a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear.face death as holton. but he's ready for it, nonetheless. >> i'm extremely sad for what i've done. it hurts me knowing that i went to the level that i went. and if there was any way possible for me to be healed or correct it, believe me, it would be done. it's an impossible situation not only for me but for everybody involved, you know? and i'm not saying that to get out of an execution or -- because like i said, i'd ready. if you want to kill me, let's go. i'm ready to go. but i think that i have something i can offer somebody. and i don't think it's really time for me to die. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> 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." it's a world where the threat of danger dictates every action and every decision. >> i have seen stabbings over drugs. i've seen stabbings over money owed for canteen. >> i was holding his head o

. >>> at kentucky state penitentiary, some inmates can apprentice in an auto body shop.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. >> every prison we film in, there's always a shank museum, a place where the authorities display all of the weapons that are confiscated by staff. homemade weapons the inmates have made from bed springs or melted down plastic.

the walls of spring creek, natural beauty gives way to the harsh reality of a maximum security penitentiary. >> we're at the end of the road for the state of alaska department of corrections, the worst behaved prisoners end up here. >> those who pose the greatest threat to other inmates and staff are segregated in house one, the lockdown unit. >> basically, minimum rights. minimum, they're in their cells for 23 hours a day. >> on the day we wanted to interview him, house one inmate antonio robertson was in an especially foul mood. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> calm down. >> every one of you [ bleep ], [ bleep ], i'm going to start with, you guyed are [ bleep ]. we need more. what do you want to know? >> robertson, serving a 60-year sentence for murder has spent most of the last two years in house one. >> why are you in here? >> in house one. it's a long story. i been being assault sod i assault people back. i refuse to let myself be assaulted and not fight back. >> robertson not only fights with other inmates. he fights with staff as well. >> i was disrespected. i decided to make t

>> 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

>> this is the maximum security facility on level vi for the penitentiary of new mexico. pretty much houses the worst of the worst. these individuals are the worst of the worst within level vi and level vi is the worst within the whole state of new mexico. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> these individuals are housed, one per cell. they're escorted and restrained everywhere they go. in handcuffs or leg irons and belly chains. we do have two and three-man status individuals that are very violent. and they like to assault our staff. >> today we tag along with deputy warden joni brown on her way to deal with one of level vi's most notorious inmates. >> they have an inmate who is refusing to leave his cell. at this point they're going to go in and give him a directive to cuff up and come out. if not, then we're planning the use of force for cell extraction. >> turn around and be restrained. >> no. >> if you don't turn around and be restrained we'll have to forcibly remove you from your cell. are you going to come out? >> what's going to happen now? >> they're going to instruct

>> kenneth morgan, also known as peaches, was one of the more memorable inmates we met at the penitentiaryw mexico. his life in prison is marked by a clear duality. >> hi, boys! >> he was an open, if not flamboyantly gay inmate living in general population. but when it came to adhering to the inmates' unwritten code of conduct, 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. >> right here, 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. or nothing like that? >> i just kicked it up. that's all i did. i didn't clean anything. >> why would you do that? >> because i was actually way over here by my cubicle and i kicked it all the way around givi

at the penitentiary of new mexico. 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. that's what everybody calls 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

. >>> san quentin is a deteriorated penitentiary whose obsolete design is putting officers at risk andausing enormous inefficiency. but for the thousands of inmates incarcerated there, san quentin is home. it's where long days are spent in a small cell, where survival is as much a mental challenge as it is a physical one. >> there's a nine by six cell. now i can put my hand from here to here. and i can't even stretch my arms all the way up. >> you might say this is what criminals deserve, after all, this is prison. but for cellmates, russell johnson and christopher reid, for instance, it's hard time. >> it's certain ways you conduct yourself in here, too, you know what i'm saying? >> let's say for instance someone wanted -- >> somebody wanted to talk to him, you know what i'm saying, we got -- i've got to sit down. you know what i'm saying? >> or i might have to come up like this. or he can just turn to his side right here and walk this way. >> yeah. this is how you do it. you do your back that way. this is the real deal. you know what i'm saying? it really is. >> just how each inmate

