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they live at the iowa state penitentiary. behind this 40-foot stone and concrete exterior is a population of drug abusers, murderers, and the mentally ill. on the west bank of the mississippi river is one of the oldest prisons in the country, iowa state penitentiary. there is a separate facility at iowa state penitentiary called ccu, the inmates who are considered mentally ill are housed here. lieutenant john fedler oversees the correctional staff at ccu. >> the staff have been through specialized training to be able to deal with the mentally ill inmates. >> up to 200 men can be housed in ccu. most of them reside in single cells in one of the four general population pods. >> i am here for depression. i was out on work release. i escaped from a work release center because i couldn't find a job. i robbed a bank in my hometown where the work release center was. i got in a high-speed chase with state troopers of missouri and local law enforcement. i hit one of the state troopers head on, trying to commit suicide. and i killed the
they live at the iowa state penitentiary. behind this 40-foot stone and concrete exterior is a population of drug abusers, murderers, and the mentally ill. on the west bank of the mississippi river is one of the oldest prisons in the country, iowa state penitentiary. there is a separate facility at iowa state penitentiary called ccu, the inmates who are considered mentally ill are housed here. lieutenant john fedler oversees the correctional staff at ccu. >> the staff have been through...
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that's all there is to it. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts toge of religious beliefs. >> a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is just very very special, it's empowering. >> then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of satan, ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of darkness to bestow the infernal power upon me. >> i'm in a satanic group here. there are only about four of us. it's a real small community. the church of satan is about enjoying life. it's about doing what you want to do. we believe in indulgence rather than abstinence. we believe in doing what makes us happy and what improves the quality of our life. >> such an attitude may have been what led wolfkill to a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his grandmother over a $300 tax refund check. but he told us he has found a salvation of sorts in his religion. >> this has what's called the 11 satanic rules of the earth. if you look at number
that's all there is to it. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts toge of religious beliefs. >> a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is just very very special, it's empowering. >> then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of satan, ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of darkness to bestow the infernal power...
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. >> anamosa state penitentiary is a maximum security facility located in eastern iowa. home of some of the state's most violent offenders. one would think that the overcrowded conditions would lead to a constant barrage of bloody confrontations. well, think again. behind the walls of anamosa is a world of unusual contrast. >> to the security office. >> for new inmates arriving at anamosa state penitentiary, the very look of the prison can be intimidating. more than 100 years old, it was built entirely of limestone from nearby quarries. over the years, as the criminal population increased, so did the size of the prison. today, some 1,300 inmates live behind the massive 35-foot-walls and, like any prison, the threat of danger is everywhere. >> around our perimeter we have seven gun towers. they're manned throughout the day. >> the danger is there each time you walk through that gate, you know. you don't know what's going to happen from the time you get on shift to the time you get off shift. >> there's only two types of people in prison. you got the predators and you got
. >> anamosa state penitentiary is a maximum security facility located in eastern iowa. home of some of the state's most violent offenders. one would think that the overcrowded conditions would lead to a constant barrage of bloody confrontations. well, think again. behind the walls of anamosa is a world of unusual contrast. >> to the security office. >> for new inmates arriving at anamosa state penitentiary, the very look of the prison can be intimidating. more than 100 years...
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in september 2009, scott connen left the oregon state penitentiary. lam meth river to dallas, oregon where nearly a decade before he'd been tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. but when he returned to a courtroom, it was clear that authorities in polk county were intent on trying him once again on those three murder counts. it appeared cannon could sit in the county jail for months, maybe years waiting for that new trial. but the defense wondered. so much had changed over the past decade. what evidence could the prosecutors use at trial this time? >> you don't have anything that leavenings scott cannon to the scene anymore. >> the comparatively bullet lead analysis from the first trial was no longer considered rivalry. the prosecution's chief witness, bimla boyd is now a convicted killer herself and the defendant turned up new witnesses pointing to plausible new suspects like tom mcmahon, the suspected drug dealing partner of jason kinsler. his picture turned up in a police photo array hours after the murder and at least tw
in september 2009, scott connen left the oregon state penitentiary. lam meth river to dallas, oregon where nearly a decade before he'd been tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. but when he returned to a courtroom, it was clear that authorities in polk county were intent on trying him once again on those three murder counts. it appeared cannon could sit in the county jail for months, maybe years waiting for that new trial. but the defense wondered. so much had changed...
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>> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars. he spent the last two years as cell house 220 also known as the hole. >> this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the inmates that couldn't be handled at another institution or couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> during his time in prison and especially in the hole, murray has found a coping device in self-mutilation. >> i've been in here so long it kind of releases stress. >> how do you cut yourself? >> i was on razors but they put me on razor restriction and i find stuff in here, staples, plastic from deodorants and stuff like that. >> when was the last time you cut yourself? >> about two weeks ago. >> the next day on their way to another interview in cell house 220, our crew ran into murray as correctional officers were moving him into a holding area so that they could inspect his cell. >> can you tell us what is going on? >> we are taking him out to shake down his c
>> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars. he spent the last two years as cell house 220 also known as the hole. >> this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the inmates that couldn't be handled at another institution or couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> during his time in prison and especially in the hole, murray has found...
