>> i came from state anamosa penitentiary. due to an inmate causing some problems.f throwing -- >> hang on. hang on. >> as our cameras roll, fickling's new neighbors continually attempt to disrupt the interview. >> i'm scared to death where i'm at because i don't know what's going to happen. you know. supposedly they say this is the worst penitentiary in iowa. >> but as we learned later, fickling's new neighbors have equal cause to be wary of him. >> the reason i'm mainly in lockup is because i got in a fight. that was my original thing while i was in ft. dodge. i assaulted an officer with urine and feces. >> i don't want to sound ignorant. how do you use your bodily fluids and throw it on somebody? >> i mean -- i used a cup. i mean, there's crazier inmates. they'll put [ bleep ] in their hand and throw it at you. i mean, you got inmates that will smear it on the walls and write graffiti. it just depends on what your mind frame is. that's not me. you know. i don't do that kind of thing, because, i mean, that shows like a little kid, you know, a little kid playing in

penitentiary, penitentiary, penitentiary.now, and it was -- you know, i realized it was you guys that needed me the most. and i'd let you down. and you know, man, i'm a dumb ass. and i learned through the years, the years that we wasted apart, that there is a light, no matter how dim it may seem. it's hard to stay in the tunnel and watch for that light and go for that light. it's much easier to not give a [ bleep ]. i'm going to tell you this right now. i know you and i can see the water in your eyes even when you are smiling and i know how much pain and how much anguish you're going through right now. i don't want to see your whole life gone. if you get 20, 25, whatever, i'm going to call that a blessing. if you get lucky like that, then you need to walk this walk and walk straight out that door and not come back like this over and over again. >> i don't want to get caught up in that neither. that's not my plan. it never has been my plan. know what i mean? yeah, we all get discouraged and we all do things. we're human. we're

at iowa state penitentiary, we found that the most brutal violence is sometimes against oneself. >> openine lab he was running exploded. when we interviewed etter, he was also serving time for both sexual assault and for attacking a peace officer. >> i push everything to the limit, because as you can tell, i think i'm unstoppable. i think nothing will stop me. nothing will ever kill me. i thought i was god. reality check, i'm not. >> in spite of his calm demeanor, a few hours after this interview, etter got into a verbal confrontation with a female correctional officer that quickly escalated. c.e.r.t., the correctional emergency response team, was called in to extract him from his cell. >> he's been banging his head on the door, spitting at the glass, refusing to move or comply with any orders. we have permission to use force to extract him from his cell. >> for security reasons, the prison videotapes all extractions. >> you ready to move? >> put your hand out. other one. >> a mask is placed over etter's head to prevent him from spitting. >> let's go. >> initially he seems to be complian

prison for armed robbery, then accused in 1972 of murdering a prison guard at the louisiana state penitentiary, known as angola. the men say they were framed because of their political activism as members of one of the first prison chapters of the black panther party. the dramatic series of events on tuesday began one federal judge brian a jackson of the middle district court of louisiana ordered wallace's release and overturn his conviction. jacksonrder, judge called on the state to "immediately release mr. wallace

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

penitentiary penitentiary. it was, i realized it was you guys that needed me the most.rs and years that we wasted apart. there is a light, no matter how dim it may seem. it's hard to stay in the tunnel and watch for that light and go for that light. it's easier to not give [ bleep ]. i'm going to tell you this. i know you and i can see the water in your eyes even when you are smiling and i know how much pain and anguish you are going through now. i don't want your whole life gone. if you get 20 25 whatever i'm going to call it a blessing. if you get lucky, like that then you need to walk this walk and walk straight out that door and not come back like this. over and over again. >> i don't want to get caught up in that. it's not my plan. it never has been my plan. we all get discouraged and all do things. we are human. we get discouraged. we have to keep our eyes on the tunnel on the light. >> maybe it's not what i was meant to do. god or whoever did not see fit for me to get away. i'm not upset with being caught. i mean well that's not exactly true. i am a little upset

