? >> five minutes. >> the chilling account of one young inmate's descent into murder and a life in prison. now it's back to "lockup." and the answer is footwork. it comes down to our field producers simply taking the time to get to know dozens of inmates. >> what's going on, alex? >> other times we just follow the action and a 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 down on my bed, man. i can can't [ bleep ] sleep. >> inmate jamie bell is in a rage because his toilet is overflowing. he blames the inmate in the cell above him of creating the problem by interfering with the plumbing. >> [ bleep ].

. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "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. in the first week of filming inside lie man correction facility in colorado, 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 sex offenders and then mayhem erupted. [ bleep ] >> i believe he threw a liquid substance under the door that smelled somewhat suspicious and we're going to report that. >> jonathan hall, serving 40 years for murder, was one of the first inmates to make it clear we weren't welcome in administrative segregation. >> unless he does calm down and follow our

msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." >> behind every murder is a motive. >> they're crying on the phone, they're screaming, telling me that their daughter cannot spend another day around this guy, they're afraid of what he's going to do. >> i felt that the person was more like a man than like a woman. this was after we got married. >> behind every murder is a story. >> i went to trial. columbine had already happened like five months before that. there were quite a few similarities between my case and that, like i was wearing a trench coat. >> and behind some murders, a person you thought you could trust. >> i just remember when i woke up, first thing i said was, today is the day. >> more americans are incarcerated today than ever before, and now when we go behind the walls of maximum security prisons, we see a greater cross section of inmates than ever. >> i mean, obviously they're the ones that the moment you meet them, you know they're dangerous and belong in prison, but we're also finding more and more inmates

. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." >> if personal relationships can get complicated on the outside, they can be even more complicated behind bars. >> my mom gave me the best advice. everything that has happened in my life, she told me that was going to happen. >> are you having a relationship with gay men or straight men here? >> straight. >> and for those unable to cope with them, relationships can lead to a life in prison. >> i threatened everybody in her family tree and this husband and her dog, too. >>> when we shoot "lockup: extended stay," our crews film for four months inside a single prison. the last stage, usually an easy day, we're doing something called b roll, doing pickup shots, kind of exteriors. most of the time we're thinking about the flight home. but in prison, you never know who you're going to run into. >> in one such instance, the person we ran into was rick clapsy. he was serving a life sentence at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> it was our last day of filming, and we were getting some b

msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockupaw." >>> for most inmates, life boils down to three words. the first is respect. >> you going to do time in prison, respect is the only thing that matters. >> the second, reputation. >> every time somebody goes missing up said i did it. >> the third, revenge. >> if you cross me, i'm going to give it to you. you know what i mean? because i'm a good [ bleep ]. you know i'm going to beat your ass. >> just about every inmate story we tell on "lockup" resolves around the three rs, respect, reputation and revenge. at indiana state prison, we met one inmate whose story revolved around his search for all three. >> don't know what the hell is blinking. battery must be going dead. or something. >> during our shoot at indiana state prison, officials allowed us to give select inmates handheld cameras to express personal thoughts in the privacy of their cells. >> my name is cephis pasco. c-e-p-h-i-s p-a-s-c-o. i am a convict at the indiana state prison. >> we learned a lot from them. including the

. >> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen. "lockup raw." >> prison might be hell. but for some, it is especially so. >> i wouldn't last five minutes on a main line. >> why? >> well, they don't like cops. >> for the first time offender. >> they ask me who i run with? i run with teachers and librarians usually. i haven't found many of them yet. >> it can be worse for the sex offender. >> i was burned with hot water out of a hot pot with baby oil and hair grease. that's a permanent scar forever. >> most of the prisons we profile on "lockup" are maximum security prisons. i mean, these are hardcore places with gang members, rapists, murderers. every once in a while we come across a fish out of water story, 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 natura

. >> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen. "lockup raw." >> prison might be hell. but for some, it is especially so. >> i wouldn't last five minutes on a main line. >> why? >> well, they don't like cops. >> for the first time offender. >> they ask me who i run with? i run with teachers and librarians usually. i haven't found many of them yet.