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the mansion is staffed from inmates from the state penitentiary. almost all of them are murders because the experts say they're the least likely to commit another crime if their crime was a crime of passion. so the department of correction sends us who works there. i don't pick them. the governors traditionally given them clemency. four years ago i pardoned the prisoners who worked there. however, because of katrina and other things we didn't look at any other pardons. so we are looking at eight years' worth of pardons. 215. 189 of whom had been out of prison in many cases for ten or 15 years. so there are 26 people we are talking about who will be free shortously. what we did is valid and consistent with mississippi's constitution. in fact, the attorney general you just heard talk when the previous democrat governor pardoned people for which there had been no publication at all, jim hood didn't say a word. >> bret: okay, governor, you heard. >> in our case we made the effort to do the publications, some of the newspapers ran them late. >> bret: yo
the mansion is staffed from inmates from the state penitentiary. almost all of them are murders because the experts say they're the least likely to commit another crime if their crime was a crime of passion. so the department of correction sends us who works there. i don't pick them. the governors traditionally given them clemency. four years ago i pardoned the prisoners who worked there. however, because of katrina and other things we didn't look at any other pardons. so we are looking at...
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at the penitentiary of new mexico.ou know, about 13 years ago. >> an inmate who was former law enforcement is going to always be perceived as the enemy as far as the other inmates go. so, it's usually a precarious situation. given his circumstances, i thought daniel was pretty secure. going from being a former c.o. to an inmate in the same prison where he once worked, i would have expected him to be a little more nervous, uptight, what have you. but he acclimated quite well. >> the officers, some of them treated me the same. some of them treated me different. for the most part, though, i've always gone along with people. i came into prison. and i ain't here to prove a point. i'm just here to do my time. >> was it weird at first dealing with officers? did you run into people you knew? >> yeah. i mean, i ran into a few people. they said, hey, rapatz. they call me by my last name, what happened, how did you end up here in the joint? what happened? i tell them, i ended up wrong place, wrong time. i was out drinking and usi
at the penitentiary of new mexico.ou know, about 13 years ago. >> an inmate who was former law enforcement is going to always be perceived as the enemy as far as the other inmates go. so, it's usually a precarious situation. given his circumstances, i thought daniel was pretty secure. going from being a former c.o. to an inmate in the same prison where he once worked, i would have expected him to be a little more nervous, uptight, what have you. but he acclimated quite well. >> the...
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that's part of what they call penitentiary rules.you take care of the man, the man lay back, that's all he has to do. you know, he is the surrogate all the time. i'm always the recipient of whatever it is. it doesn't matter if it's oral or anal or however you want to look at it. because he's my husband. he's the man. i can never penetrate him or get no oral sex or anything like that from him. if i choose to, you know, go and release myself, then i have to go get me a girl to go do it with. >> our producer then questioned whether the relationship between precious and marquis is motivated by more than just love and sex. >> listen to me. please listen to me. i am 7-0 right here. i have not lost a fight here. they have been with men. as a matter of fact, i believe i can beat him. we just never got to the place where we had to fight. yeah. now we were wrestling one time and i put him to sleep. yeah. >>> coming up on "lockup: raw" life behind bars for one inmate involves an ongoing battle with this warden. >> let me tell you what you do. i
that's part of what they call penitentiary rules.you take care of the man, the man lay back, that's all he has to do. you know, he is the surrogate all the time. i'm always the recipient of whatever it is. it doesn't matter if it's oral or anal or however you want to look at it. because he's my husband. he's the man. i can never penetrate him or get no oral sex or anything like that from him. if i choose to, you know, go and release myself, then i have to go get me a girl to go do it with....
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>> kenneth morgan, also known as peaches, was one of the more memorable inmates we met at the penitentiarynew mexico. his life in prison is marked by a clear duality. he was the most flamboyant gay inmate living in general population. but he made it clear, he was no different than anyone else. during our shoot, he had received one of his rare disciplinary write-ups for helping cover up a bloody fight between two other inmates. >> this is peaches. looks like he's got the shirt that was taken from the inmate. looks like he was rubbing the floor right here. so that's one of my biggest issues right there. i want to show you the video. okay? so get over here. who is this? >> that's me? >> and what does it appear that you're doing right there? >> kicking the shirt. >> not cleaning up blood. >> i just kicked it up. >> why would you do that? >> fs way over here by my cubicle. i kicked it around giving them to them, telling them to deal with it. >> so you're still denying your participation? were you supervising the cleanup? >> no, i was just telling him he shouldn't do that. actually. >> so you ca
>> kenneth morgan, also known as peaches, was one of the more memorable inmates we met at the penitentiarynew mexico. his life in prison is marked by a clear duality. he was the most flamboyant gay inmate living in general population. but he made it clear, he was no different than anyone else. during our shoot, he had received one of his rare disciplinary write-ups for helping cover up a bloody fight between two other inmates. >> this is peaches. looks like he's got the shirt that...
