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the kentucky state penitentiary, also known as the castle on the cumberland. >> i was really intimidatedthis place. it's an intimidating place to walk into. >> this could be the worst place you have ever been in your life. >> the eddyville castle will get you. somebody will take your life from you if you come through here with that old chip on your shoulder, there's going to be somebody to take it off you. >> ksp is kentucky's only maximum security facility. a group of stone masons from italy teamed with inmates from various prisons to construct the castle which opened in 1889. >> when they first built it, they had a sign up over the front door that said, "abandon hope all ye that enter here." they wanted this place to look pretty menacing and it still looks menacing even today. >> i think the penitentiary is unique in many respects, just because of the foreboding appearance that it has. it's a serious place where serious things happen. this is a prison. >> the castle sits on 90 acres and has seven cell houses for its 900 inmates. nearly 40 inmates are secluded on death row. fewer than a
the kentucky state penitentiary, also known as the castle on the cumberland. >> i was really intimidatedthis place. it's an intimidating place to walk into. >> this could be the worst place you have ever been in your life. >> the eddyville castle will get you. somebody will take your life from you if you come through here with that old chip on your shoulder, there's going to be somebody to take it off you. >> ksp is kentucky's only maximum security facility. a group of...
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in the next hour on "lockup," we'll go beyond the scenic desert landscape to the penitentiary of new mexico, a prison that is battling to overcome a long history of violence. just 15 miles away from the art galleries and shops of santa fe, a concrete fortress looms above the horizon, surrounded by double razor wire fences. housing more than 800 inmates, the penitentiary of new mexico is the state's highest security prison. >> we have pretty much the worst of the worst inmates in the state of new mexico. a number of the inmates that have been convicted of first degree murder. >> they got a lot of psychos too who just don't give a [ bleep ], doing life sentences. >> the prison's history is notorious. many of the most violent events took place in a facility called the old main. >> inmates had to prove themselves just to survive. >> you had almost 1,200 inmates in that facility that was built for 750. >> you have people living on top of each other, pushing each other. and i mean, there was a lot of tension. >> carlos cervantes was first brought to this prison in 1975. >> there was a lot
in the next hour on "lockup," we'll go beyond the scenic desert landscape to the penitentiary of new mexico, a prison that is battling to overcome a long history of violence. just 15 miles away from the art galleries and shops of santa fe, a concrete fortress looms above the horizon, surrounded by double razor wire fences. housing more than 800 inmates, the penitentiary of new mexico is the state's highest security prison. >> we have pretty much the worst of the worst inmates in...
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>>> the penitentiary of new mexico houses the state's only death row.ast lethal injection took place in 2001, and you're about to meet one of the few men waiting execution. he has a reputation as a savage killer and a unique perspective on his crimes. >> my name's robert fry. i am in for four counts of murder, and i'm currently serving three life sentences, and as of now, i'm on death row. should that get overturned, i'll be serving a maximum of 209 years. >> robert fry is a serial killer. behind each of his murder convictions lies a tale of violence and horror. >> i feel that i had evil within. not that i myself was evil, but that i allowed myself to be drawn towards evil things. >> while robbing a store, fry stabbed his first two victims, then slit their throats. >> when you walk in that path of darkness, you can't help but walk hand in hand with evil. whether you believe it to be evil or not, i never considered myself a violent person. >> in 1998, fry savagely beat a man to death with a shovel. >> i came from a very good family, but i got involved wi
>>> the penitentiary of new mexico houses the state's only death row.ast lethal injection took place in 2001, and you're about to meet one of the few men waiting execution. he has a reputation as a savage killer and a unique perspective on his crimes. >> my name's robert fry. i am in for four counts of murder, and i'm currently serving three life sentences, and as of now, i'm on death row. should that get overturned, i'll be serving a maximum of 209 years. >> robert fry is...