now i am at the same ising penitentiary so i have had of varied life. married, five children, my wife runs the and some film festival here. so relive a fun life and it is constantly changing 57 we will talk about your new book "a viennese waltz down wall street" but teaching at sing sing? >> it is part of mercy college in. privately funded education for the four year college degree program for the hard-core inmates better in their for murder or worse and they can get a college degree so when they get out if they will have some kind of skill. the biggest problem is recidivism did not have the skills so they end up going back to what they know is drug dealing or theft then they end up 60% back in prison. with this program, it is so successful i think the recidivism is zero because they all get decent jobs. i teach economics and finance my wife teaches english literature and by sun has a film about that hbo made coming out next year called sing sing university. you can see on hbo that whole story. >> host: your most recent book mark skousen "a viennese wal

there you go. >> that's the golden rule in the state penitentiary, don't ask me [ bleep ].ect yourself. >> escort! >> they're going to feed him to the wolves. they're going to feed him to the wolves. he's a lamb chop. yeah. [ bleep ]. >> they're probably getting interviewed. your brother's going on tomorrow. >> without the nazi low rider code of honor to adhere to, speedy can work with isu. even as a dropout, he is blatantly breaking gang ranks by helping officers gather intelligence, working directly with officer morales, who he has known for four years. >> hi, speedy. >> i think to myself as giving something back. if it's saving somebody from getting hurt, then that's cool. that's all right. >> i brought you in today because i want to actually kind of get more insight on gangs, weapons, how they're made. because i know every step we try to take, you're always one up. >> exactly. we've got 24 hours to stay ahead of you. you only come here for eight hours. so you got to step up your game to keep up with us. >> what is this working for? >> this right here is a plastic bottle

got me a penitentiary back scratcher. this is existence. you make the best of it.omfortable. 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, pretty

. >> this is the penitentiary. are you serious?ople [ 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 then seconds later exits with wright's television. the inmate then places the tv inside another cell. >> someone stole my tv while i was gone, so, you know, when i came back and [ bleep ] things got ugly. >> 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 definitely not ducking them 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

he's a 45-year-old ex-con who did ten years in a michigan state penitentiary for robbery and assault. >> so i feel people that are weak and not in shape and can't protect their girls shouldn't be in this business. >> front side. he's got the money. white male, black top. keep an eye on him. >> we first met mico in 2010 -- >> step out. >> hands up. hands up. >> when he was arrested by michigan's human trafficking task force for pimping out a 19-year-old woman named heather giardan. >> get your shirt on. >> also known to police as lil' barbie. >> please. i didn't do anything. >> put your pants on. >> let me put my clothes on. >> at the time mico rejected the pimp label, choosing instead to describe himself as a bodyguard and chauffeur, offering guidance and protection to women working in the sex trade. >> i've never had one girl ever been hurt being with me. not one. you guys look at it differently, but i truly believe that i'm doing a good deed by protecting them. technically, okay, i can see what you're saying. you're contributing to the problem by driving them on calls, this and that

i've been as to the penitentiary and back. if you don't do it if we don't - our families got the same blood if we don't do it who going to do it. the people that have been living there if you don't live there who going to do it. they need places to get started and hey, you need a meal or 3w4r5k9 to get started with. just step out of your box and live where they're trying to get to. you're probably living in one of their houses. you know make a difference we have been making a difference we just need a hand. somebody to say please give us the building and they just want a spot and a bed thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, optimum here to speak as a community resident today. and also the person who has experienced homelessness and people who cared enough to help me get myself together and not visit jail. a place where i get censure and care is mother brown's. when your homeless and people just rope e roll up on the block and if in a minute we used to be african-american community my grandparents came from the so