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. >>> at kentucky state penitentiary, some inmates can apprentice in an auto body shop. at rikers island jail a bakery churns out nearly 90,000 loaves of bread per week while teaching inmates how to bake. in many of the prisons profiled on "lockup" inmates have opportunities to learn skills that can help them find work on the outside. but all too many spend their time honing skills more suitable to mayhem and murder. >> i stabbed an inmate 12 times over some dope in front of the chow hall. >> i took a knife and stabbed him with it three or four times until he was dead. and then i butchered him with it. >> you find a piece of metal or something, file it down on the concrete. it ain't got to be sharp, it's just got to have a point. put your handle on it and do what you need to do. >> "lockup" crews are regularly exposed to the tools of a deadly trade. >> you know, in every prison we film in there's always a shank museum, a place where the authorities display all the weapons that are confiscated by staff. homemade weapons the inmates have made from like bed springs or melte
. >>> at kentucky state penitentiary, some inmates can apprentice in an auto body shop. at rikers island jail a bakery churns out nearly 90,000 loaves of bread per week while teaching inmates how to bake. in many of the prisons profiled on "lockup" inmates have opportunities to learn skills that can help them find work on the outside. but all too many spend their time honing skills more suitable to mayhem and murder. >> i stabbed an inmate 12 times over some dope in...
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my uncle worked for new folsom or something to do with the folsom penitentiary.y biological father worked at tracy at one time, and now works at a women's prison in chowchilla. my mom right now currently is getting ready to retire from tracy prison. she's not a cop, she's an accountant. she works for the corrections department. >> when kirkpatrick left his gang, he asked his family to take him back. >> all these letters i have all over my bed right here, 90% of those are from my mom. >> but there are complications. kirkpatrick's past makes it impossible for him to even keep pictures of his relatives, including his mother. >> oh, i don't want one. my mom don't like the way she looks in pictures. i said, it doesn't matter, i'm your son, it's not like i'm going to go around showing it. she's like but what you don't understand is i work for cdc. i don't want my picture going through and people might recognize me or know who i am. i was like all right, i understand. and that's [ bleep ] up because that shows that she's ashamed of me. you know what i'm saying? that's t
my uncle worked for new folsom or something to do with the folsom penitentiary.y biological father worked at tracy at one time, and now works at a women's prison in chowchilla. my mom right now currently is getting ready to retire from tracy prison. she's not a cop, she's an accountant. she works for the corrections department. >> when kirkpatrick left his gang, he asked his family to take him back. >> all these letters i have all over my bed right here, 90% of those are from my...
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my uncle worked for new folsom or something to do with the folsom penitentiary.l father worked at tracy at one time, and now works at a women's prison in chowchilla. my mom right now currently is getting ready to retire from tracy prison. she's not a cop, she's an accountant. she works for the corrections department. >> when kirkpatrick left his gang, he asked his family to take him back. >> all these letters i have all over my bed right here, 90% of those are from my mom. >> but there are complications. kirkpatrick's past makes it impossible for him to even keep pictures of his relatives, including his mother. >> oh, i don't want one. my mom don't like the way she looks in pictures. i said, it doesn't matter, i'm your son, it's not like i'm going to go around showing it. she's like but what you don't understand is i work for cdc. i don't want my picture going through and people might recognize me or know who i am. i was like all right, i understand. and that's [ bleep ] up because that shows that she's ashamed of me. you know what i'm saying? that's the way i se
my uncle worked for new folsom or something to do with the folsom penitentiary.l father worked at tracy at one time, and now works at a women's prison in chowchilla. my mom right now currently is getting ready to retire from tracy prison. she's not a cop, she's an accountant. she works for the corrections department. >> when kirkpatrick left his gang, he asked his family to take him back. >> all these letters i have all over my bed right here, 90% of those are from my mom. >>...
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went to county jail, got out for that, got another gun charge, got sentenced to the penitentiary. out now. i have a violation. never had no positive influence. my influence was the streets. i thought that was positive. that's all i knew. i'm thinking that is the right way. that's what i did. >> samuels wants to turn his life around for the sake of his son. he doesn't want his boy to grow up without a father like he did. >> that's my life right there. that's what i got to live for. that's what i think about all the time. i want to straighten my life out for him. i didn't even have no dad, even though he would have been good to me, he fell victim to the streets and i'm not trying to be the same. i don't want him growing up like me. i got to be there for him. i'm thinking right now, i'm not doing nothing right for him. i have to do something for him. people ain't gonna forget, even if i try to straighten my life up. a lot of people trying to straighten their life up but living in the same environment. people don't forget because you're doing good. it don't take away the hurt you caus
went to county jail, got out for that, got another gun charge, got sentenced to the penitentiary. out now. i have a violation. never had no positive influence. my influence was the streets. i thought that was positive. that's all i knew. i'm thinking that is the right way. that's what i did. >> samuels wants to turn his life around for the sake of his son. he doesn't want his boy to grow up without a father like he did. >> that's my life right there. that's what i got to live for....
