miller is at san quentin for commercial burglary.t roughly eight months left to serve. >> i think the birds is a good way 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 i've got are birds. you know, i can't trust anybody else. >> this is the mental health unit at san quentin's infirmary. the inmates who are housed here generally don't have the survival skills needed in prison. susan downs, a prison psychiatrist for more than four years, comes here every day to see her patients. a pretty volatile group. she always maintains a safe distance from them, even with a solid steel door between them. >> i have to wear a vest because there was one psychiatrist, they tried to kill her. they grabbed her when she got near the cell port and tried to stab something into her. okay. so just going to be -- just want to check in, see how you're doing

i first came to san quentin when i was 60 years old.our 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. >> you got a problem. >> i have a huge problem. >> come on. what the [ bleep ]. how many types i got to serve the ball. >> why is everybody looking at us, man. find you some business. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪

>> 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." >> in america's prisons, violence is a way of life. san quentin, the oldest prison in california, has one of the longest histories of violence. >> there's fistfights going on, guys getting beat up pretty good. >> whether it's an inmate fresh off the street -- >> i refuse to be disrespected by anybody. >> a gang dropout in protective custody. >> a gang fight a couple of days ago. >> officer deed is 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 san quentin, we saw our fair share. ♪ i pray to god i don't die for the wrong people ♪ >> administrative segregation, otherwise known as ad seg, is a unit mainly reserved for the worst of the worst offenders at san quentin. >> it's a place they need to be, they need to be separ

i worked at san quentin at a period in my early years, and san quentin was a source of pride.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 investigative ser

(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

it captures a lot of the character of san quentin.at this as being very ugly. it's like looking at somebody and saying this ain't the most beautiful person, but this person has character. to me if you got character, that creates a beauty. i am painting what i see and what i go through and my past. there is beauty in things you may not really see. whatever makes you feel better. whether you are in prison or out of prison, you still have to make do with life. you have to find something to fill up whatever void you have. >> in another part of san quentin, joe practices his art. his choice of location just outside death row is no accident. ♪ ♪ >> the spot has special significance for him. he is serving 25 years to life under california's three strikes law. >> i almost killed somebody in a burglary in 1985. if they would have died, i may have been up there. that's pretty heavy right there. ♪ >> why do you write such sad songs? >> i don't know. it's -- i don't know actually. i don't have an answer for that. they feel good to write though. t

not have to pay to the victims restitution fund like other inmates make up the former warden of san quentin state prison comes out in favor of a ballot initiative to abolish the death penalty here in california. we will speak with jeanne woodford. stealing a pair of pants, shoplifting, breaking into a soup kitchen, all crimes that resulted in sentences of 25 years to life. a november 6, californians will vote on rewriting the state's controversial three strikes law. >> california is the only state of all the states an hour -- 20 other states that have a three strikes law, were taken during a sentence of 25 to live, to be a violent or non violent offense. >> we was it with a retired california judge ladoris cordell and michael romano, director of the three strikes project at stanford law school. then the killing of valeria "munique" tachiquin. why did u.s. border patrol agents killed a u.s. citizen, mother of five here in the nine states several miles north of the mexican border. >> state-sponsored terrorism and what is happening at the u.s.- mexican border. we are not allowed to leave our c

i just capture a lot of the character of san quentin.ople might look at this as being very ugly. it's like looking at somebody and saying, this ain't the most beautiful person, but this person got character. and to me, if you got character, that creates a beauty in its own. i'm painting what i see, what i go through, where i pass. there's beauty in things that you might not really see. whatever makes you feel better, you have to know how to use that as a tool. whether you're in prison or out of prison, you still got to make due with life. you have to do something to fill up whatever void you have. >>> in another part of san quentin, joe askey practices his art. and his choice of location just outside death row is no accident. ♪ there's a woman fighting tears back on the table ♪ ♪ doctor's just removed his gloves ♪ ♪ she couldn't bear to have a baby being single ♪ ♪ she couldn't bear to give it up ♪ >> the spot has special significance for askey, who is serving 25 years to life, under california's three strikes law. >> i almost killed som