here is the camera, the old penitentiary now a popular spot. the first ship was packed and last at 9:15. it was off limits during the shut down. visitors and employees were happy to see things return to normal. >> nonrefundable tickets and i want to make the most of it. we are glad it is bad open. >> the national park service is much more into welcoming people to the circumstantial parks rather than keeping them out. we are very help. some tourists were happy to have the island re-open today because it is their last day in town. >> visitors are also welcome again at yosemite national park. it opened last night when the news came out. campgrounds are open today. >> the government research facilities in the bay area including lawrence livermore laboratory and nasa arrest re-opening today. lawrence live more laboratory stopped all research projects on tuesday and told 6,000 employees they were furloughed as of monday, but now the furloughs should not be necessary. >> the great california shakeout drill takes place the 24th anniversary of the deadl

the last nine years almost three hundred thousand people have had some experience with georgia's penitentiary system they were either imprisoned or came in contact with this istomin some other way. our people have never been traumatized like this before. we are this poorest but the safest country but we paid an extremely high price for our safety. georgia has the highest number of prisoners per capita. lists of political prisoners longer than those in north korea and a fair bit of these facts are backed by european observers as well that. people enjoy just say that just ahead of the election many was swayed by for the age of torture and abuse in georgian prisons by local television. indignation for stronger than anger and people voted for a vanished police blog if it weren't for ivanishvili i think it would have been a rerun of one thousand nine hundred one he would have started shooting at each other it's all because of misha who pushed it too hard on people. because of the three young reformers who emerged out of the revolution of roses and stood for a political spring just one is a major p

the last nine years almost three hundred thousand people have had some experience with georgia's penitentiary ery system they were read their imprisoned or came in. contact with the system in some other way. our people have never been traumatized like this before. we are this poorest but the safest country but we paid an extremely high price for our safety. georgia has the highest number of prisoners per capita. cyclist's of political prisoners were longer than those in north korea and a fair bit of these facts are backed by european observers as well that. people enjoy just say that just ahead of the election many was swayed by for the age of torture and abuse in georgian prisons by local television. indignation for stronger than anger and people voted for a vanished released blog if it weren't for ivanishvili i think it would have been a rerun of one thousand nine hundred one he would have started shooting at each other it's all because of me pushed it too hard on people. because of the three young reformers who emerged out of the revolution of roses and stood for a political spring just on

the former penitentiary has been offlimits to everyone and that's been a big disappointment for foreigners here for the america's cup yacht races. tour companies had to furlough and lay-off workers. unlike federal employees, private sector workers won't be getting paid. >> visitors are being welcomed to yosemite park this morning. roads leading into the park opened immediately last night. visitor centers and camp grounds will be staffed and opened. yosemite shut down october 1st and the impact was devastating on local towns. the park is one of the most heavily visited tourist attractions. >>> today marks the 24th anniversary of the 6.9 magnitude quake hit between the world series between the giants and the a's. you're looking at the marina district which caught fire and the bay bridge buckled and the cypress structure was flattened. 63 people died in all, thousands left homeless. >> this is now an annual opportunity to make sure we are all ready for the next big quake. matt keller is live at the tech museum in san jose. what are they doing there today? >> this is meant to be a fun event ab

wallace was a former inmate of louisiana state penitentiary in angola and spent the last forty one years of his life in solitary confinement earlier this week he was released from prison after a judge granted him a new trial because of the unfair jury selection of all white males during his first one wallace was originally in prison for robbery and moved to solitary after allegedly stabbing a prison guard during a riot he claimed that he was singled out because he was a member of the black panther party and organize protests against prison conditions now after years of appeals wallace's murder conviction was finally overturned unfortunately he died shortly after being released and while some are happy that at least he's spent his last hours as a free man it's an utter travesty that wallace lived the last forty one years and a tiny cell virtually no human contact all for a crime he may not have committed because that's twenty first century justice in the most incarcerated country on earth. the please please take a look very hard to take a. look. at you that had sex with the perfect hair.

from liver cancer at the age of seventy one seawalls was a former inmate at the louisiana state penitentiary in angola and spent the last forty one years of his life in solitary confinement earlier this week he was released from prison after a judge granted him a new trial because of the unfair jury selection of all white males during his first one while this was originally imprisoned for robbery and moved to solitary after allegedly stabbing a prison guard during a riot he claimed that he was singled out because he was a member of the black panther party and organize protests against prison conditions now after years of appeals while.

