rikers island is different.land you could run around the hallways, do whatever, basically. >> been here about two and a half months. i'm awaiting extradition to new jersey. i got paroled in new jersey. basically, that's it. i was on the run for four and a half years from new jersey and finally got caught. >> this is phillip santiago's fourth time at rikers. he was convicted for credit card fraud and has been on board for two and a half months awaiting extradition to new jersey. >> oh, i need to be outside. i ain't been outside the last month and a half. oh! hell, yeah. >> how's it feel? >> it feels the best, it feel good. it feels very good. a beautiful feeling to come outside, especially when you're incarcerated. all the air you get is to go to court and that's it. you get on the bus. besides that, you get to look out the window. and that's it. >> everybody, place your i.d. cards on your outermost garments. put them up on your chest, please, gentlemen. keep the noise down. we're going to take it inside. we're g

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county, miami-dade and new york's rikers island. we represent a real cross-section of life across the country. and each one has its own unique set of challenges. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> got to be on point. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> can't let your guards down for nobody. >> it's not a place to be. >> this is as close to a living hell as i think i ever want to come. >> step back behind the red line. >> everyone, bend over and touch your toes. >> if you like this type of thing, then this is the place for you. >> i have nothing now. i want to kill myself. i can't take it. >> for the uninitiated or in this case the unincarcerated, there is sometimes confusion between prison and jail. prison is only for convicted felons. jails also house convicts. but only those awaiting transfer to prison or serving short-term sentences usually less than a year. >> listen up for your name. >> but most jail detainees have pending court cases and have been denied or are unable to make bail. >> put your stomach on the wall. stomach on

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 i stabbed him with it three or four times, until he was dead. 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. just has to have a point. put your hand on it, do what you need to do. >> "lockup" crews are regularly exposed to the tools of a deadly trade. >> in every prison we film in, there's always a shank museum, a place where the authorities display all the weapons that are confiscated by staff. ♪ homemade weapons the inmates have made from bed springs or melted down plastic. i mean, they're truly ingenious. but they're deadly, as well. >> at california's san quentin state prison, we

young ex-offenders find jobs, cooked up by jordan lexon while teaching high school at new york's rikers island, a city jail. >> 70% of the young people i worked with, 16, 17 and 18-year-old young men, were recycling back into the system. >> reporter: it's a nationwide problem. two out of every three released prisoners are re-arrested within three years. >> or have a grilled cheese. >> reporter: warrant waterman knows the challenges. >> i know nothing in life is easy. >> reporter: he spent 13 years behind bars. >> i know what it's like to be young and having felony convictions on my record and trying to find a job and having countless doors close. >> reporter: but waterman didn't give up. in jail and after he took courses and earned a business degree. he owns a catering company and now mentors the team of 12. >> i think i'm contributing to make them look at things from a different perspective. when you put your mind to something, no matter what it is you can push through, you can persevere, you can succeed. >> reporter: the snow day team spends eight months learning the business, marketi

a lot of them make deals like evidently happened at rikers with gangs because the officers in the wardens get judged on the basis of whether they maintain order or not and not on the basis of whether it's working. and then we let them out after this is over. [applause] and what happened's? the social net is less than it once was which i think is okay but if you want to prison in the 1950s you couldn't get a job when you got out as a bank teller by u.k. get a job doing a lot of other things. technology, insurance companies and social mores have changed so that you can't get a job to dig a ditch in many places if you have gotten a record. so we let hunters of thousands of people off and how are they going to live? they only know one thing and then we are surprised and 60% of them go back within two years because they not just fall back into the life and the friendships that they have but they discover they can't move on. one of the great challenges and we talked a lot about who do you send to prison for what reasons and for how long? those are legitimate questions but the new questions are

. >> rikers island opening transgender inmates. the new ward will hold 30 beds.it is similar to units for young adults and inmates with special needs. they separate transgenders from the general population giving special access to medical and mental healthcare. >> it is the scandal that rocked one of the most celebrated marching bands. >> after four months of investigating the task force says they need to take more responsibility for matching bands following reports of alcohol abuse and sexualharassm. among recommendation for improving the band culture rewriting policies and mandatory training for new leaders. the school fired the director jonathan waters last summer in the wake of the controversy. >> they keep the words under god in pledge of allegiance in the school district. they say it discriminates against atheists. samantha jones disagrees. >> it sums up the values. they don't come from the government but from a higher power. >> they hear the argument today. they were trying to get that case thrown out. >> he is the pope that just keeps on giving. pope fran

commander riker here, sir. number one, the situation is under control. aye, sir.s a vast memory capacity. how well i know. you will not be extinguished. we will save this program, and hopefully, in time, when we know enough, bring you back in a form which could leave the holodeck. then perhaps we'll meet again, madam. it could be a while. time won't pass for you, but i may be an old woman. but i'll still fill you with crumpets, madam. i detest long good-byes. you have the arch. as you wish, a short good-bye. computer, save the program of the character moriarty, and then...discontinue. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com picard: captain's log, stardate 42402.7. we're traveling in the omega sagitta system, traversing between the twin planets that form the coalition of madena. both worlds are populated by a humanoid race which colonized the planets two centuries ago and which now coexist under a precarious but successful treaty. unidentified vessel approaching. data: sensor readings show it to be a small class-9 vessel, probably an interplanetary cargo ship. one li