. >>> the day we arrived at colorado state penitentiary, a super max prison at the base of the rocky mountains, we found a sterile, austere environment, steel doors behind which inmates are locked up 23 hours a day, but despite his surroundings, inmate shawn shields was in high spirits. when he sat down with us, he was eager to help our producer get the interview under way. >> quiet on the set, you >> it's a prison, you know. >> all right. let's roll tape. >> then he calmly told us how he got 16 years added to his original sentence of 12 for robbery. >> me and another inmate had an altercation. i manipulated the door so that it wouldn't latch completely, and when he came out to walk, i came down after him and proceeded to stab him. >> why? was it because you guys weren't getting along? >> it was just a verbal altercation. >> does it happen a lot in here? >> there is a lot of verbal altercations between people. you got to understand. there's 16 men living together behind closed doors with stress, animosity toward one another in some cases, and it's not always a pleasant place to be. >

. >>> nestled at the base of the rocky mountains, colorado state penitentiary was built to house the state's most violent and disruptive inmates. it gives new meaning to the words hard time. >> we decided that csp could not be a place where inmates could get comfortable and make a life for themselves. we had to treat them differently. >> colorado state isn't just any maximum security prison. it's a super max facility. inmates here are considered a constant threat and are confined to single-person cells 23 hours a day. >> i was astounded by how sterile and stark and what tough time it would be to serve in that particular prison. i think that would be the hardest time possible. >> many of the inmates we spoke to agreed. they say the isolation is too much. >> i've been here a long time. i've seen a lot of guys, seen them snap, you know? any given day they can snap. >> 23 hours a day you're locked down. you come out for five hours a week. essentially it's just another cell. it's a dead room with a pull-up bar. there's one small window. everywhere you go, handcuffed, handcuffed to go in t

we work together. >> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to a memorable pair ofael and brad love whose lifelong allegiance drove them to kill. >> growing up i wanted to be him, you know. he's 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 of

now i'm teaching at the penitentiary which is an incredible experience. i've had a varied life. married, five children, my wife, jo ann, runs anthem film festival here. we live a really fun life. it's constantly changing. >> host: we are booktv. belle talking about your newest book. first of all, teaching at sing sing. what is that? >> guest: it's part of mercy college. it's a non-- privately funded education. four-year college degree program for the hard-core inmates who are in there for murder or worse, and they can get a college degree so when they do get out, they will have some kind of skill, you know, the biggest problem is recriticism. they don't have a skill so they go back to what they know which is drug dealing, 60% end up in prison. with this program, it's so successful that i think the resit vifm is stereo. there's hardly anyone going back after graduating they all get decent jobs. i teach economic and finance. my wife teaches english literature. my son has a film out that hbo made is coming out with next year called sing sing university. you'll be able to see on hbo

i taught at columbia university and right now i'm teaching at sing sing penitentiary, which is an incredible experience. i have a pretty varied life. married, five children. my wife, joanne, runs the film festival here. so we live a really fun live and it's constantly changing. >> host: we are booktv, so we will talk about your newest book, "a viennese waltz down wall street." first of all, teaching at sing sing, what is that? >> guest: it is part of mercy college. it is privately funded education for four year college degree program for these hard-core inmates who are in there for murder or worse and they can get a college degree so that when they do get out, they will have some kind of scale. you know, the biggest problem is recidivism. they don't have a skill contest at they end up going back to what they know, which is drug dealing or theft or what have you and the end up -- 60% end up back in prison. with this program, it is so successful that recidivism is zero. there's had to anyone who's gone back after graduating because they'll get decent jobs. i teach economics and finance. my wif

. >> it's my nickname my first time in penitentiary. >> why is that? self-explanatory. >> narrator: brian voltz explains his ink. >> it was really a bully situation. >> narrator: and another inmate uses a food tray as a weapon. in? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. just go to truecar.com, configure your car, and get connected... to a truecar certified dealer... for guaranteed savings. save time, save money, and never overpay. visit truecar.com you know, from our 4,000 television commercials. yep, there i am with flo. hoo-hoo! watch it! [chuckles] anyhoo, 3 million people switched to me last year, saving an average of $475. [sigh] it feels good to help people save... with great discounts like safe driver, multicar, and multipolicy. so call me today. you'll be glad you did. cannonbox! [splash!] >> narrator: about 45,000 men and women are booked into the louisville metro department of corrections jail each year. even though most

we were at the penitentiary of new mexico when an inmate tried to break away from his escort officer. and tried to stab another inmate with a unique homemade shank. >> he actually fabricated this out of a piece of a pencil sharpener. you can see the rivet right in there. he attached a paper clip and ran it back, put some plastic cellophane on it, put a rubber band around it to make it more easy to handle specifically when it gets full of blood if you were to slice somebody. he actually admitted he put this on there so he could have some control once he sliced the individual. he's pretty ingenious as far as how he makes weapons. >> the inmate is 30-year-old christopher shiverdecker and his ability to craft ingenious weapons isn't the only thing that makes him memorable. >> the first time i met him, i was quite shocked by his appearance. i had never seen anybody before with a giant bullet hole in his forehead. >> i got that long, long time ago. it's just a bullet hole. it's like a bullet hole. >> shiverdecker has had plenty of time to amass tattoos and learn the ways of prison. at an ag

