i'm sad for this little pelican. he just wanted some lunch. >> ought to teach him some manners then. >> the rtm ipad mini contest is coming up in a minute. >> and you have to know the buzz word to win. >> and you have to be 18 years or older and a u.s. resident. >> any time you buy somethingline, especially a high ticket item, there's always a little bit of risk involved and the seller. this guy claims to own an automotive customizing shop in technical emu la, california. >> he says he sold a $1,400 engine to a guy in tucson, arizona. this guy. but the buyer claims that the engine wasn't what he was expecting so he called up his credit card company, cancelled payment but never shipped back the engine. so this guy is ticked. he tried for months and months and months and tried to get him to send this lump of an engine back. so he decides to take it into his own hands. >> this is the thief that stole our engine right here. calling the cops. >> get away from my car, please. >> there's a bit of a confrontation out on the

that violence could be against other inmates or against officers. >> it was here in pelican bay's most secure unit that we came across perhaps the prison's most dangerous inmate. >> my name is scanvinski hymes. i got the name from my mother. she wanted me to have the name no other black man in america would have. >> hymes was originally sent to prison for possessing a weapon in a youth facility. at the time our cameras profiled him in 2000, he had been locked up for more than 12 years, almost half his life. >> everything is the same. nothing really changes too much. i mean, wake up in the morning, eat breakfast, go to the yard. when i get bored, i got -- i got to get into stuff, you know? >> the stuff hymes most frequently gets into is provoking officers to extract him from his cell. each inmate is assigned a security risk classification score based on his disciplinary record. [ bleep ] the average score ranges between 19 and 27 points. >> i probably have the highest classification score in this prison system, i'm over 2,000 points now. i have caught over 30, almost 40 felonies in pris

living or what passes for it in pelican bay's notorious security housing unit, better known on the inside as the shoe. human rights activists call it solidary confine. me ment. the united nations calls it torture. >> this dr cared for hundreds of inmates in the california prison system and sees the effects of the shoe first hand. >> there were symptoms which are stunningly frequent on the prisoners. for instance, sleep loss, high anxiety, including panic attacks. distorted thinking - they start to get confused and are frightened by their confusion, and their confusion becomes paranoia. >> californiian inmates are calling for reform by a massive hunger strike. dewbury is a leader. they are demanding time limits

i visited pelican bay. the process for who is a gang member and who is not, i think, is dangerously flawed. there's a lot of profiling there. this is not a demographic that people feel warm and fuzzy about. there are many egregious crimes committed. however, the judge of our society, how do we treat people like that. do we sink to the level of torture, as some people intimated? look at the international standards for solitary confine. for whatever punitive measures may be taken. i think we are way over the line. i think we've been in denial for a long time. >> we'll be interested to see what comes out of your hearings. >> thank you so much for being with us much. >> thank you very much. >> when we return, taking the pulse of america tonight - what voters have to say about a strike against syria. >> we'll fix this by - we are not going to fix this by lobbing a few miss isles into a third rated country. keep us out of war. >> the warning shops from the people at home and across america - next. people at home

been in lock up for all that time, for 20 of those years, he's been living for what passes for in pelican boys notorious security housing unit, better known on the inside as the shoe. human rights activist call it solitaire confinement. the united nations calls any confinement like this after 15 days torture. dr. terry cooper is a psychiatrist in the wright institute in san francisco. he's cared for hundreds of inmates in the california prison system and he's seen the effects of the shoe firsthand. >> there are some symptoms, which are stunningly frequent prisoners, for instance, sleep loss. very high anxiety, including panic attacks, distorted thinking, so they start to get confused and frightened by their confusion and often their confusion becomes paranoia. >> california inmates are now calling for reform, through a massive hunger strike, the third in two years. they are demanding time limits in the shoe and to make it a punishment of last resort. they're also asking for more medical attention, more food, and more access to sunlight. for now, inmates can stretch out in an exercise yard

. >> it remit it is whole -- represents the whole population of pelican bay. >> the judge did not issue a ruling today, if you legal team says, the judge is leaning twa class action. >>> the environmentalists, is urging them to sign a bill on fracking. they include of getting the permit, and monitor it go ground water. the oil industry says it's more regulation than necessary. >> in the absence of any risk, there's no basis other than emotion. to call for more on the hydraulic fracking. >> they don't have the kids coming home with nosebleeds, they go to the hospital because they're sick. >> the law is california's first comprehensive regulation of frac activity in the shale area. >>> a group of california lawmakers is in scandanavia. none of them is from the bay area. it's paid for by the california foundation of the environment and the economy. the nonprofit is funded by business, and labor groups, including the energy industry. >>> the red flag warning, stays in effect through this evening, into tomorrow, and in the hills above 1,000 feet. these are the highs from today. pretty mild,