some of the most prominents were in san quentin the klan never again reached the height it did in the 1920s in oakland. >> during his days at da warren was also part of the fight against bootleggers. part of the story, the man did not know about his father until decades later. bob mackenzie brought us this report in the 1990s. >> reporter: mamola did pretty well for himself. something has bothered ed mamola all his life. he and his brother never knew anything about their father expect that he had died when they were babies. their mother managed to support the boys by working two jobs but she would never talk about her husband. >> she wouldn't talk nothing about what he was doing or nothing. she was just scared. she was scared the mafia was going to come get her and us kids. >> reporter: finally this year, mamola got a call from sergeant jim nelson of the alameda county sheriff's department. nelson had ran across this story of joseph momola a policeman killed on the job in 1827. and a few weeks ago, nelson and the mamolas went to alam rock cemetery and walked to the grave of joseph mam

. >> we met phillip in san quentin prison in california. and he really stood out as this young kid in a very hardcore old-school prison. his life was at a pretty precarious point, but he also remained sort of optimistic. >> from the second i got in trouble to this moment in time, i know god put me in this cell for a reason. whatever it is, i don't know at this time. maybe it was just to give me time to realize what i was doing. or who knows? maybe there's something inside this time that i'm going to do that's going to put me into perspective and make he realize stuff. i don't know. but i'm in here for a reason other for than the crime that i did, that god has a plan for me. i'll be all right. i'm going to make it. >> you're moving my head that way. >> i'm not moving it, you're moving it. >> i said i want a nice little haircut and he gives me a bald head. >> kirkpatrick rejected the lessons he had learned from his biological family at a very young age. that's when all his problems began. >> my mom gave me the best advice that she could. ever

san quentin state prison is on medical lockdown this morning. officials say at least two inmates have come down with chicken pox since an outbreak started last friday. only employees are being allowed to enter and leave san quentin. the center for disease control says chicken pox easily spreads from infected people. >>> 4:51. coming up, now that the world series is done, it's time for the giants to get down and have some real fun. we'll show you what happened when hunter pence stopped by to hang out with conen. >>> a live look at the bay bridge. the sheen on the roadway. a new accident reported in this area. details coming up. >>> good morning to you. now the games are done, the fun has begun. >> hunter pence landing back in the area for the parade. last night, check it out, he was on conan. he talked about that hit. host conan o'brien more than determined to get to the bottom of the story. >> i didn't feel it when i hit the ball. you don't feel it. it's happening really fast obviously. i take a swing as hard as i can. just feels like i broke my

we go inside of san quentin, we go inside of the county jail, the juvenile justice system. all entities -- the whole family is incarcerated. we want to kill the whole family. that is why we go when -- we want to heal the whole family. that is why we go in. we believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. restored of justice does work. -- restorative justice does work. [applause] >> elizabeth, you have been on both sides. as a teenager, you were a recipient of services. today, you are working in youth development. what do you think the answer is in reducing gang violence? >> i want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. all of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. a lot of energy to the healing circle as well. as a juvenile, i was in juvenile hall and i went through that whole system myself. i have worked with tattoo removal, i went to other development programs. through personal experience and being raised by a single mom and being proud of my dad imprisoned and now pursuing my education,

when we go inside the walls of san quentin, it is not just black inmates. it is hispanic, pacific islanders, white, native americans, it is everybody. when they leave that room, they go back to their communities that are segregated. they, too, do not like it. it is a barrier that has to be torn down. i know it works. being in there for the last four years, we make it a point that everybody mixes up, even the seating. you do not just sit with a black person or a white person. it is about all of us, or none of us, and that is the bottom line. it has to be that mentality. >> it is a way to control the prisoners. it takes the pressure off the guards and everybody else. they say we want to stop violence, but you promote a violence by segregating. when an individual comes, the first in the asking, where are you from? what is your nationality? that is how to divide and conquer. that is the way the united states is made up. that is how you work. north and south vietnam, for instance. they divide people so that the pressure will not be on them. that is how i see the