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we let 26 out of the penitentiary. as you mentioned half of them for health reasons. 189 of these people had been ou, most of them had been out for years and years and years. they're no more threat to the people of mississippi now than they were the week before they got their pardon but there's a handful that this is all about. it is becoming public now that the attorney general's office was very involved in this. in fact, if it had anything to do, i would have found out that the attorney general's office had something to do with it and got somebody else to tend to it. >> schieffer: all right. we have to leave it there. thanks to both of you for that analysis this morning. we'll be back in a minute with a little round table. [ man ] i've been out there most of my life. you name it...i've hooked it. but there's one... one that's always eluded me. thought i had it in the blizzard of '93. ha! never even came close. sometimes, i actually think it's mocking me. [ engine revs ] what?! quattro!!!!! ♪ >> schieffer: welcome bac
we let 26 out of the penitentiary. as you mentioned half of them for health reasons. 189 of these people had been ou, most of them had been out for years and years and years. they're no more threat to the people of mississippi now than they were the week before they got their pardon but there's a handful that this is all about. it is becoming public now that the attorney general's office was very involved in this. in fact, if it had anything to do, i would have found out that the attorney...
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and, in the case of these five inmates, at the state penitentiary that is what most of this is about. four murderers, they have all said they were guilty, they have served on average 20 years in the penitentiary. you know, these are not guys that got a slap on the wrist. >> reporter: he added the majority of those granted clemency have been out of prison for years and that 90% of the decisions were based on recommendations from the parole board. kelly? >> kelly: all right, doug, i think the story will be around for a little longer. doug mcelway, reporting from d.c. thank you. >> patti ann: major developments in the face off between the feds and the u.s. gun industry. why the obama administration's new rules on sales along the u.s. border are likely to stick around. also, the death of a nuclear scientist sparks new tensions with iran. up next, we'll speak with a retired four star general on how the u.s. can try to calm the waters. >> we cannot tolerate iran blocking the straits of hormuz. and that's a red line. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gon
and, in the case of these five inmates, at the state penitentiary that is what most of this is about. four murderers, they have all said they were guilty, they have served on average 20 years in the penitentiary. you know, these are not guys that got a slap on the wrist. >> reporter: he added the majority of those granted clemency have been out of prison for years and that 90% of the decisions were based on recommendations from the parole board. kelly? >> kelly: all right, doug, i...
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we work together. >> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to a memorable pair ofchael and brad love whose lifelong allegiance drove them to kill. >> growing up i wanted to be him, you know. he was almost four years older than me. i see him running around drinking. breaking into stuff. doing whatever he is doing. i'm like i want to be like him. that's my big brother. that's my idol. so i kind of followed in the same footsteps. >> but as the love brothers revealed to our crew, those footsteps led down a bloody path that ended at a holiday party in the trailer park. >> christmas night, 1992, me and my brother went to a party with what we thought were friends. but they tried to rob us. take the liquor that we brought. >> they started beating me up. four of them. >> they hurt brad. i couldn't let them get away with that. they threatened his life. and i just couldn't handle that. so we left went to my trailer. i got a shotgun. my brother got a knife. machete. we went back out there and did what we did. >> i remember mike standing there he had the gun pointed at the door
we work together. >> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to a memorable pair ofchael and brad love whose lifelong allegiance drove them to kill. >> growing up i wanted to be him, you know. he was almost four years older than me. i see him running around drinking. breaking into stuff. doing whatever he is doing. i'm like i want to be like him. that's my big brother. that's my idol. so i kind of followed in the same footsteps. >> but as the love brothers...
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as you mentioned, perhaps they'll have to get the courts to lock up more people to fill up the penitentiary. i don't mean that seriously. in all seriousness, al, one wonders the extent to which the spanish people can put up with more of this. unemployment is at 22% and the economy is flat on its back. >> indeed. actually we still haven't really seen many analysts say, if you talk to a lot of people, we really haven't seen where this government will make their really deep cuts, because they don't have a budget for this year yet. last week they rolled over the 2011 budget. remember they were just elected in november and just took power a few weeks ago. they'll have to fashion a budget. they're saying maybe by march we'll have a budget. that's where everyone thinks the deepest cuts will be coming and the deepest reforms that's when, analysts say, when we may see the streets, which have seen protests for months, get a lot hotter. charles. >> there must be a great deal of polarization. someone has come in and managed to oust the left. traditionally, left supporters are spitting tacks at the mome
as you mentioned, perhaps they'll have to get the courts to lock up more people to fill up the penitentiary. i don't mean that seriously. in all seriousness, al, one wonders the extent to which the spanish people can put up with more of this. unemployment is at 22% and the economy is flat on its back. >> indeed. actually we still haven't really seen many analysts say, if you talk to a lot of people, we really haven't seen where this government will make their really deep cuts, because...