. >> at pelican bay, we saw the definitive guide to distilling white lightning, a hand drawn illustration >> i found that in an inmate's cell. it explained to the people on the tier how to manufacture one, you know, pure alcohol. but they're actually making 150 proof. that's not your regular pruno. a little more sophisticated. >> this is the final result. this here is about the equivalent of grain alcohol. extremely potent. >> how does this taste? >> white lightning tastes exactly like whiskey without any cut. some guys in prison will cut it with, say, something like kool-aid or something because it's too strong. then you have other guys that just down it just raw. and a lot of these dudes that make this stuff, they don't realize that the bacteria in the stuff they're drinking doesn't do anything but give them tuberculosis and other diseases because it is nothing but rotten food that it's made from. >> since drunken inmates can lead to big trouble, correctional officers are constantly on the lookout. >> they're out there searching. they'll find it. three days later, the same cell, they're

i mean it's an interesting point i mean you pointed out for example the california prison strike pelican bay is. five hundred five hundred people who've been in solitary confinement for over ten years now the council of europe in two thousand and eleven said that anything over fourteen days in solitary confinement should be considered and so that's just one example twenty five thousand people being held under solitary confinement but everything from generalized overcrowding with the federal prison system roughly thirty six percent overcapacity to food cost for example in two thousand and one the u.s. government estimated that people spend about eight dollars a day on food now the year after that the key state of california was spending roughly two dollars a day. on food per prisoner so we can see a large degree and whether it is access to health care access to mental health and all these other things that exist the situation in prisons is quite dire indeed one thing that i thought was really fascinating that you point out is that a lot of these prisoners the overwhelming majority in fact

i mean it's an interesting point i mean you pointed out for example the california prison strike pelican bay has had five hundred five hundred people who've been in solitary confinement for over ten years now the council of europe in two thousand and eleven said that anything over fourteen days in solitary confinement should be considered so that's just one example twenty five thousand people being held under solitary confinement but everything from generalized overcrowding with the federal prison system roughly thirty six percent overcapacity to food cost for example in two thousand and one the u.s. government estimated that people spend about eight dollars a day on food the year after that the key state of california was spending roughly two dollars a day. on food per prisoner so we can see a large degree and whether it is access to health care access to mental health and all these other things that exist the situation in prisons is quite dire indeed one thing that i thought was really fascinating that you point out is that a lot of these prisoners the overwhelming majority in fact don

our producers first met him seven years ago inside pelican bay, california's toughest maximum securitypeace officer, if you are the governor, if you are the president, if you do something to me, it's on. >> he's bucking right now, he's struggling. >> hymes is a career inmate with 19 of his 37 years spent behind bars. >> turn around. turn around. >> nope. you all use that force on me. >> officers in several california prisons have gotten plenty of opportunities to document his bad behavior on videotape. while most inmates try to deal with prison life the best they can, hymes has fought the system all the way. >> ha, ha, ha. going to be like starting a whole new life. i can go anywhere. i can get a passport. i can do anything, you know, if i want to. i'm not under supervision of law enforcement at all times like i have been. so basically i can do anything i want to. >> although hymes has reached the end of his sentence, the stakes are higher than ever. >> hymes has two strikes against him right now, and i think he is aware that if he commits another crime and is prosecuted for that, it c

. >> when we first met ivory taylor at california's pelican bay state prison, he had to be flanked by officers for his interview in a secure housing unit, or the shu. >> hi, guys. okay. you got it. look at our man right here. you got this rambo camera. who do you work for? >> msnbc. >> nbc? >> msnbc. >> tell us who you are. what's your name? >> they call me double life because i've got two life sentences, a life without the possibility of parole. and 25 to life. and they call me godzilla because i've got more points than anybody else in the prison system. i fight everybody. i'll fight anybody who will 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 rivaling any inmate we've ever profiled on "lockup." >> i've had my nose broke, hip broke, shoulder broke and foot broke, all in confrontations with the police, distractions, yard distractions, hospital distractions, shower distractions. anyplace you can get in a fight, i've gotten in a fight. >> when our crew later visited taylor's cell, he felt

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after doing ten years of hard time at pelican bay state prison for manslaughter, he returned to l.a.he very crime he claims to condemn, garofalo offers his unique perspective on the new breed of street criminal. >> jails are too full. but look at the new generation. carjacking. these kids will go out, stick a gun in someone's face to go joyriding in a car and turn a misdemeanor crime into a death penalty case because seven out of ten times they carjack, they kill the person they steal the car from. now, you've got to tell me, there is not something wrong with that? and somewhere in that confusion these kids don't know how to act like proper gangsters anymore. when my dad was a small-time mafioso back east, he used to say there's two kinds of gangsters -- there are thugs, and there are gangsters. thugs come and go. gangsters are about making money and respect. and if you're going to be a gangster in this life, there's two things you've got to know -- you don't kill cops and you don't kill innocent women and children. >> 900 max is also the home to nccf's discipline module, otherwise k

i serve in the pelican chapter in baton rouge, louisiana.ms, and training systems for more than 1900 students. 1983, we have funded more than $43 million in training costs. we have partnership agreements with 43 high schools and 17 districts including 76 classes with more than 1300 students per year. we also engage high school students through craft competitions and a future building event. members alone donate 50,000 per year in materials and what meant, volunteering 1600 hours plus in classrooms. the louisiana construction industry forces -- faces a workforce challenge. project announcements within $60 billion of construction and the expansion of facilities is driving the need for skilled workers. retirements and career changes, etc., calls for more workers. even with an exploding demand for the workforce, public high schools continue to focus on four college prep curriculums. this pathway is important but students should be offered for high income careers that do not require a bachelors degree. the should never come at the end -- at the e

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