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it was a mountain serving as the fourth wall of the penitentiary. james went over, the number one man. doug went over. spider monkey climbed it. he was supposed to pull the chain ladder up. but when he jerked, he fell backwards and fell off the wall. the ladder fell back down. there at the horseshoe pit, doug taylor was pitching horseshoes. he's watching these guys go over. no one's getting shot, no one seems to care. i'm serious. he just went -- he run over, he went over. about that time, a guy running laps. he had on running shorts and tennis shoes. he comes around and he saw doug go over. he stops and running in place. he shrugged, too, and he went over. >> 15 minutes later as the seventh inmate was climbing over, a guard in another tower finally took notice and fired a shot, striking the last escapee in the shoulder. >> the way it used to work here, they had a big steam whistle. when they would have an escape, they would blow the whistle. when you hear the whistle blow, you get a shotgun and your dog and go to the woods. because the inmates, bac
it was a mountain serving as the fourth wall of the penitentiary. james went over, the number one man. doug went over. spider monkey climbed it. he was supposed to pull the chain ladder up. but when he jerked, he fell backwards and fell off the wall. the ladder fell back down. there at the horseshoe pit, doug taylor was pitching horseshoes. he's watching these guys go over. no one's getting shot, no one seems to care. i'm serious. he just went -- he run over, he went over. about that time, a...
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they live at the iowa state penitentiary. behind this 40-fat 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-fat 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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a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear.he's not as eager to 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." >>> this is the hardest part because you're in here with very little to do. you sleep. and you eat. and you sleep some more and you eat some more. >> it is a life of profou
a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear.he's not as eager to 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...
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at iowa state penitentiary, we found that the most brutal violence is sometimes against oneself. >> open. 22-year-old inmate caleb etter, suffered severe burns over two-thirds of his body when the methamphetamine 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
at iowa state penitentiary, we found that the most brutal violence is sometimes against oneself. >> open. 22-year-old inmate caleb etter, suffered severe burns over two-thirds of his body when the methamphetamine 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...
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. >> here, it's colorado state penitentiary. and this time estrada is in for murder, a crime he committed after being released from his first prison term. >> in here, you take things a lot more serious. somebody calls you a punk, somebody calls you a bitch, someone says i'm going to kill you, in here that means, you know, you hold people to that word -- to them words, man. when i got out and guys were saying that about me, i'm going to kill john, i'm going to do this to him. the first thing in my mind is i better go kill him before he gets me even though he was probably talking out of his ass. he didn't understand the type of person i am and where i've been and the thought process i've learned in here. and he's dead now for it. it's kind of like a kill or be killed. >> estrada's prison education started early. >> how old were you when you were first arrested? >> about 13 or 14. >> what did you do? >> stealing a stereo out of a car. that's how it all began. start out stealing bubble gum at the stores all the way to snatching purs
. >> here, it's colorado state penitentiary. and this time estrada is in for murder, a crime he committed after being released from his first prison term. >> in here, you take things a lot more serious. somebody calls you a punk, somebody calls you a bitch, someone says i'm going to kill you, in here that means, you know, you hold people to that word -- to them words, man. when i got out and guys were saying that about me, i'm going to kill john, i'm going to do this to him. the...
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[ bleep ] >> when we visited the kentucky state penitentiary, we met inmate dwayne harper, who had astory of forcing officers to extract him from his cell. [ bleep ] >> i fight sometimes. i argue with the guards, but i'm not violent. you know, i've done a lot of time. i've been doing time on and off since i was 12 years old. >> when we first met harper he was serving his third year in administrative segregation or solitary confinement for having assaulted correctional officers. >> in my opinion, duane is a really stressed out individual. >> get everybody out of the top. don't just strip me out of the pop. strip everybody out of the top. you [ bleep ]. >> shortly after "lockup" arrived at kentucky state penitentiary, officers had to extract harper from his cell again. >> he threatened us with throwing feces on officers, spitting on us through the door, he threatened our families. >> a lot of the older ones like lieutenant gill, all of them, they know me from when i was a youngster. so we have a different type of communication level and understanding. >> every night you are going to go
[ bleep ] >> when we visited the kentucky state penitentiary, we met inmate dwayne harper, who had astory of forcing officers to extract him from his cell. [ bleep ] >> i fight sometimes. i argue with the guards, but i'm not violent. you know, i've done a lot of time. i've been doing time on and off since i was 12 years old. >> when we first met harper he was serving his third year in administrative segregation or solitary confinement for having assaulted correctional...
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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
>> 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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>> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to a memorable pair of siblings michael 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.
>> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to a memorable pair of siblings michael 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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>> when we met dante bullock at the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa, he was spending his third day in ad seg, the administrative segregation eye unit, also known as the hole. authorities say he stuffed this padlock inside of a sock and brutally attacked another inmate with it. >> do you think that you have a violent past or angry or what is your situation? >> i am violent when i am provoked. >> bullock is already serving a life sentence for kidnapping, but if the padlock assault charges stick, he could spend the next year in ad seg, locked in his cell 23 hours a day. >> i was in the wrong place at the wrong time. the inmate had been assaulted and my defense to them was telling them i was in the area and pushed out of the way as the inmate was trying to get away from the person that assaulted him. >> bullock was anxiously awaiting a hearing with the prison's administrative law judge to plead his case. in the meantime, he let us know that while ad seg meant losing
>> when we met dante bullock at the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa, he was spending his third day in ad seg, the administrative segregation eye unit, also known as the hole. authorities say he stuffed this padlock inside of a sock and brutally attacked another inmate with it. >> do you think that you have a violent past or angry or what is your situation? >> i am violent when i am provoked. >> bullock is already serving a life sentence for kidnapping, but if the...
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serving time for murder at animosa state penitentiary in iowa. >> i was never incarcerated with him. when i found out he was getting incarcerated, what he did time for, what he's charged for, they asked if there are any problems if we're in the same prison. i told them, yeah, i would probably end up killing him. i just cannot condone that. >> "lockup" has profiled many inmates who spew hatred to sex offenders. but we've also introduced viewers to those on the receiving end. thomas headley is serving a 15-year sentence at utah state prison. and like many sex offenders says his punishment is unjust and his crime misunderstood. >> i was charged with kidnapping somebody that was under 14. i am a man that is attracted to young women, god forbid. 99% of us are. >> when we interviewed him, headley was serving his time in solitary confinement as a punishment for being uncooperative. but he explained to us that he had his own motives for being in the hole.
serving time for murder at animosa state penitentiary in iowa. >> i was never incarcerated with him. when i found out he was getting incarcerated, what he did time for, what he's charged for, they asked if there are any problems if we're in the same prison. i told them, yeah, i would probably end up killing him. i just cannot condone that. >> "lockup" has profiled many inmates who spew hatred to sex offenders. but we've also introduced viewers to those on the receiving...
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>> 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
>> 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...
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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. >> 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 plast
. >>> 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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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
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...
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that's part of what they call penitentiary rules., the man lay back, that's all he has to do. he doesn't even have to brush his teeth. he just smiles, i brush his teeth for him. >> what about women's lib? you know, women are liberated now. >> right. they are. >> women don't have to wait on their husbands anymore. how do you feel about that? >> i choose to. i choose to. >> housework isn't the only way in which prison marriage is less than a union of equals. as precious explains in this graphic never-before-seen interview footage -- >> if there is any sexual activity taking place, he is the man. 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 precio
that's part of what they call penitentiary rules., the man lay back, that's all he has to do. he doesn't even have to brush his teeth. he just smiles, i brush his teeth for him. >> what about women's lib? you know, women are liberated now. >> right. they are. >> women don't have to wait on their husbands anymore. how do you feel about that? >> i choose to. i choose to. >> housework isn't the only way in which prison marriage is less than a union of equals. as...
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. >> well, i met him while i was working at the penitentiary, and he was one of my patients.s a real smart one, smart alec, funny guy. i was too. i was feisty right back to him, and so we just started messing around, joking around like that. i think that's what our playfulness with each other is what got david and i to start a friendship. >> as the old saying goes, you can't help who you fall for. you know? >> david and i had known each other for seven months when we finally got caught. >> an officer came up to me and told me that he thought there was some impropriety going on within -- between david scritchfield and a nurse. okay? so what i did is i pulled up his information on the computer. i had a bunch of phone calls from the inmate. i started listening to the phone calls. the name paula came up. paula happened to be the nurse the officer told me about. >> they said that they recognized her voice on the telephone. we were communicating, you know, outside of the prison system. i didn't want to get her in any kind of trouble, but i couldn't stop communicating with her. ther
. >> well, i met him while i was working at the penitentiary, and he was one of my patients.s a real smart one, smart alec, funny guy. i was too. i was feisty right back to him, and so we just started messing around, joking around like that. i think that's what our playfulness with each other is what got david and i to start a friendship. >> as the old saying goes, you can't help who you fall for. you know? >> david and i had known each other for seven months when we finally...
