this is "lockup san quentin: extended stay." >> san quentin is home to more than 3,000 inmates ranging from the most violent offenders in california. >> i'll rob you in a minute. >> i pulled a gun on this man and shot him six times in his chest. >> to the all too common parole violators flooding the system. >> i do drugs. that's my violation. >> the overpopulated san quentin serves as the reception center for 17 counties in california. >> there's 384 inmates in this gym. right now i have six members. >> it's forced to house a dangerous mix of high and low risk inmates. >> you got the drugs, you got the inmates to manufacture alcohol, you got the gangs, the weapons. so it can be real dangerous at times ♪ >> i've been a pretty successful robber. >> level 4 inmates, the worst in california are housed at san quentin while awaiting permanent transfer to other facilities. >> i used to rob stores, you know, and that in itself is a rush that you can't explain. it's like whoa, i can -- i own the world. i can do whatever i want. i can better than any ceo in the world, i can instruct you to do wh

i first came to san quentin when i was 60 years old.re yet. >> your impact rounds are over there. >> primarily my job is to prevent escapes. this is a mini 14. it's a high-powered rifle. we use these as a last resort to stop a situation that could be lethal. >> they say "you're too old to be working here, grant." i just laugh it off. >> for officer grant time off brings him outside the walls into the bay surrounding the prison where he swims a mile and a half in a little more than an hour. >> i never, ever felt like quitting because i always kept myself in good health. >> coming up on "lockup: extended stay." the yard can be a dangerous place, especially for an ex-nazi low rider. as a home, there are things i'm supposed to do. like, keep one of these over your head. well, i wasn't "supposed" to need flood insurance, but i have it. fred over here chose not to have it. ♪ me, i've got a plan. fred he uh... fred what is your plan? do i look like i have a plan? not really. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. for a free b

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. >>> san quentin state prison, among the most notorious institutions. our cameras spent months documenting life on the inside where gangs, drugs and sheer boredom make up a violent mix. this is "lockup: san quentin, extended stay." >> in america's prisons, violence is a way of life. san quentin, the old nest california has one of the longest histories of violence. >> there's fist fights going on, guys getting beat up pretty good. >> whether it's an inmate on the street. >> a gang dropout. or an identification trying to maintain order. >> he was going for the jugular but he just missed. >> they've all fallen victim of violent attacks. in the three months we were at sen quentin, we saw our fair share. ♪ i pray to god i don't die for the wrong people ♪ >> administrative segregation, other wise known as ad seg is reserved for the worst of the worst offenders at san quentin. >> they need to be separated from the general population. >> ad seg inmates live in single man cells, on lockdown 23 hours a day and handcuffed and escorted by officers for all moves. >>

(quentin tarantino) this is my quickest script, i wrote it in about 3 weeks. (man) if i'd known how you are i'd never have worked with you. are you going to bark all day, little doggie? or are you going to bite? what was that? i'm sorry, i didn't catch it. would you repeat it? are you going to bark all day, or are you going to bite? i got involved in helping quentin with the casting, which an actor of my experience should do for a young director, a first-time director. so i read with a lot of people and all that. and then i wanted quentin to see all the actors he could to make the best choices he could. there wasn't money in the budget to finance a trip to new york to see new york actors, so i financed that. to me, if it was good acting and it was a clever dialogue and good writing or whatever, it would have been a failure, if it hadn't worked as far as the film going to a projector. (screeching tires) (gunfire) (quentin tarantino) it's cool because i get to be both actor and director. actually, i don't like most movies directed by actors. there's no cinema in

this is "lockup: san quentin, extended stay." san quentin state prison served as the reception center for 17 counties in the state of california. each week, the prison releases 150 prisoners. and welcomes 350 new inmates. san quentin was built to hold about 3,000 people. it currently houses more than 5,000. >> unfortunate for some of them, they think this is a step up. in the circles they travel in, unfortunately, it is. you know, i made it. i'm in state prison now. >> with repeat offenders clogging up the works, the officers struggle to keep the inmates under control. >> control, be advised we have an alarm in south block. >> i can only speculate and the only thing i can think of is we have a missing inmate. that's probably the number one thing. >> step on the tiers and conduct a count, submit it to patrol immediately. >> hernandez. i don't know where he is. >> his name is skanvinsky hymes. my prison number is e-04448. i've had this prison number since i was 18 years old. i just turned 37 on february 15th. i'll be discharged fro

i worked at san quentin at a period in my early years, and san quentin was a source of pride. people loved working here. they were proud to work here. but over a period of the last few years, san quentin had developed a very unsavory reputation in the department. we need to focus on behavior. quit wasting your time trying to validate somebody as a this or a that and focus on what they're doing. if there's something that i can do that can help the people regain the sense of self-esteem that i had in my younger days, i would really want to do that. we all know what gang behavior is. they don't have a right to do that. and you have every -- you have a responsibility, not a right, a responsibility to challenge him and say you're not doing that. not here. not on my watch. not in my unit. not on my yard. okay. thank you. we have to keep in mind, this is a small city. the inmates are the population of the small city, and correctional officers are the police force for that small city. >> a specialized group of officers is responsible for monitoring gang activity. this is the investiga

