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 "lock up: san quentin-extended stay." >> they treat us like animals in here. >> don't let me catch you up in here. this ain't no regular penitentiary. it's the hole, man. >> basically, it's the same thing every day, you know? you sit in your cell. sleep in your cell. >> strip out right now. >> get down! >> yeah. >> as long as i keep busy, then i'll be all right. but the second i'm at a standstill, i don't know what to do and i'm looking for something to do, i'm going to get myself in a wreck. i'm going to get in trouble. >> pacing back and forth, two or three hours at a time. everyone here is like animals. back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. nothing happens. so it's like one day goes into another. and the next thing you know, weeks go by, months go by, years go by. >> a new day begins at san quentin. >> good morning, gentlemen. >> how are you doing?

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

. >> our first ever extended stay series was shot at california's fabled san quentin prison.er 3,000 inmates. it was home to more than 5,000. when we shot there, robert ayers was san quentin's warden. >> we are grossly overcrowded, which is just totally unacceptable for the inmates, and the staff. >> been here before? >> no. >> all right, come over here and stand on the fence right there. >> the incoming population at san quentin was relentless, with staff releasing 150 inmates each week, but welcoming in 350 new ones. >> let's go, gentlemen. let's go, let's go, let's go. clear the door. >> many of them wound up in the gym, which had been converted into a huge, overflow housing unit. >> when i first walked in to the dorm at san quentin, i was taken aback by how many people were packed into this small area. it was very loud. ♪ >> james, report to the office upstairs. >> there's always people talking, people yelling. some people in there were trying to read and some people in there were trying to sleep. so you'll have a big group of people having a conversation over here while

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. >> 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

i just capture a lot of the character of san quentin.k 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 somebody during a

. >> 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

>> 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 >> 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. >> 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 know what i mean? and i've got to respect that, but yeah, i hate prison. i hate the cards i was dealt but i dealt them myself. so i've got to accept it and

which at san quentin is also referred to as the sensitive needs yard. or sny. >> it's supposed to be gang free. but, a lot of these guys go into sny not because they want to. a lot of these guys still want to be gangsters. >> many of these inmates come to sny because they have violated gang rules and now need protection from gang retaliation. >> the easiest way to describe it is that even though you walked away from the gang, it doesn't change your gang mental state because what happens is that you've already been trained by the gang. so it's easy, again, to re-establish yourself. >> so a lot of them they go in sny, they see older inmates, weaker inmates, and they band together again whether as a formal gang. we have dropout gangs. or even just a group of four or five, you know, bigger guys that just want to pressure other guys out of anything, out of money, out of clothing, out of food, out of anything they can get out of them. >> lieutenant munoz must now determine whether de la cruz is a victim of a gang or an active gang member himself. perhaps one

>> joseph de la cruz is a gang dropout, serving nine years for attempted murder at california's san quentin state prison. and when we first met him, authorities had just discovered that he had been assaulted inside his protective custody cell. >> this morning you did come out of your cell. we did a sweep to find out how many people stayed behind, and you were discovered with injuries. and here's the medical report. >> despite obvious injuries, de la cruz refused to give correctional staff any information about the attack. >> they're trying to find out what happened. i won't tell them what happened. >> any specific individuals you know are your enemies? >> no, sir. >> how about any prison weapons offenses? >> no, sir. >> do you belong to a gang? >> no, i don't. >> i mean outside of what you're being accused of, being a victim, are you involved in any other batteries in your history? >> no. >> due to this evidence, you're deemed a threat to the safety and security of the institution, to staff, and inmates. >> escort! >> without good information about what prompted the attack and whether this

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. >> in 1987, the "today" show went to san quentin state prison and interviewed the infamous charles manson. he was unshackled and unapologetic. >> you know, if i wanted to kill somebody, i'd take this book and beat you to death with it. and i wouldn't feel a thing. >> the interview sparked controversy within nbc. >> we here on the "today" show staff debated among ourselves whether to air his answers. half of our staff said, absolutely not. >> in the end just seven minutes aired on the "today" show. now 20 years later, former fbi profiler candace delong examines the entire interview. >> he certainly has his issues mentally and psychiatrically. but he is not seriously, seriously mentally ill. >> making sense of the mind of manson. >> friday night in los angeles, a movie actress and four of her friends were murdered and the circumstances were lurid. >> the news out of los angeles, august 10th, 1969, was shocking. five people had been brutally murdered. among the dead, roman polanski's wife, sharon tate. she was eight months pregnant. >> she'd been stabbed. repeated stab wounds. one of

san quentin state prison.de where gangs, drugs, and sheer boredom make up a violent mix. this is "lock up: san quentin-extended stay."

this is "lockup: san quentin -- extended stay."

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he also did hard time at san quentin prison. this is wayne huntsman most recent mug shot from el drd 0county after his arrest yesterday. and this was wayne hunts map as 19-year-old convicted criminal time for assault with deadly weapon and grand theft. >> this is somebody who is a career criminal. >> police and sheriff's department saying they are all too familiar with the 37-year-old. in fact this is a mug shot taken just last year of huntsman smiling in the photo. here's a brief history. in 1996 huntsman arrested for stealing a car. 2001 arrested for battery. and in january he was busted for resisting arrest. >> unfortunate and it's frustrating especially for that community up in the sierra that this is an individual who has been arrested a number of times and now he's out. committing these crimes. and now has been involved in this fire. >>reporter: el dorado county da charged huntsman with starting the kings fire today. >> superior court june here in el dorado county signed an arrest warrant for this person and set bail at 10

he also did hard time at san quentin prison. this is wayne huntsman most recent mug shot from el drd 0county after his arrest yesterday. and this was wayne hunts map as 19-year-old convicted criminal time for assault with deadly weapon and grand theft. >> this is somebody who is a career criminal. >> police and sheriff's department saying they are all too familiar with the 37-year-old. in fact this is a mug shot taken just last year of huntsman smiling in the photo. here's a brief history. in 1996 huntsman arrested for stealing a car. 2001 arrested for battery. and in january he was busted for resisting arrest. >> unfortunate and it's frustrating especially for that community up in the sierra that this is an individual who has been arrested a number of times and now he's out. committing these crimes. and now has been involved in this fire. >>reporter: el dorado county da charged huntsman with starting the kings fire today. >> superior court june here in el dorado county signed an arrest warrant for this person and set bail at 10