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went to county jail, got out for that, got another gun charge, got sentenced to the penitentiary. out now. i got a violation for access to a gun. never had no positive influence. my influence was the streets. and i thought that was positive because that's all i knew so i'm thinking that is the right way, so i'm going to go that 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 right now. that's what i think about all the time. i want to straighten my life out for him. because i ain't never had no dad. even though my dad would have been good for me, because i knew how he was, he fell victim to the streets. i don't want him 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. because a lot of people are trying to straighten their life u
went to county jail, got out for that, got another gun charge, got sentenced to the penitentiary. out now. i got a violation for access to a gun. never had no positive influence. my influence was the streets. and i thought that was positive because that's all i knew so i'm thinking that is the right way, so i'm going to go that 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. >>...
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. >>> 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 bone heads. >> 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 pla
. >>> 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 bone heads. >> it's a prison, you know. >> all right. let's roll tape....
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. >>> nestled at the base of the rocky mountains, colorado state penitentiary was built to house thetate'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 the
. >>> nestled at the base of the rocky mountains, colorado state penitentiary was built to house thetate'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...
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. >>> 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
. >>> 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...
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got sentenced to the penitentiary. got out now. i have violation, access to a gun. never had any positive influence. my influence was the street. i thought that was positive. that's all i new. that's the right way, so i'm going to go that way. and that's what i did. >> samuels wants to turn his life around for the sake of his son. that's my life. that's what i think about all the time. straighten my life out for them. i never had any dad. though my dad would have been good to me. i know how he was. he fell victim to the streets. i'm not trying to be the same. i've don't want him growing up like me. i got to be there for him. right now i am not doing noth right for him. i got to do something for him. people ain't supposed to forget. i'm trying to straighten my life up. a lot of people trying to straighten their life up. living in the same environment. people don't forget. you are doing good. don't take away the hurt that you caused people you. can die in your environment. that's what will happen if you are out there on the streets so. i got to leave. that is the only
got sentenced to the penitentiary. got out now. i have violation, access to a gun. never had any positive influence. my influence was the street. i thought that was positive. that's all i new. that's the right way, so i'm going to go that way. and that's what i did. >> samuels wants to turn his life around for the sake of his son. that's my life. that's what i think about all the time. straighten my life out for them. i never had any dad. though my dad would have been good to me. i know...
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still, there are those inmates like alex bennett, at the kentucky state penitentiary, who don't always agree with or abide by the rules. >> i'm a person that's been in the joint all my life. i've been told i'm pretty hard-core. and i need a certain type of environment. you got something you want to say to me now? we can get it on national tv here. do you? >> everything about alex's mannerisms, his appearance and the words that he spoke said convict. alex just embodied that. >> bennett was 54 years old when we met him and had spent 33 of those years behind bars for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. >> the system today isn't like the system that i came into 36 years ago. the system today has the majority of their inmates programmed to do what they're told when they're told to do it. and so, they get to the point where they expect that from everybody. well, there's still a few old dogs around, who like to do things their own way. >> bennett's way of doing things, however, has had horrifying results. after adapting to life in a single-person cell here, he was transferred to a lower sec
still, there are those inmates like alex bennett, at the kentucky state penitentiary, who don't always agree with or abide by the rules. >> i'm a person that's been in the joint all my life. i've been told i'm pretty hard-core. and i need a certain type of environment. you got something you want to say to me now? we can get it on national tv here. do you? >> everything about alex's mannerisms, his appearance and the words that he spoke said convict. alex just embodied that. >>...