. >> inmates who become disruptive or violent at the penitentiary of new mexico are transferred to the lockup units in level v or vi. the trouble is, once inside, their behavior doesn't always improve. a lesson rookie amy lee is learning the hard way. >> i went upstairs to ask joseph if he wanted to go to the shower. he told me to take his next door neighbor. i said, no, it's your turn right now, so we're going to go. he said, no, i'm not going right now. i said, okay, so at this point, you're refusing. we later went up with a sergeant and he used choice words, calling me a tramp. >> i snapped at her, yelled at her. and she got her little feelings hurt. if she don't -- if her feelings are gonna go get hurt, go work at a damn church. >> this is what's going to happen. we will pull him out, all right? you're going to -- you can just hang out in there. and we'll bring him to you. >> okay. >> it's time, joe. >> how come she's got to be sitting across from me like that? >> what's all this, joe? have a seat. >> why does she have to be sitting across from me like that? >> because she's a memb

nicholas kristof wants us to believe that edward young is being put in a federal penitentiary for 15 years because he innocently held some shotgun shells. now, we asked mr. kristof to appear on the program this evening. he did not respond to that request. and i don't blame him. because here's the truth about edward young. he has a rap sheet that includes 22 felony charges. 11 violent because they involve breaking into a home or business. young was facing three state counts of felony burglary for crimes committed in september of 2011. tennessee authorities also say young brought his 14-year-old son with him while he was committing some of the crimes. if convicted under tennessee law, young was looking at far more prison time than 15 years. so he pleaded guilty to the federal beef. in effect, the federal authorities did young a favor the state charges were then dropped. somehow nicholas kristof didn't mention any of that in his column. so, a "new york times" reader is left to believe that the u.s. government put a caring father in the penitentiary for 15 years simply because he had a f

. >>> the penitentiary of new mexico houses both low-level and maximum security inmates. the most dangerous and notorious are held in level six. >> you want to make me look like the monster. i've been here over 2 1/2 years. i never did nothing. i don't disrespect nobody. i don't cause no problems or nothing, but just because i'm small and able to slip the handcuffs any time i want, i'm a problem. i got locked up when i was about 10 1/2. i got grand theft auto. i've been to probably over 30 prisons. probably around 20 in florida. six or seven in oklahoma. three here. i don't get in trouble. i don't disrespect anybody. cops come to my door. i'm always, yes, sir, no, sir. yes, ma'am, no, ma'am. i don't disrespect nobody. i've made my mistakes and did some stupid stuff when i was young. but hurt somebody to where they went to the hospital and ended up dying later on, you know, but never been charged with murder. a lot of people, like, the first thing they think about me is they think about somebody like mcgyver or something. because i stabbed somebody with some jolly ranchers

it comes from the fact that eastern state penitentiary over in downtown philadelphia which is reallythe prototype of the modern penitentiary, when it closed down in 1971 its prisoners and many of the staff go to graterford so graterford which opened in 1922 is sort of the inheritor from eastern state were talking about the eastern state, talking about quakers and a solitary confinement for people who have become corrupted can be put in privacy with their their maker and their inner light can grow. i was thinking about graterford is a sacred space in the history of american prison and that was the connection i would draw. graterford today, it's an old institution so in an area of pennsylvania that has built more than 20 prisons in the last 30 years. graterford is an unwieldy institution. it houses something like 3500 men. of those, four-fifths are general population prisoners and maybe 700 are men who are serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole and in pennsylvania you are not eligible for parole. that's really the culture of the book, it's determined by

over in downtown philadelphia which is really the prototype of the modern penitentiary, when it closes down in 1971 its prisoners and many of its staff go to graterford. graterford opened in 1922, it's sort of be in character from east and space. so we're talking about eastern state, quakers, the rising a kind of solitary confinement where people who have become corrupted can be put in privacy with the maker. so if i was thinking about the sacred space in the history of american present, that is the connection that i would draw. today it is an old institution. so and -- pennsylvania has built more than 20 persons in the last 30 years. graterford is an old somewhat unwieldy institution. it houses something like 30500 men. of those four facts are the general population prisoner. of them may be 700 a man who are serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. in pennsylvania if your sent to live here not eligible for parole. that is really the culture of the book, determined by these men, the ones who are disproportionately active and who almost exclusively of the