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got me a penitentiary back scratcher. this is existence. you make the best of it.et comfortable. you do what you got to do. it is what it is. >> making the best of life at the wabash valley correctional facility is something everyone must learn on their own. it is hard for martin mcdaniel. after officers found a stockpile of prescription pills and a suicide note they put him on a suicide watch. mcdaniel was taken off suicide watch the following day. several weeks later he admitted that despite his earlier denials he was suicidal. >> when i wrote the letter, right, i had intentions of o.d.'ing because my kids wrote me a letter. i was going to wait until after visit and take them that night, right? but it's a good thing they come in the room, man. >> you were, then? >> yeah. yeah. yeah. no doubt about it. >> mcdaniel says his despair was over the impact his incarceration was having on his two young daughters. >> sometimes i think it would be better. >> what would? >> they don't have to weigh the options. i like to see my kids grow up, you know. but -- it's pretty, pr
got me a penitentiary back scratcher. this is existence. you make the best of it.et comfortable. you do what you got to do. it is what it is. >> making the best of life at the wabash valley correctional facility is something everyone must learn on their own. it is hard for martin mcdaniel. after officers found a stockpile of prescription pills and a suicide note they put him on a suicide watch. mcdaniel was taken off suicide watch the following day. several weeks later he admitted that...
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penitentiary premised on the american dream come about became harder and harder to realize. they simply began to protest at first they did not know what they wanted to do except to let people know they were fed up. the for what people in 10 to accomplish except to get the word out except for those dark who aren't happy. the populace eventually devise an agenda to put forward candidates the highest profile candidate did not win the presidency but the platform that bright and ran on in most ways was accomplished. the united states did not monetize silver but it turned out that new discoveries and did increase the american money-supply in prices began to rise. i would be surprised if a candidate was nominated and ran for president next year but would not be surprised if the various grievances they are gearing became important in the election. >> can i give david just 12th? and then to start up the movement in new york, we're not intending to do that but the way the book and the movement or mention the same way we have allowed we have our of been completely way from those concer
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kern valley state prison opened its gates in june 2005 to help ease overcrowding at other state penitentiaries. it brings california's total number of correctional facilities to 33. 130 miles northeast of los angeles is california's central valley. known for farming and agriculture, it is also home to kern valley state prison. the facility costs $379 million to build, and it will eventually hold 5,000 men. >> we want to try to get the inmates to start programming and try to rehabilitate them to be able to get back on the outside and get their footing back into the community. >> there's no rehabilitation in the california department of corrections. and i don't care who tells you that there is, they're lying to you. >> this prison is supposed to be a model throughout the entire state. its specific purpose is to show society, right, that hardened criminals can be rehabilitated. okay, but that's not what it is. everybody's landing here and it's just exactly the opposite. >> behind triple-layered razor-wired fences, inmates occupy four housing units. open less than a year, the prison is still strug
kern valley state prison opened its gates in june 2005 to help ease overcrowding at other state penitentiaries. it brings california's total number of correctional facilities to 33. 130 miles northeast of los angeles is california's central valley. known for farming and agriculture, it is also home to kern valley state prison. the facility costs $379 million to build, and it will eventually hold 5,000 men. >> we want to try to get the inmates to start programming and try to rehabilitate...
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. >> this is the penitentiary. are you with serious?eople [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing outside wright's cell. he then enters the cell and secs later exits with wright's television. the inmate then places the tv inside another cell. >> i saw the tv was gone, so i came back, and [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> from what i heard, he approached several offenders, kind of called them out, wanting to know if they had taken his tv. >> i started going from cell to cell, searching my [ bleep ]. i'm going to search everybody's [ bleep ] until i find what i'm looking for. >> wright's aggressive behavior soon created problems with other inmates. >> i'm not looking for trouble, but at the same time, i'm not ducking none either. you feel me? you know, this is the penitentiary. you've got to stand tall, ten toes down? you know what i mean? you can't take no losses? you know what i mean? it's the wrong place to be a bitch? you feeling me? it's the pressure? you feeling me? you ge
. >> this is the penitentiary. are you with serious?eople [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing outside wright's cell. he then enters the cell and secs later exits with wright's television. the inmate then places the tv inside another cell. >> i saw the tv was gone, so i came back, and [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> from what i heard, he approached several offenders, kind of called them out, wanting to...
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i hope they put him under the penitentiary. >> it's a safe city. one always wants to be careful. i've always felt safe in this neighborhood. haven't noticed a whole lot of problems. >> women who work in shops here say they feel safe walking by themselves even late at night. apparently, so do tourists. >> we're traveling to our last site, past 10 at night, and we've never seen any. we don't feel unsafe or anything. >> i was walking around last night and seems like a safe area. unfortunate to hear that's happening here. but i guess bad things happen everywhere. >> police would not say how the suspect was injured, nor did they say what the extent of the injuries were to the victim. they say injuries to both were non-life-threatening. >> other bay area headlines. richmond police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a college student. the shooter was chasing a car on foot when he stopped and opened fire at a brother and sister sitting in a parked car. 22-year-old martinez died. his sister wasn't hurt. so far, no arrests or suspects. >>> a half a dozen homes were evacuated fo
i hope they put him under the penitentiary. >> it's a safe city. one always wants to be careful. i've always felt safe in this neighborhood. haven't noticed a whole lot of problems. >> women who work in shops here say they feel safe walking by themselves even late at night. apparently, so do tourists. >> we're traveling to our last site, past 10 at night, and we've never seen any. we don't feel unsafe or anything. >> i was walking around last night and seems like a safe...