. >>> a woman trapped alone with a san quentin inmates. tonight we've learned that the prison has a safety problem. >>> in and taking. >>> can best as the night after night is a crime that in just the last year has become an epidemic. thieves snatching smart phones out of people's hands often is a violent robbery crazily who was then covering this problem for months says they're finding good news. >>> it is rampant across the country. >>> the telesis river cats shot on the black market is big business and one of the fastest- growing crimes now as these could be stopped in their digital tracks of the new database for resonance brands of phones and reported stolen they did not share their information now at&t and two mobile have also agreed to join in that ice to creates one central database. the idea is to shut down the black market by blocking service to still in cells. to be able to have the carrier's work together on something or anything whether is this or any other matter is significant in this country. >>> can't agree say it could be

. >> among the nation's most notorious institutions, san quentin state prison. our cameras spent months documenting life on the inside. where gangs, drugs and sheer boredom make up a violent mix. this is "lockup san quentin: extended stay." >>> probably next to an inmate's release date, visits are the most important things in their lives. keeping in touch with their loved ones. >> i don't like coming here but i have to so i can see him. >> for some, visits are rare moments of intimacy. and for others, a business transaction. >> a lot of drugs come in through the visiting room. a lot of drugs. >> you don't want to be here, man. the hustler -- with the money in one hand. two hands. like we said. money in one hand, it came out the other. >> make sure someone else does it, it will be different. >> i know. i know. >> everybody hates prison. society hates prison. it's part of life. i've got to accept the things i put myself in. i can't try to be rebellious and hate the people that lock these doors on me every day. that's part of their job. they're making money. you kn

at san quentin, we met one young inmate who compared it to a once popular tv show. >> it's just likehat little show "cheers" where everybody know your name. [ bleep ]. you see all your friends, you know what i mean? you feel like, well, i'm cool here. these are my boys, you know, what i mean? this is my home. >> but most inmates hold a much different opinion. >> prisons are hate factories. they can't produce anything but hate. all you have is hate, loneliness, greed, and just misery. >> when we met gerald mccullough at the river bend national security institution near nashville, tennessee, he was halfway through a 12-year sentence on a sexual offense charge. >> there's no way out. there's just nothing to do. this is just a total waste of someone's life. >> despite his pessimism, mccullough had found a productive outlet to express his pain. ♪ they say it's raining in denver ♪ ♪ that it's really kind of cold but i'm just pulling time in nashville ♪ ♪ how am i supposed to know ♪ >> in a prison in nashville the home of country music, we decided it would be great if we could find a countr

. >> this is california's san quentin state prison, one of the first prisons ever profiled on "lockup." >> for a photographer, san quentin was a really interesting place to shoot because it's the old-style tiers and the big exercise yard and there's a lot of corners and shadows and things to attract your lens. so it was just as a photographer, it was really an interesting place to shoot. it can be a very dangerous place because it's got incredibly dangerous or infamous history as a dangerous place. >> on our first day of shooting here, we got a stark introduction to the constant security threats posed by gang warfare. >> we're basically getting ready to feed the level four, which are the maximum security inmates. tonight we're expecting some type of problems possibly. so we have extra coverage tonight to provide security. >> let's go. >> the correctional staff received a tip that a gang-related attack might occur at dinner. >> hispanic inmates, the gang members specifically, are doing what is called cleaning house. anyone that does not want to participate in their gang activity, if th

you were a former warden of san quentin. i wonder if you could share with us your experience at having actually conducted executions? you saw the word from mississippi said that this had a personal effect on him and i wonder if you can address the issue that comes up with the victim's family often get satisfaction of some kind -- some relief because of the person that they understand has committed the crime and they are finally put to death. can you remark on this? >> let me say, i agree with everything that they have talked about. i cannot really speak for the families of the victims, only what i have observed to the execution process. this has an impact on everyone who is involved, including the staff. and of course the inmates' families. and the people who show up to watch this. and the whole show of people who are there for this. you cannot walk away from this without having been impacted. i want to talk about the war and has said, that these executions have been 7-10 years after the crime and we're not executing the sam