. >> after serving seven months inside rikers island prison, his stalker was back at it again violatingwing up outside the star's manhattan apartment. she was not arrested. >> she's an aspiring canadian actress and has been accused of harassing him since they went out to dinner four years ago. neither baldwin nor his wife have made any public comments. >>> time now for celebrity birthdays. let's see who is celebrating their big day. >> the only nba player to ever average a triple-double. hall of famer oscar robinson, 76. colin hanks, 27. his dad tom. >> katherine heigl is 36. >> and haley dunphy from "modern family," sarah hyland, turns 24. >>> coming up, a prank with heart. a viral video that won't make you feel guilty to watch. >> the unsuspecting mom about to have an incredible thanksgiving, coming up next. and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard earned money. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity the

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 plastic. they're truly ingenious but deadly as well. >> at california's san quentin state prison, we saw how s

at rikers island jail, a bakery churns out nearly 90,000 loaves

of a homeless veteran who died after being left unattended for hours in a sweltering jail cell at rikersisland. jerome murdough died in february after temperatures in his cell topped 100 degrees. he had been arrested a week earlier for trying to sleep in a stairwell at a public housing project, where he had sought shelter from the cold. he had been unable to pay $2,500 bail for his release. former cia analyst ray mcgovern is recovering from what he described as a brutal arrest by new york city police after he tried to attend a speech by former cia director and retired army general david petraeus. mcgovern says he had a ticket to the event late last week but was told by security at the 92nd street y that he was "not welcome." he told rt he already suffering from an injured shoulder and police caused him to scream in pain as they tried to force his wrist behind his back. mcgovern was held overnight in a jail cell and did not get to ask petraeus the question he had planned. >> you advertise a q&a at the did, then you risk having somebody ask real questions. and that is what i intended to do

of a homeless veteran who died after being left unattended for hours in a sweltering jail cell at rikersisland. jerome murdough died in february after temperatures in his cell topped 100 degrees. he had been arrested a week earlier for trying to sleep in a stairwell at a public housing project, where he had sought shelter from the cold. he had been unable to pay $2,500 bail for his release. former cia analyst ray mcgovern is recovering from what he described as a brutal arrest by new york city police after he tried to attend a speech by former cia director and retired army general david petraeus. mcgovern says he had a ticket to the event late last week but was told by security at the 92nd street y that he was "not welcome." he told rt he already suffering from an injured shoulder and police caused him to scream in pain as they tried to force his wrist behind his back. mcgovern was held overnight in a jail cell and did not get to ask petraeus the question he had planned. >> you advertise a q&a at the did, then you risk having somebody ask real questions. and that is what i intended to do

s facility at rikers island. at that same hearing i testified that the mayor and the administration are in support of the legislation as it currently stands. we have to go through final negotiations but sincerely believe it's on the margins and hopefully very soon we will have a bill that will be passed by the city council and will be signed by mayor and that will virtually eliminate compliance with i.c.e. detainers. >> what we did, one of the big things that we decided not to comply with was with the federal law that would require our local law enforcement to collaborate with federal agents and that was a bill that we did called secured communities. the discussion nationally of trying to detain these bad guys wasn't translating in california. what was happening is you would get somebody selling you palettas on the corner somehow get arrested for not having a permit to be able to sell on the street. next thing you know they're being deported, tearing families apart. we saw that time and time again. we saw people

. >> there are probably less than a handful of people in rikers island or the cook county jail simply there for the possession or use of marijuana. arrests, yes. lots of them. but they're made in conjunction with other criminal investigations. with traffic cops -- >> that's not true. >> well, you're saying that. >> thank you very much. thanks, bernie. thanks, neil. thanks, peter. appreciate all of you joining me this evening. we'll continue this conversation. we have got much more to come on america's marijuana obsession. as you can see, it gets pretty heated. our dr. drew pinsky says marijuana is addictive and can be a lot more dangerous than you think. he is here with me tonight. plus a former cheerleader accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy. do we see abuse differently if women are the perpetrators? and also the nfl and the n word. who decides what you can and cannot say? i lost my sight in afghanistan, but it doesn't hold me back. i go through periods where it's hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. non-24 is a circadian rhythm disorder that affects up to

he will not be with the murderers at rikers. >> man well-known diego served time at this -- man well-knownisrved time institution. >> guessing will not be serving en, back on the scene. >> his company has been doing things to show the world anything is on the up and up, and they have been plotting a comeback. he on a $100 million jet .ommittee sculpture his returns have been good, though he is only managing his own and his employers money. >> he is only managing his own money. poor steve. >> he is talking about an advisory council. that would perhaps lend it some credibility. >> that is what fascinated me most -- the notion that he could possibly manage money for the advisers that he recruits. , they this one more time agreement prohibits him from managing money for outside investors, but there is a loophole, potentially, where he could create an advisory board and then manage money for those people because they are part of the family. would he want to? why not leave well enough alone? how about manager a billion dollars -- ot toybe that is the carr get a big name on the advisory board. >>

>> from behind bars on riker's island. >> did you get on top of your son and force feed him the pills

ice has been operating a trailer on rikers island, our local jail for many years now somewhat mysteriously, nobody even at the department of corrections knows how that happened so that's troubling. the local law would also remove isis facility at reichers island and at that same hearing i also testified saying that the mayor and the administration are in support of the legislation as it currently stands we still have to go through some final negotiations but i believe it's on the margins and we will have a bill passed by the city council a that would e eliminate new york city's compliance with ice detainers. >> so what we did -- one of the big things we decided not to comply with was with the federal law that would require our local law enforcement to collaborate with federal agents and that was a bill that we did called secure communities, ensuring that what was happening -- the discussion nationally of trying to detain these bad guys wasn't translating in california. what was happening is you would get somebody who was selling you sandwiches on the corner then now now get arrested for no