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i hope to put him in the penitentiary. >> fisherman board regulars like petty cap montgomery consider it the safe place. >> i've always felt safe in this neighborhood, i had this whole lot of problems. >> some who work in the shops say they feel safety and working late at night. and apparently so do tourists. >> we were fine. we didn't feel unsafe or anything. >> i was walking around last night and it seems like an safe area. it's unfortunate to hear this happening here. but i guess that didn't happen everywhere. >> police would not say how the suspect was injured or how the extent that they can have. >> other bay area headlines now. richmond police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed the college student. the shooter was chasing the car on foot when he stopped and opened fire at brother and sister sitting in his parked car. 22 -year-old edwin martinez died at the scene, his sister was not hurt. police say there is no indication that the gunmen opened fire because he thought the siblings were witnesses. so far no arrests or of suspects. >>> at half dozen homes evacuated in s
i hope to put him in the penitentiary. >> fisherman board regulars like petty cap montgomery consider it the safe place. >> i've always felt safe in this neighborhood, i had this whole lot of problems. >> some who work in the shops say they feel safety and working late at night. and apparently so do tourists. >> we were fine. we didn't feel unsafe or anything. >> i was walking around last night and it seems like an safe area. it's unfortunate to hear this happening...
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, we believe in forgiveness and second chances and the case of these five inmates at the state penitentiarythis is about. four murderers, they have all said they were guilty and have served on average 20 years in the penitentiary and are not guys who got a slap on the wrist. >> reporter: he added he did not pick the prisoners, to be pardoned. 90% of the decision was made by the mississippi parole board. >> thanks, doug. a fix-up job for the martin luther king memorial in washington. one quotation carved in stone was taken out of context. marking criticism for not reflecting the spirit of dr. king's full remarks and giving a false impression. the inscription currently reads: i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness, edited from a sermon he gave in 1968, and monday, the national honors -- nation honors the civil rights leader in a nationwide holiday there. deservedly so and rick, here's the full quote, he says, yes, if you want to say i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice and say i was a drum major for peace and a drum major for righteousness and of all th
, we believe in forgiveness and second chances and the case of these five inmates at the state penitentiarythis is about. four murderers, they have all said they were guilty and have served on average 20 years in the penitentiary and are not guys who got a slap on the wrist. >> reporter: he added he did not pick the prisoners, to be pardoned. 90% of the decision was made by the mississippi parole board. >> thanks, doug. a fix-up job for the martin luther king memorial in washington....
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i hope they put him in the penitentiary.ave daughters. >> fisherman's wharf like matt montgomery consider the tourist a safe place. >> it's a big city. one always wants to be careful. i've always felt safe in this neighborhood. i haven't noticed a lot of problems. >> women who work in shops here tell us they feel safe walking by themselves. apparently so do tourists. >> half past 10:00 at night and we have never seen -- we were fine. we didn't feel unsafe or anything. >> i was walking around, it is a safe area. it's unfortunate to hear that's happening here. but i guess bad things happen everywhere. >> police would not say how the suspect was injured nor would they describe the injuries to the victim. they would only say injuries were nonlife threatening. don knapp, cbs 5. >> other bay area headlines now. richmond police are looking for the gunmen who shot and killed a college student. the shooter was chasing a car on foot when he stopped and opened fire at a brother and sister sitting in a parked car. 22-year-old edwin mart
i hope they put him in the penitentiary.ave daughters. >> fisherman's wharf like matt montgomery consider the tourist a safe place. >> it's a big city. one always wants to be careful. i've always felt safe in this neighborhood. i haven't noticed a lot of problems. >> women who work in shops here tell us they feel safe walking by themselves. apparently so do tourists. >> half past 10:00 at night and we have never seen -- we were fine. we didn't feel unsafe or anything....
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and we believe in forgiveness and second chances and in the case of these inmates at the state penitentiaryut. four murders, and they've all said they were guilty, they have served on average 20 years in the penitentiary. you know, these are not guys that got a slap on the wrist. >> reporter: he added the majority of those granted clemency have been out of prison for years and 90% of the decisions were based on the recommendations of the parole board. heather? >> heather: all right, doug mcelway reporting live for us from washington. thank you very much. and, gregg, a little later judge jeanine pirro will join us and she'll have some comments on the pardons. >> gregg: controversial. a school board ending a controversial mexican-american history program after the state threatened to pull the plug on millions of dollars in funding. casey steegel is following that in los angeles. what is controversial about the program? >> reporter: gregg, we were down there in tucson last weekend, last saturday, and reported on this, top education officials in that state say the program violated the state law
and we believe in forgiveness and second chances and in the case of these inmates at the state penitentiaryut. four murders, and they've all said they were guilty, they have served on average 20 years in the penitentiary. you know, these are not guys that got a slap on the wrist. >> reporter: he added the majority of those granted clemency have been out of prison for years and 90% of the decisions were based on the recommendations of the parole board. heather? >> heather: all right,...