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, the prototype of the modern penitentiary -- when it closes down in 1971, its prisoners and many of the staff go to great referred which opened in 1922 is sort of the inheritor from eastern states. so we are talking about eastern states we are talking about quakers and theorizing a kind of solitary confinement where people who have come, become corrupt can be put in privacy with their meager and they can grow a new. so if i were thinking about it in the history of american presence, that is the connection that i would draw. today it is an old institution in the era that pennsylvania has built more than 20% in the last 30 years. it is an old and somewhat and wielding an institution. it houses something like 3500 men. of those coming you know, 4/5 or the general population prisoners and of them may be 700 or men who are serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole and in pennsylvania if you're sentenced you are not eligible for parole. so that is the culture of the book is determined by these men who are disproportionately active and all of the activities and

he spent about five years in a federal penitentiary in mail bribe and extortion. >> currently he's curedshing his intensive behavioral therapy a week earlier than scheduled. his lawyer says that he will be leaving the two-week program tomorrow. 14 women have come forward, accuses the mayor of sexual -- accusing the mayor of sexual harassment. >>> coming up, they found the car used to kidnap the 16-year- old san diego girl. new details leading investigators to the idaho wilderness. >>> the new video that's suppose to scare kids strait and get them to kick their old -- kids straight and to get them to kick their old habits. >>> a promise that it will fizzle as we'll see a little more sun along the coast and i will pinpoint that day to expect it as the news will continue,,,, sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday! it's your last chance to get 3 years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry, sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday

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. >> i didn't want to revert to what brought me into the penitentiary, so i was looking for a new wayry something different, and this was it. >> reporter: he found brenda palms-barber and her bees. she hires former inmates and turns them into beekeepers. >> these are people who served time for crimes, but could not get back into the labor market because of their backgrounds. >> reporter: palms-barber helps them gain work experience so that they can start building a resume... >> you guys have great smiles. >> reporter: ...as she builds an unlikely business on the mean streets of chicago. >> there are lots of weeds on the west side, and there are weeds that produce nectar and, in fact, they produce some beautiful, delicious honey as well. >> reporter: there's a metaphor in there somewhere. >> absolutely, there is. it isn't about what we see as a flower or a weed; it's just drawing the good out of that plant source and transforming it into something that is sweet and good. >> reporter: in 2005, sweet beginnings began with $140,000 in seed money from the illinois department of corrections

eight ninety to thirteen zero seven gold is like under a prisoner at one of america's federal penitentiaries day one in the shower. it doesn't have a great future ahead of it. till such time as they burn that person down i'm saying the bun vigilantes come in and they've burned carney and is real estate popping pose down you get two things bonds collapse as they should because there's a bad a fourteen percent global inflation rate adjusted for reality and if you remove the suppressant on gold like bank of england over there mark carney these little thousand tones into the market and more to suppress the price of gold goes to five thousand dollars and i'm going to wait we've got to wait for the prison to be built down we've got to wait for justice to be sure because we've got to wait for this horrid mark carney to get is mojo if this is rated by reality which is coming. well they take a hose in this situation are the guys who were impersonating real participants in the market when in fact they were just front running so here that the story is suggesting that thomson reuters was feeding them ag

two hundred inmates escaped from jail elsewhere in the country also following the riot in the penitentiaries are often the subject of criticism for security conditions. reports recently leaked to the newspaper this spiegel have revealed that greece may soon need a third bailout with german opposition parties immediately cuse the chance to anger the merkel of not telling the truth about the real situation in the southern european country political disputes are as nothing compared to the day to day problems faced by greeks themselves. reports it's not only adults who are suffering from the country's ravaged economy. another employed single mother grisoft has been dealing with what any loving parent would class as a nightmare for five days of the week her child has to live elsewhere because she can't afford to look after her i didn't have anything. to feed my child. only god knows. she says she's going to looking for a job for three years but now aged forty knows the chances of her succeeding are slim she tries to shield her four year old daughter as much as she can from the grim reality until