from liver cancer at the age of seventy one seawalls was a former inmate from louisiana state penitentiary in angola and spent the last forty one years of his life in solitary confinement earlier this week he was released from prison after a judge granted him a new trial because of the unfair jury selection of all white males during his first one while this was originally imprisoned for robbery and moved to solitary after allegedly stabbing a prison guard during a riot he claimed that he was singled out because he was a member of the black panther party and organize protests against prison conditions now after years of appeals wallace's murder conviction was finally overturned unfortunately he died shortly after being released and while some are happy that at least he's spent his last hours as a free man it's an utter travesty that wallace lived the last forty one years in a tiny cell virtually no human contact all for a crime he may not have committed as that's twenty first century justice in the most incarcerated country on earth. the please please take a look very hard to take a. look.

today from liver cancer at the age of seventy one seawalls was a former inmate of louisiana state penitentiary in angola and spent the last forty one years of his life in solitary confinement earlier this week he was released from prison after a judge granted him a new trial because of the unfair jury selection of all white males during his first one while this was originally imprisoned for robbery and moved to solitary after allegedly stabbing a prison guard during a riot he claimed that he was singled out because he was a member of the black panther party and organize protests against prison conditions now after years of appeals wallace's murder conviction was finally overturned unfortunately he died shortly after being released and while some are happy that at least he's spent his last hours as a free man it's an utter travesty that wallace lived the last forty one years in a tiny cell virtually no human contact all for a crime he may not have committed because that's twenty first century justice in the most incarcerated country on earth. the please please take a look very hard to take that

today from liver cancer at the age of seventy one seawalls was a former inmate louisiana state penitentiary in angola.

and no one has helped to send him to the senate who did not know that his proper place was the penitentiary with a chain and ball on his legs. well william a clarke may have died back in one nine hundred twenty five his willingness his eagerness to corrupt the american democracy and political process is alive and well today just as the koch brothers charles and david worth a combined estimated sixty eight billion dollars among the driving forces behind the corruption of our democracy according to koch brothers exposed dot com between one nine hundred ninety eight and two thousand and eight koch brother controlled foundations gave more than one hundred ninety six million dollars to organizations that favor policies that would further pad the wallets of these two guys this is a big step up from past out thousand dollar bills in the back of the room in that same time period koch industries owned by these two brothers spent fifty million dollars on lobbying and handed out eight million dollars in pac contributions the koch's are also behind groups like americans for prosperity and freedom works

wallace was a former inmate from louisiana state penitentiary in angola and spent the last forty one years of his life in solitary confinement earlier this week he was released from prison after a judge granted him a new trial because of the.

slave plantation turned penitentiary. it was dubed the farm by anyone who knew it. white guards were called freemen and the population was over womeningly black. but wallace arrived and it had a reputation. immates had catalogs taped to their chest to protect them from routine snappings. in 1972, the tension came to a head, prisoners fire bombed a guard tower. the next day, 23-year-old brent miller a guard born and raised in angola was fatally stabbed in the chest with a lawn mower blade inside a prison dorm. herman wallace was accused of the crime and sent to solitary where he spent most of four decades. . in 2008, laura sullivan reported the story from npr. she found a recording from his old deputy warning discussing brown. he was the main witness in the guard's murder. >> reporter: those words inclined the witness was not telling the truth and wallace may have been innocent. another prisoner, claimed wallace had nothing to do with the crime and prison initials tried to silence him. >> i made it. i made it out of my heart. they can say whatever they want to say. t