. >> if i could add on to what you just stated, i worked at san quentin for 27 years, and i feel like i grew up with a lot of the inmates that were there, just coming out of college, so i saw a lot of them change, including inmates who had been on death row prior to the supreme court overturning capital punishment. many of them were off of death row and sentenced to seven to life, and some of those individuals were paroled and have done very well out in society. i remember one who worked with the catholic church and worked through the restorative justice program to meet with surviving family members. it was actually televised. that is how much that individual changed. then he went on to have a very successful career and retired on a golf course in florida, as a matter of fact. they were debating the death penalty at the country club one day, and he said in two weeks, he would bring its former death row inmate. two weeks later, he walked in the room. he said that he immediately changed the minds of those arguing for the death penalty. that is just one powerful case, but there are many

and the staff here call me birdman of san quentin. >> the first day i got here at san quentin. seemed to have flocked to me for some reason. and i don't know they probably think i am the bird man of alcatraz. maybe i'm mistaken because he had a shaved head too. >> miller was serving an eight year sentence for burglary when he proudly showed us his cell. a virtual shrine to his winged friends. >> ever since i have been here the birds come up to me like they know me. you know i got them landing on my shoulders and my hands. and you know different kinds of birds. not just pigeons. but i got, you know different kind of black birds. finch and the red wing landing on me. i think -- the birds is a good way of -- of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn't want me around them. and so -- now i'm in here. i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically that's about the only friends that i got. i can't trust anybody else.

. >> at california's san quentin state prison, we saw how sophisticated some inmate weaponry can be. this homemade pistol is known as a zip gun. >> this portion is filled with groundup matchups. >> the two holes here, the inmate inserts a wick, inmate takes a plunger, pokes shrapnel in the open end. pieces of metal, groundup zippers. when the target walks by the cell, may it be an officer, inmate, the inmate lights this. when it goes down, strikes the match heads, basically acts like a firecracker and shoots the shrapnel out. >> the majority of inmate-manufactured weapons or shanks, designed for slashing and stabbing. the ease with which leathal weapons are made is shocking. this san quentin inmate who goes by the name speedy, agreed to show correctional staff and "lockup" cameras just how simple it can be. he starts by using a roll of toilet paper as a crude forge to melt plastic coffee cup lids. >> i'm making a weapon right now. melting this plastic down into a shape. what i'm dying i'm trying to get a little wad of it to where i have something to work with, you know what i mean? r

we met christopher carrillo inside a heavily graded cell at san quentin. >> you give respect, you getpect. a lot of people say these guys don't treat us right. at times they don't, but it's hard when you've got a lot of people in here. can't be happy too much in prison. it's not disney land. >> but another inmate at another california prison had a harsher view of the cos. >> i hate cops. they're diabolical. they're petty. they present to the public that they're law and order, this and that but in here they'll stab you in the back. they write false write-ups. they got a hidden agenda. they want to keep us locked up in here so they make money. you know, this is a prison industrial complex. it's all about money. >> there is one place, however, where trust is put to the ultimate test. it's the prison kitchen. >> everything back here could be made into a potential weapon. those sheet pans are very thin and they're sharp on the edges. it only takes one of these guys to pick one of those up and they could almost cut my head off. >> we met officer epperson at the kern valley state prison in c

deputies found 27-year-old quentin van stephanie, jr. with a wows-- gunshot wound. >>> anne arundel police are trying to find a man who exposed himself to two women at quiet waters park yesterday. the women told officers they were on a trail in the park pushing a baby stroller when a man on a bic passed -- bike passed them a couple of times. the next thing they know he was running up behind them with his pants down grabbing himself. the place is called quiet waters but the park does in the live up to its name. >> beggars, talking to themselves. ranting and raving. >> of a the man exposed himself the women said they ran away. police are asking anyone with information or a similar experience this call crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >>> private first class bradley manning back in court today, the intelligence analyst charged with sending reams of documents to wikileaks. >>> well, you use it to kill germs, right, but some teenagers have another dangerous use for hand sanitizer. health experts are saying teens are using the hand sanitizer

