>> 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 separa

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

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 committees wit

. >>> 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

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

>> is all i can say just look into my heart, sir. >> reporter: at san quentin state prison, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new law signed by governor jerry brown may reduce life sentences for hundreds of other inmates. the bill written by leland yee will look at inmates that were arrested as a teenager. more than 300 inmates are currently eligible for that reduction. >>> another first for california with the state set to become the first to ban therapy that tries to turn gay or lesbian teens straight. the governor announced today it has signed senate bill 1172. it is slated to go into effect january 1st. those who opposed the bill said they intend to seek a temporary injunction against the law. >>> starting tomorrow in san francisco, you will need to bring your own bag or an extra dime or two to the store. the city's check out bag ordnance goes into effect monday. stores must give up plastic and offer paper or compostable bags instead. customers will have to pay 10- cents per bag and if they forget to bring their own. restaurants and bakeries are exempt from the law until next

. >> san quentin state prison sits on the edge of san francisco bay. shroud in a mystique that is fed by the fortress-like architecture and an infamous history dating back to 1852. >> the first time i walked into san quentin, it looked like a place where time forgot. it was like an old movie. the walls were crumbling and it was dark and depressing and the cells were stacked on each other one by one, packed with people and had the most creepy feeling you could imagine. >> while san quentin produces images that are haunting to some, there others who find inspiration beneath the facade. >> the most interesting part about this that i see is the weeds growing up out of the cracks. i always find that interesting because you got life that always seems to push up. >> when are we met ronnie goodman, he was in the seventh year of a 10-year sentence for burglary. >> i started drawing when i was 6 or 7 years old. my cousin, he drew a picture of bat man and i was like what is that? it was like a magic trick. he started teaching me how to draw and after that i just

san quentin. >> some people 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. >>> san quentin state prison the edge of san francisco bay. surrounded by city but shrouded in a mystique that's fed by its fortress-like architecture and an infamous history, dating back to 1852. >> the first time i walked into san quentin it looked like a place time forgot. it was like a prison you see in one of these old movies. the walls were crumbling. it was very dark. very depressing. the cells were stacked on each other, one by one, packed with people. it had the most creepy feel you could possibly imagine. >> while san quentin produces images that are haunting to some, there are others who find inspiration beneath its facade. >> the most interesting part about this that i see is the weeds that's growing up out of the cracks. and it's, you know -- i always find that interesting because you got life that always seems to push up. >> when we met ronny goodman he was in the seventh year of a ten-year sentence for burglary. >> i started drawing when i was 6 or 7 years old. my cousin, he drew a picture of batma

. ♪ >>> california's 150-year-old san quentin state prison has been the site of much history, includinghe first ever prison performance by johnny cash. >> we actually found out that johnny cash had played at san quentin ten years prior to his more famous folsom concert. so our producer asked us to find inmate musicians, and i could hear eric phillips playing all the way down this noisy tier. >> here in san quentin phillips's guitar has grown to be his best friend. >> i really wanted to play the guitar, so i picked one up, like back in the late '80s, i bought one and just started getting my practice on and playing. you know? and just picked up from there. that became my main thing, my main passion. >> but pursuing that passion is complicated by the fact that overcrowding in san quentin has forced two men to live in cells originally designed for one. that means musicians don't always get to choose their accompaniment. but no distraction can keep phillips from his guitar. >> it provides for me a comfort in a sense that it takes me away from all this. and you know, it's like it transcends m

. >> eventually transferred to san quentin state prison, the man who is arguably california's most violent inmate completed his sentence and was released in 2007. >> you have people locked up in this, this type of environment and then you release them to the street. what do you expect? >> back up -- ha-ha. >>> next on "lockup: raw." >> they'll come across their enemy, slice them across the neck. >> the ingenious weapons inmates use to attack. and the lengths officers will go to in combating them. >>> every day in america's prisons correctional officers are searching for them. >> a lot of these weapons were confiscated on the yards. >> in prison slang they're known as shanks. they're the deadly weapons inmates create from behind bars, with an ingenuity that almost defies imagination. >> what they'll do is get a disposable razor, put both blades, one on each side of the toothbrush. they come across their enemy. and slice them across the neck. because the two blades are so wide apart, it just filets the individual wide open. >> inmates will do almost anything to hide the weapons they spend so

. >> 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." >> they treat us like animals in here. >> don't let me catch you up in here. >> hit me this time. this is a 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. >> california's oldest and most notori

>> 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." as the oldest prison in california, san quentin is steeped in a violent history. >> out in the yard. take a hole. >> taking in and distributing inmates from 17 counties, its criminal population changes almost every day. >> just keeping this place functional is an enormous effort. >> the prison uses a set of regulations and procedures to maintain order. but inmates often operate under a different code of conduct. >> the inmates have what they call prison politics here and the gangs control all of that. they have literally written rules and regulations and the repercussions for not following those rules are serious. >> anyone that's active, they are going to hit me if they see me. they are going to kill me, try to slice me. >> sir, sir, sir, back up, back up, back up. watch where you're walking. there's blood. careful, there'

the state has cut some 24,000 prisoners moving them as you said from the state facility out to local facilities. that would be enough to fill san quentin six times over by moving those nonviolent, nonserious, nonsexual offenders to the county level many of whom suffered with drugs and addiction. they're trying to break a cycle that kept state and local facilities crowded for years. it's a mug shot most bay area residents are all too familiar with by now. in additi nadya locklear whose chemical dependency played out in a public way this fall. >> to have a more functional life. >> meanwhile inside the re-entry center in county facilities all across the state of california. inmates who once battled addiction problems are dealing with their issues privately and can collectively. >> who did we hurt? >> through programs that predated re-alignment but are a focal point of the policy to manage. >> in the re-entry corrections program they're getting life skill training, finishing out the ged, dealing with anger management. >> the captain says these evidence-based programs bolstered by re-alignment money from sacramento will cut down on the repe

. >> it's clear that san quentin, california's oldest prison, is decrepit and in serious need of an overhaul. after years of debate, statelion dollar renovation of the death row facility. the plan has numerous critics who argue the expensive renovation is only a temporary solution and that the new facility would be at capacity within a year of opening. but with an appeals process that averages 20 years and about 30 inmates added yearly to a death row that was originally built for just 68, overcrowding co

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 currently on death row for the murder. polly klaas and scott peterson awaits his execution for the death of

prisoners would be taken off death row and sentenced to life without parole. former san quentin warden says, getting rid of the death penalty would save the state $130 million per year. >> during my time there almost 100 died of natural causes or suicide. almost 100 others had their sentences overturned after years of appeals. when you think about it, we're spending this money on a handful of individuals who are right over there at san quentin 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 ne