. >> this is what you live for in the penitentiary. >> you want to think it's funny. >> tough [ bleep ]. >> never a dull moment. >> we send our producers and crews inside prisons. their job is to be objective observers. but in the first week of filming inside limon correction facility in colorado, something unusual happened. we inadvertently became part of the story we were covering. >> why is everybody getting agitated? we were in ad seg, administrative segregation, the prison within a prison. we started hearing inmates screaming out things and i started to hear them talking about cho-mos, which are 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 rules and orders, he'll be cell extracted. >> inmate hall won't calm down. so they call in the special response team. and they suit up in

judging by my e-mail, a number of prisoners at the michigan state penitentiary found it.now the details of your sex life. i just thought... never mind. no, you know what? might as well read it. everybody else has. go ahead. oh, god, i just feel so betrayed and embarrassed! i just want to crawl into a hole and die! okay. well, you know this isn't that bad. it just paints the picture of a very affectionate woman, who's open to expressing her affection in non-traditional locales. oh, god! elevators, parks, movie theaters. out of curiosity, is this "subway" the transportation system or subway the sandwich shop? sandwich shop. doesn't that violate the health code? no, at the sub shop we were only making out. ah, okay. but my point is that you have absolutely no reason to be embarrassed. really? do you think i overreacted? maybe a little. because i do that. i do overreact. maybe i should call mike and apologize. no, no, no. that-that would be under-reacting. he did break the implied confidentiality of the bedroom. and in your case, the elevator, parks and fast-food franchise. y

say, but he's going off to about 30 miles to what is the welcoming center for the entire ohio penitentiarym. he'll be evaluated for several weeks and they'll figure out where to place him. psychologically and medically he's going to be checked out. and it's possible he could go to any number of potential sites, but he'll be there a long, long time, life plus 1,000 years. >> i know it matters a lot who he's with and how they'll treat him. thanks so much to you, martin. >> reporter: you're welcome. >>> at least two of the women have gone back to the house where they were held captive and abused. but you have to ask why. i want to bring in our clinical psychologist. you have gina dejesus going back. michelle wanted to go back in the house. what does that say to you? >> before the last time when they saw the house it was to escape from the house. and that was a major fear. that was a horror for them. now they're going back to look at that house, because now they can master that part of their lives. now they can look that fear right in the eyes. they don't have to develop a phobia around that h

this ain't no regular penitentiary.re are approximately 2.3 million people doing time behind bars in america today. that's more than china and russia combined. and over the years we filmed in various prisons across the u.s. where we witnessed overcrowding, overwhelming conditions that really lead to a dangerous environment. >> this is a zoo. they're animals. >> our first ever extended stay series was shot at california's fabled san quentin prison. designed to house just over 3,000 inmates. it was home to more than 5,000. when we shot there, robert ayers was san quentin's warden. >> we are grossly overcrowded, which is just totally unacceptable for the inmates, and the staff. >> been here before? >> no. >> all right, come over here and stand on the fence right there. >> the incoming population at san quentin was relentless, with staff releasing 150 inmates each week, but welcoming in 350 new ones. >> let's go, gentlemen. let's go, let's go, let's go. clear the door. >> many of them wound up in the gym, which had been con

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. >> you know what, we saved about at least gain brothers going to get the penitentiary tonight and mayber or five going to the cemetery tonight. our goal is to get those guys before the police get them. >> so there won't be no killing. >> that's what violence interrupted do. >> things remain tense when it's all over, but the streets of the city's gaining land south side are a little quieter. >> that's pretty compelling there. the last of richard nixon's secret oval office recordings will be released today, covering the crucial months during the height of the watergate scandal. the tapes are he can specked to show foreign policy, while dealing with the investigation that would ultimately force him to resign the presidency. >> coming up, an exclusive aljazeera investigation, children forced to work in terrible conditions making clothes that may be hanging in your closet. we'll tell you where it's happening and what clothing giants may be turning a blind eye. >> it's hard to be a farmer when you don't have water. one of the worst droughts in u.s. history and the impact on people growing our

estelle has been serving hard time for armed burglary in a state penitentiary. but he had been transferred to the jailhouse ahead of a court appearance. the deputies have patched up that window where he made the escape. >> this is shocking. you would assume the phone calls are recorded. obviously, they were. >> reporter: they didn't bother to listen. >> thank you. >>> well, jackpot fever is in the air this morning. can you feel it? there are already long lines to buy powerball tickets as we count down tonight's $300 million drawing. that had us wondering. is there a strategy for cashing in on this massive jackpot? or is it just sheer luck? susan saulny is looking into this at bethesda, maryland. >> reporter: the answer for some people is ritual and superstition. and that goes a long way. whether your numbers come from a meaningful place. >> birthdays, of the people i love. >> reporter: or randomized computer. >> we did a quick pick. >> reporter: lottery officials and mathematicians say every powerball ticket has the same chance of winning. but that hasn't stoppe