he is also the son of quentin cop. >>> the medesto teacher that quit his job to live with an 18- year-old student is without his passport. james hooker appeared in court for sexual assault charges involving a different teenager. the allege victim came forward after seeing him flaunting his relationship with josh dab powers. they ordered hooker to turn over his passport. >>> a choir director has been arrested accused of spying on female students while on a field trip. the alleged incident happened while he was working with the choir from san jose. he has been suspended from the chorus. >>> occupy oakland protestors are vowing to carry on their message. >> it's the three weeks i was living in a broke down car. >> there were plenty there marking a milestone. it was six weeks ago when they began but stay away owners -- however occupy ier -- occupiers say they remain as committed as necessary. >> it's things like the housing that have been foreclosed on. that is able to resinate in different places. >> on may 1st occupiers plan a nation-wide prop test dubbed may day. they will try to close dow

we also have a former warden at san quentin who surprised the last three executions, and she is now the head of death penalty focus which is an anti-death penalty group. we have somebody, though, who really symbolizes everything that's wrong with the death penalty. in 1983 he was arrested and within 120 days was convicted in two trials which resulted in the death penalty. he was sentenced to angola in louisiana, death row, where they were executing people left and right. he spent 14 years. he had nearly half a dozen execution dates. and yet he survived and he's here today. and actually -- i know you are on the third panel. come on up. come on up. this is james "j.t." thompson. he came all the way from louisiana to be here today. [applause] one question, how did you survive? >> god. god. god. death row is a place that brings out the truest human being in you. it makes you realize you can't take nothing for granted. you need to love every moment of each day and praise and thank god for each moment you have out here. for the system to do what it did to me -- i was the only child from my mo

. >> this protest was outside of san quentin in 1992. >> ♪ give peace a chance >> harris was the firstsoner executed in california in 25 years and it was my first time covering california's decades- old struggle with the death penalty. since his execution, 12 other condemned inmates have gone to the death chamber. now anti death penalty advocates, including the former warden of san quentin that oversaw for executions, backing in november ballot initiative. it would replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> it is very difficult to carry out an execution. particularly at the end of every execution some would say to me " did we make the society safer because what we did tonight? and we knew the answer was no. >> they also point to the cost of housing the 700 death row inmates, anti death penalty advocates say that across the state $90,000 more per year to keep an inmate on death row than it does to keep them for life. it is a cost that both sides agree only go up with a lengthy appeals process. but at national victims' rights average in sacramento

released details of the kidnapping conviction only saying that anderson spent three years in san quentin after being convicted in the early 1990. searchers with dogs combed through this boardinghouse on north 13th street where anderson reportedly stayed while working for this luggage retrieval service in santa clara. anderson stopped here yesterday and it was then that mitzy sanchez made her daring escape. >> she saw me, i saw her. she waved me down and i came right here. she came running to the truck saying help me, i've been kidnapped. >> reporter: kyle tafoya says he just happened to be driving by as mitzy grabbed a key and freed herself from the leg chain that police say bound her to anderson's car. >> she was pretty frightened when she jumped in my truck. she really thought that guy was going to try to come and kill her. >> reporter: one of tafoya's coworkers was talking to him. and he was spooked. >> yesterday he asked me for a garbage bag. >> he didn't say what the bag was for? >> no he didn't say anything about the garbage bag. >> reporter: what are you saying now? >> now i'm thi

is he not at san quentin anymore. he is at a different facility.n as i have done time and time again. all you have got to do is check them out and see they are empty wind bags. he may have mesmerized the knive kids that came under his sway in 1969, but, you know, i'm a street guy and i can tell a rap and rhetoric and i saw right through him. he is the fascination with manson and these murders, i figured it out. why is it that kids even today are buying these t-shirts that they are still fascinated with him? it's because he didn't do it himself but he got these kids to do it for him and to reduce themselves -- >> juan: is he a sick -- >> right. on jawb the thing of it is with charlie man son now he is alleging is there any way you want to go back and talk to him? >> you know, i don't have much to say. why had an epic conversation. it lasted half a day. >> juan: forget it. now you talk about staring evil down, you're going back to afghanistan. everybody in this building wants to know why are you going back for the 12th time? why are you putting yours

the hispanics is our main gang here at san quentin. and it's because they're better organized. the white guys over here on the parallel bars and on the picnic table. over in the corner you see where the asians are sitting. >> you can't just walk and sit down at their table. i had to explain that. i almost got a confrontation with that two or three times because when i saw a table, i sat down. it's not like that. you got to ask for permission to sit down there. >> even such a minor misstep can be taken as a sign of disrespect. and that can lead to widespread violence. though correctional staff is constantly on the lookout for weapons, it's well-known that many on this yard are armed for battle. and none more so than the northern hispanics. >> they have a minister of defense. and his thing is he's to have ten weapons ready at any time down here on this yard. their weapons are all hid over there. and in the morning we'll come over and we'll search that area and try to find their weapons. but they're getting better and better at the way they hide their weapons. you see this one guy