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i hope they put him under the penitentiary. i have daughters that age. >> both the victim and the suspect both taken to the hospital. due tell facing multiple rape charges and false imprisonment. >>> san francisco supervisors might put more limits on what the police department can do when work with the feds. a proposed ordinance would ban police who would working with -- who are work, with the fbi's joint terrorism task force from investigating local residents unless there is a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. the police chief said the measure was unnecessary and those concerns were already addressed by orders he put in place last year. >>> pleasanton school board approved using drug-sniffing dogs at its 3 high school campuses. drug and alcohol suspensions are on the rise at the schools especially at foothill high school. last night the board unanimously voted to allow police to search parking lots and locker rooms when students are not present. >>> a san francisco jack-in-the- box will remain open late in the night.
i hope they put him under the penitentiary. i have daughters that age. >> both the victim and the suspect both taken to the hospital. due tell facing multiple rape charges and false imprisonment. >>> san francisco supervisors might put more limits on what the police department can do when work with the feds. a proposed ordinance would ban police who would working with -- who are work, with the fbi's joint terrorism task force from investigating local residents unless there is a...
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you just protected yourself into a penitentiary. take him, frank. turn around.n around, put your hands behind your back. (handcuffs clicking) let's go. hey, so, uh, i heard you got into it with sam today. (snorts) yeah. yeah, not really sure how to clear the air on that one. (sighs): yeah. um... i think this'll do the trick. you sure about this? (smacks lips) yeah, you need it more than i do. hey, wolfe, don't look at me like that. (laughing): what look? we've been down this road before, when natalia first got here. oh. let's not do that again. yeah, let's not. (clears throat) besides, man... you don't think you really have a shot with samantha, do you? no, no. so we're, uh, we're cool? we're cool. thanks, man. you're welcome. you rea... you don't... you don't think i have a shot? well, maybe. ♪ hey. come here, you got to see this. hey, man, look, if one more person tells me how this phone's gonna change my life... will you just look? i found this hidden on stone's phone. i bet you're wondering why it had to be like this. it was my last resort. the only way i co
you just protected yourself into a penitentiary. take him, frank. turn around.n around, put your hands behind your back. (handcuffs clicking) let's go. hey, so, uh, i heard you got into it with sam today. (snorts) yeah. yeah, not really sure how to clear the air on that one. (sighs): yeah. um... i think this'll do the trick. you sure about this? (smacks lips) yeah, you need it more than i do. hey, wolfe, don't look at me like that. (laughing): what look? we've been down this road before, when...
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no we don't know, but what we suspect is that there are three elements to what the penitentiary gone has to do to do a better job in think background the industrial base going forward. that is awareness, there's a habit or has been historically the last couple of decades to focus on the contractors, bigra contractors share to maybe 30 or 40% today with the rest being sustained by contractors and a prime on one project is a sub on others. the first question is does the pentagon have better information? yes, they have spent the last year with the sector by sector analysis. i suspect a number of you in this room have spent considerable amount of time and engine and cost filling out surveys and the second is how to they use that information in the decision? we have statements that they have done so, we cannot validate instances, and the third is whether or not they actually did the right thing when they made the considerations, if you will, because ultimately what this is, is a judgment call of how close to the edge of the cliff we will allow the industrial base to go before it a history
no we don't know, but what we suspect is that there are three elements to what the penitentiary gone has to do to do a better job in think background the industrial base going forward. that is awareness, there's a habit or has been historically the last couple of decades to focus on the contractors, bigra contractors share to maybe 30 or 40% today with the rest being sustained by contractors and a prime on one project is a sub on others. the first question is does the pentagon have better...
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you just protected yourself into a penitentiary. take him, frank. turn around.n around, put your hands behind your back. (handcuffs clicking) let's go. hey, so, uh, i heard you got into it with sam today. (snorts) yeah. yeah, not really sure how to clear the air on that one. (sighs): yeah. um... i think this'll do the trick. you sure about this? (smacks lips) yeah, you need it more than i do. hey, wolfe, don't look at me like that. (laughing): what look? we've been down this road before, when natalia first got here. oh. let's not do that again. yeah, let's not. (clears throat) besides, man... you don't think you really have a shot with samantha, do you? no, no. so we're, uh, we're cool? we're cool. thanks, man. you're welcome. you rea... you don't... you don't think i have a shot? well, maybe. ♪ hey. come here, you got to see this. hey, man, look, if one more person tells me how this phone's gonna change my life... will you just look? i found this hidden on stone's phone. i bet you're wondering why it had to be like this. it was my last resort. the only way i co
you just protected yourself into a penitentiary. take him, frank. turn around.n around, put your hands behind your back. (handcuffs clicking) let's go. hey, so, uh, i heard you got into it with sam today. (snorts) yeah. yeah, not really sure how to clear the air on that one. (sighs): yeah. um... i think this'll do the trick. you sure about this? (smacks lips) yeah, you need it more than i do. hey, wolfe, don't look at me like that. (laughing): what look? we've been down this road before, when...