. >> this is the penitentiary here. >> she's been up here like seven, eight months.you feel me? realtime in county jail. not that playland, and my best friend applications and [ bleep ] like that. we don't get down like that in the town or in alameda county. i don't even know where she's from. that's why i would roll them up and put them down there. that ain't play jail. we in real jail and we want to go home. >> that takes some [ bleep ] balls. >> while markert finds herself in the middle of a brewing storm. >> vincent del judas has not let his 12-year sentence prevent him from finding a port in his storm. a few days ago ago, he took a major step. he got married. >> i got married here in santa rita, you know? on valentine's day. so you know, it was kind of a -- she was kind of happy about that. >> hey, baby. >> how you been? >> i've been all right. >> del judas' new wife, maria, has been visiting weekly since he's been at santa rita. and during her last visit, they tied the knot. >> when we do visiting, it's through the phone, through the glass. they don't let us to

louisiana state penitentiary. commonly referred to as angola, it ills the largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation, and prison plantation at the end of the civil war and taken over by the state in 1901, this storied land has seen more than its share of pain. it was once considered the bloodiest prison in americaened its population of 5,000 men served sentence sews long it is estimated that 90% of them will die here. things have changed drastically over the past decade and much credit goes to the warden. >> correction is our name. root word is to correct deviant behavior. if we can save one person of booing a victim of violent crime it is worth everything we do. and that's really what our mission is not to torment and torture it is to correct bad behavior and do that any way you can. and the root way to do that is morality. the warden's approach to mr. ale works on two levels. one, spiritual and religious. and the other, engaging employment opportunities. church is optional. work is not. perhaps the

there was intelligence information coming in that tomorrow, monday, a lot of people let out of the penitentiary, some of whom were suspect. that was on a saturday. fast forward monday night, the governor at midnight signed 52 pardons. my recollection is 24 of those people were convicted murderers. it was horrible, some of that was torture and poison and things like that and these were people that had already been rejected by the board of parole and pardons and so forth and it was incredible they were going to be released. it was something that really made national news. some of the people were suspect. then we had the attorney-general's opinion to come down that monday, it was written by trip hunt but bill leach was in washington arguing before the supreme court that it was still legal for victor ashe. >> can i just say, he said to me later on, victor ashe is here, victor ashe had been written another letter to the attorney general. recognizing what had taken place and he asked is it possible for the swearing in to take place? >> how could it happen? and you are right, victor did ask for a lot

. >>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds the worst offenders in the state.g members that are in a constant state of war with each other and staff. it is up to stiu to keep gang activity in check. today, they are doing a sweep in the level 5 facility allowing our crew along for the ride. >> ladies and gentlemen we are here to conduct a shake down. we have information on snm gang members. we're going to head to the unit and look for gang information and graffiti. >> sometimes when you shake down a cell, first thing you want to do is just observe everything. you look. the most common places you'll find is the easiest place you'll think of. look, gang paraphernalia here. >> what is it? >> three crosses. it's from new mexico. they use the three crosses to display gang symbols. >> it's essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. >> i found that hanging here. once it's validated, you'll never be able to go to a level-b facility. a lot of bearing on the inmates future when validated. >> you can take that and i'll write him up for possession of gang parapher

surprising things roy slagle discovered about himself after he was released from colorado state penitentiaryumerous cell extractions shown on "lockup" and then later the internet, had made him somewhat of a sensation. >> are you serious? i have an infatuation with this man. he's so sexy. i watched the show last night. i became infatuated with this man. he's so sexy. i wish i knew him. he has an amazing body. i love big, tall and muscular men. i have a lot of women making comments about how i look and stuff like that. it's nice. >> but one admiring fan stuck out from the rest, and the two began to correspond while roy spent another 15 months in prison on a parole violation. but she doesn't share roy's comfort with the limelight and has asked that we not reveal her identity. >> she's seen me on "lockup" and said she liked how i came across. said i had a good energy about me. she wanted to get to know me more. we really hit it off and we ended up getting married. real love, you know? destiny-type love that people talk about. i'm like how did this happen? a guy like me, you know, that's been to