what's at stake as you said we're at san quentin 700 lives at stake over this proposition and if youion 34 you are voting to apolish the death penalty. that would essentially follow the footsteps of 17 other states including new york and illinois abolishing the death penalty. it has housed some of the most famous criminal faces, charles manston had two stints at san quentin prison, richard allen davis currently on death row for the murder. polly klaas and scott peterson awaits his execution for the death of

here at san quentin prison. for these inmates it's three strikes and they're in for life. what you're seeing is a weekly group therapy program run by convicts called hope for three strikers. >> after my military stent i started using cocaine and it was all bad after that. >> reporter: these are just a few dozen of the 8,000 california inmates serving life sentences under three strikes a law approved by voters in 1994, but proposition 36 on this november's ballot would modify three strikes. it would require the third strike to be not just for any felony but for a violent or serious crime. if the measure passes some 3,000 three strikers could be released if the judge agrees. one of the odds of mcsween. his strikes one and two are for burglary, the third petty theft. >> i've learned, i want to live my life and i don't want to live it here. i think i have too much to offer to society out there. >> reporter: michael romano is the coauthor of proposition 36. >> there's too many people that are clogging our prisons. >> we want somebody with a small drug possession arrest to go to

from san quentin state problem. east block. first tier cell 115 on death row. could the bizarre rant of serial killer hold the key to a boy disappearance almost 30 years ago. >> he was very sweet. very shy around other people. >>reporter: after ann collins 10-year-old son kevin vanished. bay area responded in a big way. posters went up. volunteers went door to door. police scoured local parks and shot public service announcement reenacting what happened using older brother as stand in. kevin left cy o basketball practice in the haight and waited for a bus at oak. last place ever seen. >> take each day at a time. some days are a little easier than others. some days are real hard. >>reporter: the days turn into week and month but kevin family continued to push. man ago 24 hour hotline out of their home. and pleading with the kidnapper directly on abc 7. >> kevin loves his family. we love him. please let him come home. >>reporter: when newsweek magazine put kevin on the cover the tips poured in. they all led nowhere. but san francisco police either missed or chose

i work at san quentin prison. they segregate inmates based on color and gangs. why do prisons not work on educating inmates on social relations

from san quentin state problem. east block. first tier cell 115 on death row. could the bizarre rant of serial killer hold the key to a boy disappearance almost 30 years ago. >> he was very sweet. very shy around other people. >>reporter: after ann collins 10-year-old son kevin vanished. bay area responded in a big way. posters went up. volunteers went door to door. police scoured local parks and shot public service announcement reenacting what happened using older brother as stand in. kevin left cy o basketball practice in the haight and waited for a bus at oak. last place ever seen. >> take each day at a time. some days are a little easier than others. some days are real hard. >>reporter: the days turn into week and month but kevin family continued to push. man ago 24 hour hotline out of their home. and pleading with the kidnapper directly on abc 7. >> kevin loves his family. we love him. please let him come home. >>reporter: when newsweek magazine put kevin on the cover the tips poured in. they all led nowhere. but san francisco police either missed or chose

and quentin. . to the first base with cured parker cannot handle that.wo-one = it detroit tigers. that is all the would need. alex. the solo shot. parker began the season with a five-rookie starting team. three-one = detroit. with just one and some great help from his defense. josh. and some territory. justin was just off today he strikes out brandon moss. and josh looking and then it josh donaldson also looking. seven-one. and he struck out with just 11. we will go to the top of the eight with a runner on first and detroit. he is trying to tie it up but it just gets the warning. and if the tigers close he clothes for -- spitting to the left, and is bidding to the right. close you clothe >> he certainly got better as the game when there will hopefully we can get one in oakland. but that is going to be a bit rocky. >> the game two. with perhaps nine and a half hours a way to watch the oakland a's. that is it for sports. >> thank you. >> some nice weather for this first weekend. with temperatures in the 50s. we have seen the sun. it does look like a case f