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. >> this is my fifth here in the penitentiary. i've been all around.in the system for a while. >> soledad, tracy, jamestown, now here. >> many of these inmates are simply resigned to prison as a way of life. >> i will probably come back once or twice on a violation. ♪ i can't shake these penitentiary state blues ♪ >> but flaco has come to the realization that hanging with a street gang does not mean lifetime loyalty. >> well, basically what it boils down to, an eye opener for me was, when i fell, when i got locked up, where were they? you know, the only people writing me, taking care of me right now is my family. all those guys, home boy this, they ain't nowhere to be found right now. you know, so what it boils down to who is really here for me right now is my family. >> and for chester reed, it's that separation from family and his wife of 32 years that is most painful. >> misery i went through inside these walls and the pain that i caused my family, it will never happen again, not in my lifetime. it hurts me just to think of the hurt that i caused th
. >> this is my fifth here in the penitentiary. i've been all around.in the system for a while. >> soledad, tracy, jamestown, now here. >> many of these inmates are simply resigned to prison as a way of life. >> i will probably come back once or twice on a violation. ♪ i can't shake these penitentiary state blues ♪ >> but flaco has come to the realization that hanging with a street gang does not mean lifetime loyalty. >> well, basically what it boils down...
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spread eagle in a bed for 35 days in the la mesa penitentiary.nd he had just been diagnosed with ptsd ten days earlier at the v.a. >> when we think about what happens when a mexican enters the united states, and they get everything from health care to housing to everything else. when the reverse happens, i mean, you have to be furious. >> i'm outraged. and andrew is still scared for his life and scared for his freedom. he is at 21 years. >> that's horrible. quickly. what is with the marine corps sense him a demand to show up to the u.s.? >> well, i was optimistically hopeful that that was an actual direct message from our commander-in-chief, president obama and it would say, i need my marine back. he is still under contract. but unfortunately, it was just a random mustard pull and the state department had that excused within a day or two. >> so the commander-in-chief clearly was not calling him back. but have you heard from the commander-in-chief? >> no, i have not. we have a white house.gov petition. and i need 100,000 signatures by the end of t
spread eagle in a bed for 35 days in the la mesa penitentiary.nd he had just been diagnosed with ptsd ten days earlier at the v.a. >> when we think about what happens when a mexican enters the united states, and they get everything from health care to housing to everything else. when the reverse happens, i mean, you have to be furious. >> i'm outraged. and andrew is still scared for his life and scared for his freedom. he is at 21 years. >> that's horrible. quickly. what is...
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that's going to be my year. 31 years in the penitentiary and i will leave. >> kevin has used his time inside to better himself. he's received a master's degree in theology, learned sign language while working with deaf inmates. >> keeping people incarcerated who are community ready. ready to go out here and be an asset to the community. to me it's crazy. why don't you release us now while we're still healthy and able to contribute? don't wait until we lose a leg or an arm or our minds... >> so while a crisis that few seem willing to face expands to alarming proportions, kevin and thousands of other older inmates like him will continue to grow old behind bars. >> you have more people locked up per capita than anywhere else in the civilized world, how can you do that? and you're always crying about how much money it costs. it's not solving your problems. >> we have to treat these people as human beings. they are human beings. and they deserve compassion, dignity and respect. and if you treat these people with that, then i think you're doing the right thing. and i think that's the reason
that's going to be my year. 31 years in the penitentiary and i will leave. >> kevin has used his time inside to better himself. he's received a master's degree in theology, learned sign language while working with deaf inmates. >> keeping people incarcerated who are community ready. ready to go out here and be an asset to the community. to me it's crazy. why don't you release us now while we're still healthy and able to contribute? don't wait until we lose a leg or an arm or our...
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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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. >> 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
. >> 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...
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he was transferred to this medium security penitentiary, where he has a lot more freedom to roam around cells here. the men live in dormitories. there are also no college programs at all. i'm sure 99 out of 100 prisoners would rather be here than at eastern, huh? this is a much easier, freer atmosphere. >> it depends on how you determine--define freedom. while at bard, i learned that freedom was something much different than just a physicality, a space of physical existence. freedom had a lot do with your ability to think. freedom had a lot to do with your ability to communicate with others, to see the world in a different view. >> if you had a choice, would you go back to that maximum security prison at eastern tomorrow if you could? >> i would go right after this interview. if they packed me up and tell me, "let's go," i would go just to continue my education. i miss the bard program tremendously. >> he also missed seeing some of his fellow student inmates graduate. most of them hope to continue their studies in prison towards more advanced degrees. there's no longer a lot of public o
he was transferred to this medium security penitentiary, where he has a lot more freedom to roam around cells here. the men live in dormitories. there are also no college programs at all. i'm sure 99 out of 100 prisoners would rather be here than at eastern, huh? this is a much easier, freer atmosphere. >> it depends on how you determine--define freedom. while at bard, i learned that freedom was something much different than just a physicality, a space of physical existence. freedom had a...