richmond sandra fell bridge, a lovely camera here showing you westbound 580 traffic heading to san quentin. commuting to marin, looks great, southdown 101, still in the green beans bees are over 40 m.p.h.. according to the color-coded guide. pep the bottom of your screen. like i said, it is pretty quiet, not a whole lot going on to disrupt the morning commute so far and if you have an early morning flight at sfo, 101 and 280 are both looking good through the san bruno area. that is traffic, back to you guys. >> 6:20 a.m., a new investigation shows the energy department was in such a rush to approve a federal loan to solyndra that a financial experts just one day, 24 hours, to review the entire deal. in a report released yesterday the experts have expressed concerns about half a billion dollar government loan. the fremont based solar panel company filed for bankruptcy last fall. their failure is now the focal point for the republican criticism of the president's green energy agenda. presidential candidate ron paul continues his california swing. he is in the bay area today. the texas congre

is he not at san quentin anymore. he is at a different facility.u stare evil in the face juan as i have done time and time again. all you have got to do is check them out and see they are empty wind bags. he may have mesmerized the knive kids that came under his sway in 1969, but, you know, i'm a street guy and i can tell a rap and rhetoric and i saw right through him. he is the fascination with manson and these murders, i figured it out. why is it that kids even today are buying these t-shirts that they are still fascinated with him? it's because he didn't do it himself but he got these kids to do it for him and to reduce themselves -- >> juan: is he a sick -- >> right. on jawb the thing of it is with charlie man son now he is alleging is there any way you want to go back and talk to him? >> you know, i don't have much to say. why had an epic conversation. it lasted half a day. >> juan: forget it. now you talk about staring evil down, you're going back to afghanistan. everybody in this building wants to know why are you going back for the 12th tim

i think sometimes, it's harder for lawyers to get into san quentin than it is for clients to get out. it took hours to pass the two metal detectors before i was stuck in a six-by-six-foot wall covered with plexiglas. the death row visitor's area is a stone's throw from a little green chamber which the state of california has its execution. they pass the time going about the monday and the business about incarcerated while their lawyers try to prolong their lives. ok. we're going to recall her. let's start off with talking about "to kill a mockingbird." and what that book meant. you wrote an article about it, john. as a law professor it was something you focused on as part of legal education. how did you choose that and why? wow. i just want to say, it was wonderful seeing the actor portraying atticus finch. as i watched that i thought to myself, and i want to know what tony thinks about this, i thought there is no chance that tom robinson is going to get off. you know, that was such an ineffective appeal. now, is it a wonderful speech? it's a wonderful speech. is it beautiful? it's be

in those days, when they left everybody out of san quentin, they would bring a bus ride to 16th and mission. i do not know if that practice is still going on. i would not be surprised. >> sometimes i think so. [laughter] >> they have no place to go. if it would bring it right down to 16th and mission and cut them loose. it generated the prominent -- problems in the neighborhood. how does the venue compared to the other places in the neighborhood in terms of management? >> we have some similar challenges with some of the other local places. we have the valencia corridor right now and that is a hotbed of activity. mostly positive stuff. we see a lot of the bars in the area having the same problems with fights and that sort of thing. skylark is a little bit different. they tend to draw more of a crowd. maybe because the occupancy is set at 49. it tends to get a crowd in the front. i am not sure if that is what it is. i am not sure if it is the dj that is drawing a certain type of crowd. ultimately, whatever it is, it is a component of having better security to solve the problem. i believe stev

, light precipitation hitting the ground around the center fell richmond bridge and also near san quentin. this is very minimal minimal, meager rain. increasing cloud cover over the coast. currently we are at 59 in oakland. this is the future cast and even though we have a very thin veil of clouds, we need to keep the chance of light rain showers in the forecast. this is associated with a cold front that is moving through. even though will be sunny tomorrow, a slight chance of a wayward shower. this is the cold front and we're just on the tail end of the system. it has some colder air mass and you will feel the difference beginning tonight all the way through tomorrow. 39 degrees overnight in santa rosa and livermore. tomorrows daytime highs with mostly sunny skies and an occasional cloud, fifties and low 60s. 61 degrees in antioch. 54-62 degrees, the extended forecast calls for a cool weather pattern for friday and it just in time for the holiday on sunday we have high pressure builds in which will bump up the temperature's beginning on sunday all the way through next tuesday. >> here is