from san quentin state problem. east block. first tier cell 115 on death row.arre rant ofhold therial kilr hold the key to a boy disappearance almost 30 years ago. >> he was very sweet. very shy around other people. >>reporter: after ann collins 10-year-old son kevin vanished. bay area responded in a big way. posters went up. volunteers went door to door. police scoured local parks and shot public service announcement reenacting what happened using older brother as stand in. kevin left cy o basketball practice in the haight and waited for a bus at oak. last place ever seen. >> take each day at a time. some days are a little easier than others. some days are real hard. >>reporter: the days turn into week and month but kevin family continued to push. man ago 24 hour hotline out of their home. and pleading with the kidnapper directly on abc 7. >> kevin loves his family. we love him. please let him come home. >>reporter: when newsweek magazine put kevin on the tips pouer the tips poured in. they all led nowhere. but san francisco police either missed or chose to ig

who will likely die at san quentin. and it just makes no sense. >> reporter: she believes that the constant trials and appeals hurt victims' families for a longer period of time. >> some of them asked for the death penalty and came to realize the years of appeal and reading about the offender over and over again in the newspaper was a burden to them. >> reporter: opponents of prop 34 who want to keep the death penalty say it's not about money. it's about safety. >> does it cost more for the death penalty? is it near as much? no. should it cost more than other cases in the criminal justice system? of course. it's the highest punishment. is it talk about when we talk about serial killers, cop killers, baby killers. we'll never know if it's a deterrent but it's a deterrent when sentence is imposed without pay doubt. >> reporter: in the latest field poll conducted in conjunction with uc-berkeley it shows among likely voters about 42% vote yes. that means that would get rid of the death penalty. 45% said no to proposition 34

something that is so grotesque that you can't mention it. >> during his 14 years on the job, san quentin officer jones has never had a worse experience than being gassed. >> i would rather be punched, rather be kicked, rather be stabbed than to be gassed like i was back in '92. >> we have never heard a more extreme account of gassing as the one described by kentucky state penitentiary inmate, fleece johnson. >> i asked everybody on the wall to [ bleep ] in a bucket. send it down to me. and i would take, two, three, light bulbs, put it in some toilet paper, step on it, break it in some little fragments, so when i throw it on them, they wipe it, it will cut into them and get in their blood. and i was standing there with a big old bucket of it and throw it in their face. they would just go nuts. and so the corrections finally made a law that made it a felony. and then that's when i stopped. >>> coming up on "lockup: raw." the most violent confrontations behind bars. cell extractions. >> they tell you to back up to the door. if you back up you're a bitch. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announc

that is enough to fill san quentin six times over by moving nonviolent, nonserious offenders to the county level, when who struggled with drugs and addiction. local governments are trying to break a cycle that kept state and local facilities crowded for years. >> some problems with sam brock and that story regarding -- sorry for that. we have a problem -- we'll get back to sam brock with that story. we have technical stories. >>> new information reveals that cell phone smuggling is a big problem in california's prisons. the report showed that some phones come from guards and other prison workers. 20 workers have been fired for that offense. one female prison work accused of bearing a inmate's child quit rather than undergo a test. others were caught sending nude photos or love letters on the phones. while romance is a motivating factor, the real motivator is cash. prisoners pay up to $1,000 for each phone. inmates use phones to rung street gangs and other organized crime. 4,000 bucks for a strip club using public funds. leaders of the port of oakland are on the the hot seem. maritime opera

new tonight: san quentin state prison is on medical lockdown, because of a chickenpox outbreak. at least 2 inmates have gotten sick. a spokesman says the prison has been locked down since last friday. only employees are allowed to enr and leave. (new1) just 15 minutes ago, we lead that the guy who used the gs celebration to smash up a mi bus is under arrest. and yon thank people disgusted by hs actions and plastered his mg all over facebook. c-b-s 5 reporter liz cook on the val who went viral. liz: the giants won the world series.. and a guy in a gias cap did this: 48:20 jason villaverde its just kind ofd kind of ruined the moment fr us. jason villaverde could't believe that a guy who supposedly is a giants fan d take what looks like a barre putting the finishing touchn tomorrow's parade. and countless likes and comments later. >> there's a mob mentality of saying let's go get this guy. >> reporter: jason and his family hope this kind of violence. tomo greggly tyler is facing two felony charges and earlier today the da said he is showing no mercy when it comes to prosecuting the