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. >> give 45,018 penitentiary or $450 and 18 cents. >> students began their collection at the beginningthe year. they had a goal of one million penney's. didn't quite make it there. but what they did collect, they voted to donate to the family giving tree. that many will be used to buy pencils and back packs for needy children in this year's back to school drive. >>> a sky scraper scare more than 40 stories off the bound. but what a california family did when the deck started to crack. >>> the latest place where people are following twitter clues and finding hidden caches. gridlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. >>> nothing but a glass ledge, 103 floors up and one
. >> give 45,018 penitentiary or $450 and 18 cents. >> students began their collection at the beginningthe year. they had a goal of one million penney's. didn't quite make it there. but what they did collect, they voted to donate to the family giving tree. that many will be used to buy pencils and back packs for needy children in this year's back to school drive. >>> a sky scraper scare more than 40 stories off the bound. but what a california family did when the deck...
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independent and secure afghanistan this is the education establishment the cheap enough that the penitentiary department a present for you mates main offenders in the georgian capital tbilisi. is it into itunes and inform the juvenile justice center undertaken by the government of georgia and unicef and supported by the european union. rehabilitation of young offenders and their reintegration into society it's a crucial aspect. it has come up with an old idea of supporting back and needs of patients in jordan and i think he gets the job that is deemed accurate and that he would ask the medicine and treatment they had been safe mining pits can be used to import chinese descent and so should they fail. the bombing in eastern spain distilled down nice and tight in the coming years. i'm off to collect the medicines to fifty two pleasant of the population. i get paid to compensating team it's well below the lives of john f kennedy's things for the nineteen sixties the european union wants to mobilize the energy of youth and the elderly as volunteers to build the skills they need to gain of one eur
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. >> charges she could face anywhere from 3-4 years in the penitentiary. at the courthouse >> it happened yesterday near south shore drive. shoes with a mother and a neighbor. she ran out into the street. shea and a neighbor.she was with a mother and a neighbor. >> at stretch of south shore drive has a lot of small children. and he's a speed bump to force drivers to slow down. >> those are among the strict regulations for mayor emmanuel for future gun stores in chicago. the lie that city hall with details on the proposed rules. >> the city must approve restrictions by july 14th. part of the federal ruling four months ago that found chicago's ban on gun stores to be unconstitutional. the proposed ordinance will limit store openings to select pockets of the city. >> the mayor wants further restrictions. often the case with illegal weapons recovered from, and scenes. all customers would be videotaped at the point of purchase. in addition a 72 hour waiting period only one gun purchase per month per customer and special training so employees can identify traffi
. >> charges she could face anywhere from 3-4 years in the penitentiary. at the courthouse >> it happened yesterday near south shore drive. shoes with a mother and a neighbor. she ran out into the street. shea and a neighbor.she was with a mother and a neighbor. >> at stretch of south shore drive has a lot of small children. and he's a speed bump to force drivers to slow down. >> those are among the strict regulations for mayor emmanuel for future gun stores in chicago....
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and i think about institutions [speaker not understood] prisons, penitentiary states, our jails, ourls. i look at us as being disabled. we are more of an educational level. and we must educate ourselves and others about who we are, where we want to go and i really hope this city and this board always remain where it reflects that and do that job. the other thing i always want to have a mental health parade to come to san francisco. now i'm thinking maybe we should have it the a-d-a parade since it was [speaker not understood] in 504. it would bring so many people. i know i stay in s-r-o's where people with disabilities and are disabled, we don't talk about it. we go to these things and i get to get out. they don't get to get out and, you know, i find sometimes i'm being harmed or not appreciated because i get out and go participate in life, you know. and those people who are there who are not participating in life and doing other things, you know, it's like [speaker not understood]. that would be great and do good things for your country and your world, but they see you as funny diff
and i think about institutions [speaker not understood] prisons, penitentiary states, our jails, ourls. i look at us as being disabled. we are more of an educational level. and we must educate ourselves and others about who we are, where we want to go and i really hope this city and this board always remain where it reflects that and do that job. the other thing i always want to have a mental health parade to come to san francisco. now i'm thinking maybe we should have it the a-d-a parade since...