>> i mean, a lot of my family members graduate to the penitentiary or different things in life.ward to him being the first one to do it. >> i want to get this clear. right now you're snoop dogg. you have recorded an album under snoopzilla. you were snoop lion. and in your book, snoop dog reincarnated as snoop lion. >> just call me snoop. >> snoop will cover it all. >> what happened to doggy dogg. >> the reason i changed it is i was tired of getting done doggy style. >> who was doing this to you? >> my old record label. >> interesting. have you ever been on a safari? >> yes. in africa, we went on one and what was so crazy is when we us on the bus, i'm looking for the gun. i know we got one gun if the lions trip. and the driver all he had is like the perfume to make the lions lay down and start doing all this. i was like you know what? i'm going to get in the middle of the bus because when they start eating they gonna eat all of yawl and then they will be full and i will roll right on out here. >> you were looking around for the gun. >> oh my god. >> you don't bring a gun of your

dragged into that court and condemned or sentenced to life in the bottomless pit of some federal penitentiary someplace. colonel, thank you very much. >>> the bottom line, ladies and gentlemen, on today's raids in africa, if you attack the united states, we're going to hunt you down, it may take a while, but whether there's a republican or democrat in the white house, our warriors will kill you or capture you. and to the benghazi militia who killed our ambassador and three other heroes a year ago, we're coming for you, too, because america doesn't forgive and we never forget. >>> and who could forget that horrifying video of the family terrorized last sunday by the biker gang in new york. and now comes word that undercover and/or off-duty new york cops were riding with the biker mob! craig investigates right now. >> reporter: biker madness on the streets of new york city. it was a scene reminiscent of the old mad max movies. last sunday dozens of bikers hunted down 33-year-old alexian lien and yanked him from his range rover after they smashed his windows. his wife and 1-year-old watched terr

. >> people told me that you eat better in the penitentiary, you eat better than you do in the countyi remember when i was getting the shot of jason sitting down and finally eating, it was like a kid at a picnic with all the best food, all the best food imaginable, like a kid in the candy store. he was just putting it in his mouth, having a great time. >> what did you have? >> hotdogs and cake. >> okay. you look pretty happy. >> well, i haven't had cake in three years, so you know. >> okay. >> i'm happy about that. and i can have some sense, you know, some sense of joy. >> at the miami-dade county jail, we met a group of friends who couldn't quite agree on the culinary merits of lunch. >> this is the only meal that's not great. it's the only one that's not great. it's bologna every day. a hot meal in the morning and at night. >> this is the best part of the day, lunchtime. and this is how we eat. nice cold cuts. they're great. we enjoy it sometimes. >> this is turkey salami with little pieces of peppercorn in there that kind of like get jammed in your teeth and they're terrible. >> th

prison for armed robbery, then accused in 1972 of murdering a prison guard at the louisiana state penitentiary, known as angola. the men say they were framed because of their political activism as members of one of the first prison chapters of the black panther party. the dramatic series of events on tuesday began one federal judge brian a jackson of the middle district court of louisiana ordered wallace's release and overturn his conviction. jacksonrder, judge called on the state to "immediately release mr. wallace from custody" due to a new properly chosen grand jury that excluded women jurors in violation of the 14th amendment. the state appealed the ruling, but judge jackson quickly responded with another order that such failure to release mr. wallace from custody will " result in a judgment of contempt." >> as the legal battle played out, herman wallace's lawyers sent in an valance to wait outside the gates of the prison to pick him up. and 7:30 p.m. central time tuesday night, herman wallace, who is 71 years old, was met by members of his legal team at the gate and let the prison in an a

. >> it was penitentiary to stand on principal. since the 20 tep elections, we made it clear we don't like obama care and never had a chance to vote on it. >> the folks come from the most conservative districts. they captured 65% of the vote in their districts where the president barely cracked 37%. they represent only a third of the republicans in the house and represent only 18% of the american population. who are they? kansas republican who you heard from and where the president didn't even break 28%. in fact he is confident his constituents are not missing the government. >> most americans didn't realize the government shut down. they got their mail and will get their social security check. >> that in louisiana, the same day they sent barack obama to the white house. cassidy got 79%. the president got 32%. one of the comfortable margins cassidy argues it's not about ideology. they would not budge until the democrats budge on the health care law in some way. you know that that is something the white house sides a total non-start