. >> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen. "lockupprison might be hell. but for some, it is especially so. >> i wouldn't last five minutes on a main line. >> why? >> well, they don't like cops. >> for the first-time offender.

msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup: raw." >> there are lines nearly everywhere you look in prison and jail. >> it's a long time. >> inmates move in lines. containment lines. but there are also invisible lines. lines between right and wrong. >> someone shot her seven times. she was tortured. she was hog-tied. she suffocated. who did that? >> lines between freedom and years behind bars. >> i'm finally clean, doing good, and all of a sudden, bam, you're back in jail. >> some inmates discover beauty lines. >> origami has been real therapeutic. >> while others cross them. >> that's [ bleep ] -- >>> what's up? >> you get escorted everywhere you go. >> the inmates profiled on "lockup" cross all lines of race, religion, gender, and sexual preference. but most of them fit into three broad categories. there's the inmate who seems like your neighbor or co-worker. the second is the inmate who embraces the criminal lifestyle and makes no qualms about it. >> i believe in stabbings. i believe in some people should be stabbed. >> and

. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." >> what is it? what is it? >> a fight. >> when our crews go behind prison walls, we know al

msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup cell or in any jail bunk, we find harrowing stories. >> all of a 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.

. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now the scenes you've never seen. "lockup if personal relationships can get complicated on the outside, they can be even more complicated behind bars. >> my mom gave me the best advice. everything that has happened in my life, she told me that was going to happen. >> are you having a relationship with gay men or straight men here? >> strgh

msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup: raw." >>> inside prison or jail, regrets are never in short supply. >> actually killed an innocent kid. that haunts me. >> and as if watching "lockup" isn't warning enough for some -- >> tell him you will get [ bleep ] up in my book. >> this is a place where people come to die. >> -- prisons and jails use inmates to warn troubled teens before it's too late. >> huh? [ bleep ] >> an hour's worth of tape. >> others express their regrets with personal cameras. we call inmate cams. >> i just wish that i could do it all over again. >> during a typical "lockup" interview, we have our producer, our director of photography, our audio technician, an associate producer, and various staff members in the room kind of surrounding the inmate. it can be difficult sometimes to get an intimate interview with so many people around. so we created the inmate cam. where it's basically a small digital camera we give to the inmate. >> we have this camera, super simple to use. it's already turned on for you.

msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockup raw." >>> for most inmates, life boils down to three words. the first is respect. >> you going to do time in prison, respect is the only thing that matters. >> the second, reputation. >> every time somebody goes missing up said i did it. >> the third, revenge. >> if you cross me, i'm going to give it to you. you know what i mean? because i'm a good [ bleep ]. you know i'm going to beat your ass. >> just about every inmate story we tell on "lockup" resolves around the three rs, respect, reputation and revenge. at indiana state prison, we met one inmate whose story revolved around his search for all three. >> don't know what the hell is blinking. battery must be going dead. or something. >> during our shoot at indiana state prison, officials allowed us to give select inmates handheld cameras to express personal thoughts in the privacy of their cells. >> my name is cephis pasco. c-e-p-h-i-s p-a-s-c-o. i am a convict at the indiana state prison. >> we learned a lot from them. including th

msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons. into a world of chaos and danger. now, the scenes you've never seen. "lockupwn to three words. the first is respect. >> you going to do time in prison, respect is the only thing that matters. >> the second, reputation. >> every time somebody goes missing up said i did it. >> the third, revenge. >> if you cross me, i'm going to give it to you. you know what i mean? because i'm a good [ bleep ]. yo

donald trump suggested to msnbc he's willing to engage in a nuclear arms race, their coming a day after trump tweeted the u.s. should expand nuclear capabilities. for now back to lockupt matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> that's good. cooking is my hobby. on the streets, i love to cook. i like to make people happy. i'll make something at work and i'll go to the jobsite and give to him, hey, bro, try this. that's what i like to do. >> by purchasing food from the canteen and occasionally hustling vegetables or meat from kitchen workers, ray slagle gets to practice his hobby right in his cell. but the only time he shed a tear from something other than onions is when he and his twin brother, roy, were briefly in the same prison and were allowed to see each other for the first time in years. >> i hugged him and i couldn't hold back. i dropped a tear. he's like, now, come on, now, get a grip. i wiped it down. i said, i bet you didn't expect that. but, yeah, that was the last time i actually -- i hadn't hugged him in years. >> oh, man, he started getting choked up. he got all teary-eyed and choked up and he had me getting to choked up. i was like, come on, bro, pull