. >>> new tonight san quentin state prison is on medical lockdown because of a chickenpox outbreak.rison has been locked down since last friday. only employees are allowed to enter and leave. >> just 15 minutes ago we learned that the genius who used the giants celebration to smash up a bus is under arrest. you can thank people disgusted by his actions and plastering his mug all over facebook. liz cook on the vandal who went viral. >> reporter: he's 22 years old from san francisco. police say he is the guy in the center of the now infamous picture that shows the ugly side of the giants celebration on sunday. police say a facebook campaign may have helped lead to his arrest. the giants won the world series and a guy in a giants cap did this. >> it's bad. marred a great moment for us. >> reporter: jason couldn't believe a guy who supposedly is a giants fan would use what looks to be a barricade to smash a bus. >> i saw a few friends posting that picture. >> it's pretty out there. it's pretty viral. >> reporter: the original picture was taken by the san francisco chronicle. owner of th

was the spot or actually 16th and mission was the spot where they brought the buses over from san quentin. i don't know if they still do that and let everybody out on the street and had the highest crime rate in the city and the fact that people are coming into that community and developing it as a business and seeing the people here that are investing in that area, i think it's something that as a commission, while we respect the concerns of the neighbors and don't want people -- i mean, the fact that they did something wrong, if they were cited, they should have paid the fine and if they somehow avoided that. like our prior license, with the people opening their restaurant late. we can't unring the bell. i think as glendon said, they have complied and removed the speakers. they are containing it inside and they know they have to end the 10:00. and we're going to be hero here as a commission that if you have problems with non-compliance, we're here to respond to those and test for noise or whatever. so we don't expect everybody to suffer in silence. everybody should be and to enjoy their

and quentin berry grounds softly to the right side. parker can't make the play.scores. tigers take the lead 2-1. justin verlander turned out to be okay. strikes out josh reddick and donaldson. verlander had 11 strikeouts. the tigers win 3-1. they go a game up on the a's. >> they got guys that can produce. so i mean, obviously you don't want the two super stars to end up with the headlines of 1-0 game. sometime it happens. >> we lost and it stinks. we'll be back. good maybe, i don't know if there is anything good about a noon game. if there is, it is coming off the loss. >> take it one game at a time. let it go. get some rest and come back out here and focus on doug fister. >> all right. before we get out of here, we have a couple of scores from the college ranks. arizona 58-54. and cal ripped ucla 43-17. back to you. i know you're happy that the cal bears won. >> that was a big win for the bears today. absolutely. right now we want to check in with meteorologist rob, i'm a little nervous. we're about how good traffic was today. we have street fares, the 49ers gam

. >> over 700 inmates are on death row in san quentin but soon there could they could now be transitionednto life without parole. this measure would give local law enforcement agencies $100 million over four years to fan investigate murders & rape. >> the fascinating thing about this is that california would do not do it enough for people to do that we are in executions state. like, florida. or texas.. >> california has only executed 13 people since 1978. pro death-penalty was strong in california at uc berkeley scientist max says that times have changed. and so have attitudes. >> there is no question that the case before the public has been made people are aware of the district attorney inspired reversals. with fewer than we are one to wind up executing an innocent person one of these days. and if that has not happened already we cannot know for sure. i think those things make the public ambivalent. >> also the costs associated with the death penalty and the appeals process has raised concerns for california. and the legislative analyst's office they think about shutting this down could

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inmates at san quentin prison on a lockdown because at least two interminutes have -- have problems. the last time there was a medical lockdown in san quentin in march of last year. >>> the death of an inmate at the contra costa county jail some being investigated this morning. sheriff deputies say they tased an inmate after they tried to -- and he tried to fight him and then he was placed in a safety cell and examined by medical saf. he -- staff. he was found unresponsive two hours later. we don't know the inmate's name. deputies say he was brought into the jail by police from pin nome. a.m. sheriff's department is still searching for a 19-year-old. this is isaac bower. he suffers from schizophrenia and depression and he doesn't have toys medication. >>> it is 8:07. we want to neck with in this with sal. >> i'm sure it's getting ready. is -- ready and pretty -- it's getting busy on the ol. >> yes. this is market street new reform -- -- this is the market street. you can see all of these people are down here. we'll be all over the place. we have reporters in arlot the -- in a lot of

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