. >> for the team's part edwards says the 49ers even take players to san quentin to drive home how fine a line they walk >>> a customer's worst nightmare. one man trapped inside of a store is forced to dial 911. how a dispatcher and an officer react to the phone call. >> drivers beware. police officers could soon have a new way to crackdown on texting while driving. we'll show you how that new device works. ,,,,,,,, it makes me happy to go on the computer. i like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over 1.4 million low-income people at home. internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. it helped my grades move higher. today it's the largest broadband adoption program in america. it helped me a lot. comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. trapped inside a store. and. >>> san francisco police got a call from a man who said he was trapped inside a store and no, he wasn't robbing it. kpix 5's john ramos with the dispatch call that had police laughing. >> reporter: when employees closed up the majestic gallery at san fran

he also did hard time at san quentin prison. this is wayne huntsman most recent mug shot from el drd 0county after his arrest yesterday. and this was wayne hunts map as 19-year-old convicted criminal time for assault with deadly weapon and grand theft. >> this is somebody who is a career criminal. >> police and sheriff's department saying they are all too familiar with the 37-year-old. in fact this is a mug shot taken just last year of huntsman smiling in the photo. here's a brief history. in 1996 huntsman arrested for stealing a car. 2001 arrested for battery. and in january he was busted for resisting arrest. >> unfortunate and it's frustrating especially for that community up in the sierra that this is an individual who has been arrested a number of times and now he's out. committing these crimes. and now has been involved in this fire. >>reporter: el dorado county da charged huntsman with starting the kings fire today. >> superior court june here in el dorado county signed an arrest warrant for this person and set bail at 10

he did time in san quentin for assault and grand theft. he was arrested in milk 96 for stealing a car. in 2001 for battery and then resisting arrest in january. his sister say he moved here to work for a construction company last year and believes the arrest is a huge mistake. >> it is unfortunate. it is frustrating. for the community in the sierra. this is an individual who has been arrested a number of times and now he is out committing the crimes and now has been involved in this fire. >> high brother would never intentionally to harm the forest, wilderness, housing. >>> the criminal complaint filed said he is charged with physical any arrest -- with physical any -- with felony arson and held open $10 million bail. >>> evacuation orders are still in affect for part of weed california, with a thousand homes threatened and 150 homes have been destroyed. there was a break yesterday from the rain and this morning the fire is 479 acres and 85 percent contained. there was a $10,000 reward for information leading to the cause of the fire. we w

. >> in 1987, the "today" show went to san quentin state prison and interviewed the infamous charlesgetic. >> you know, if i wanted to kill somebody, i'd take this book and beat you to death with it. and i wouldn't feel a thing. >> the interview sparked controversy within nbc. >> we here on the "today" show staff debated among ourselves whether to air his answers. half of our staff said, absolutely not. >> in the end just seven minutes aired on the "today" show. now 20 years later, former fbi profiler can d

he even spent time in san quentin state prison.nd in this case, it's not just simple arson charges he is facing. he faces a special allegation of arson with aggravating factors for putting firefighters in danger which should put him away for a much longer time if convicted. anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> 49ers ray mcdonald was arrested for allegedly abusing his fiancee last month. now we're learning police were called out to his home back in may. the san jose police report does not mention any names but it says there was an argument between an engaged couple and that's when the woman grabbed a handgun and held it at her side. when the man threatened to call 911, the woman fled. experts say this incident works in mcdonald's favor. the 49ers have allowed him to play pending the outcome of the investigation. >>> san jose police trying to find out who shot out a window at a fire station in the city's edenvale area. it happened yesterday. someone used a pellet or bb gun. the fire station didn't have surveillance cameras so investigators are

he even spent time at san quentin state prison. newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> victims of the wildfire that burned more than 100 homes in siskiyou county this week are now having to deal with scammers. people pretending to be reps from insurance companies are targeting homeowners in the town of weed. scammers are also offering to rebuild homes for cash but they are not licensed contractors. >> we have received multiple leads. we have a number of law enforcement and fire investigators working on the investigation. it's still ongoing. >> there is also mass looting in the area while evacuees were stuck out of their homes. meanwhile, a woman who lost her house in the fire in weed has reason to celebrate. her wedding dress was saved. that is thanks to her fiance. as fire raged through the neighborhood he got the dress and ring from the house. >> reporter: how many brownie points does he get? >> every one he could ever have. >> reporter: he could probably use to get out of a lot of things? >> yeah. i grabbed her wedding dress now! [

. >> in 1987, the "today" show went to san quentin state prison and interviewed the infamous charlesnd unapologetic. >> you know, if i wanted to kill somebody, i'd take this book and beat you to death with it. and i wouldn't feel a thing. >> the interview sparked controversy within nbc. >> we here on the "today" show staff debated among ourselves whether to air his answers. half of our staff said, absolutely not.