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have been -- that are at issue here, david gatlin, these guys served on average 20 years in the penitentiary. david gatlin, in 20 years, never had one citation for any infraction or violation of the rules. >> but in terms of the man he shot in the head and that man survived, have you reached out to him or other victim's families? >> only to give notice that these guys were being released. let me say, i understand, recognize and respect the fact that if you were injured by somebody or if your loved one was killed, that there may be vengeance, there may be fear, there may be all these things. but my state spends about $350 million on corrections every rehabilitation. >> governor -- >> a lot of guys won't be rehabilitat rehabilitated. these have been. they've redeemed themselves. they deserve a second chance. i'm the only one that can give it to him. >> you would have made the same decision if you were running for president and it was got a political question? >> same thing -- four years ago i released and pardoned the prisoners who worked at the mansion. i made plain i would do it again. >> th
have been -- that are at issue here, david gatlin, these guys served on average 20 years in the penitentiary. david gatlin, in 20 years, never had one citation for any infraction or violation of the rules. >> but in terms of the man he shot in the head and that man survived, have you reached out to him or other victim's families? >> only to give notice that these guys were being released. let me say, i understand, recognize and respect the fact that if you were injured by somebody...
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and just yet on cbs's "face the nation," barber responded to the controversy. >> 26 out of the penitentiarybeen out for years and years and years. they're no more threat to the people of mississippi now than they were the week before they got their pardon. >> we'll have a live report coming up on that. >>> also, you like to hike? me, too. this is not how you want your hikes to end, though. a paramedic with a helmet camera caught this dramatic rescue yesterday. this is a mountain just south of pasadena, california. this woman found herself trapped on the edge of a cliff with a 100-foot drop. so after the paramedic, you see ultimately reached her, they were both finally pulled to safety. >>> a mudslide in a water main break. no one is actually sure which one came first. it damaged at least three homes in belleview. another home had to be evacuated. a witness said he heard a huge crash and then just saw a lot of mud start to slide down. the "new york times" said a jack started to float around like a snake. we've got a lot to cover in the next few hours. >>> mitt romney versus newt gingrich. th
and just yet on cbs's "face the nation," barber responded to the controversy. >> 26 out of the penitentiarybeen out for years and years and years. they're no more threat to the people of mississippi now than they were the week before they got their pardon. >> we'll have a live report coming up on that. >>> also, you like to hike? me, too. this is not how you want your hikes to end, though. a paramedic with a helmet camera caught this dramatic rescue yesterday....
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of governors in mississippi for decades the mansion, part of the staff, trustees from the state penitentiary. in my time all but one of them have been murderers. because the experts say that those are the people who are the least likely to commit another crime and that they are the ones who will serve the best. i have found that to be the case. these people that have been -- that are at issue here, you're talking about david gatlin, these guys have served on average 20 years in the penitentia penitentiary. david gatlin in 20 years has never had one citation for any infraction or violation of the rules. >> but in terms of a man that he shot in the head and that man survived, have you reached out to him or other victims' families? >> only to give notice that these guys are being released. let me say, i understand, recognize, and respect the fact that if you were injured by somebody or your loved one was killed, that there may be vengeance, there may be fear, there may be all these things, but my state spends >>> extreme sports means extreme prices. >> tomorrow we'll talk republican politics. o
of governors in mississippi for decades the mansion, part of the staff, trustees from the state penitentiary. in my time all but one of them have been murderers. because the experts say that those are the people who are the least likely to commit another crime and that they are the ones who will serve the best. i have found that to be the case. these people that have been -- that are at issue here, you're talking about david gatlin, these guys have served on average 20 years in the penitentia...
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. >> he was not going back to alabama penitentiary. he wasn't going back to jail. >> the man hunt for byrd is on. >> the county calls the team out there and dog team, and pretty quick, within an hour, an hour 15 minutes, hour and a half tops the smith county deputies have already caught him hidden underneath leaves in a pasture less than a hundred yard away. >>> years after the ordeal troopers goin and andresen recall the dramatic events of that fateful night. >> we had 30 minutes left of the shift when all of this happened. >> i had gotten the camera put in the day before. it was one of those fluky things. >> he had three holes in his jacket. >> byrd is found guilty of aggravated assault on a public servant with a deadly weapon and sentenced to life in prison. >> i started that day as a rookie, but i went home that night as a veteran. ♪ ♪ >> coming up, with a gun in each hand, a man opens fire on police. >> he was hit several times. >> and later, a getaway attempt goes bad when a woman runs over herself. when "caught on camera, dash c
. >> he was not going back to alabama penitentiary. he wasn't going back to jail. >> the man hunt for byrd is on. >> the county calls the team out there and dog team, and pretty quick, within an hour, an hour 15 minutes, hour and a half tops the smith county deputies have already caught him hidden underneath leaves in a pasture less than a hundred yard away. >>> years after the ordeal troopers goin and andresen recall the dramatic events of that fateful night....