we're heading into the security housing unit, also known as the shu.is is where the most violent offenders as well as the known prison gang leaders are locked up. >>these doors will never remain open. because the other three doors, here the sections, they open right now they're getting prepared to walk into the tiers. they got the face shields, the gloves. they're going to do a security check. >>why do they have to put the shield and the gloves on? >>from protection from the gassing assaults. these inmates that are located in this area, they will do stab assaults, they will throw feces, throw urine. so it's for their protection. they have their stab-proof vests on. they put the gloves on and the face shield. >>what sorts of things do the inmates do when you guys are in there? >>well, they can spit at us. make weapons out of newspaper. roll them up and then they can stab us through as we open the food ports. shoot it through there. they can make bow and arrow out of it. they're creative. i would say that anything you can think of, they can make in here.

they're known as security housing units or the shu. is located at pelican bay. >> many of them are in here indeterminately. they'll never leave shu until a committee decides they are not a part of a gang anymore. >> this officer works at the shu. he told us a simple lapse on his part could result in gang warfare. >> if i were to pop two doors at the same time and they were, the mexican-american from los angeles and a mexican-american from sacramento, the odds are very, very good they would immediately commence to fight because that is expected of them in prison. that's the rules of the game. if word got out that they had an opportunity and didn't go after someone, they would have some explaining to do. that's just life in prison. >> they are restricted to their cell for 23 1/2 hours a day. they only get a half hour outside in their little hard yard right next to their cells and then they're right back into their cells. >> despite the restrictive conditions in the shu, gang members still find ways to make weapons, sometimes carving them

it stands for secured housing unit.worst of the worst. >> mostly assaults, intimidation, threatening, whether it be on staff or on inmates that land them in here. these are not the good guys. >> when we visited the shu at indiana's wabash valley correctional facility, the staff made it clear. absolute control is the top priority. >> your quietest day in the shu can be the worst day in the shu in about two seconds. some of the challenges we face are the threat of being gunned down, as we say in here, having feces or urine thrown on you, spit, blood, semen, anything you can think of has happened in this building. >> but for inmates in the shu, the monotony brings a horror of its own. they told us what it was like to spend 23 hours a day in a windowless concrete cell, sometimes for years at a time. >> it's like you're always trying to find a way to come up for air. this place suffocates you. you know what i'm saying? >> it's a tomb for me. you know? it's like a tomb. it's like a tomb, a concrete tomb. what if they would ha

and in one of those facilities we came upon a high security housing unit that was like nothing we hadencountered before. >> when you enter the estrella jail facility which is where the women are housed within the maricopa county jail system, the vast majority are incarcerated in dorm-like facilities with the exception of a very small number of prisoners who are housed in a maximum security unit. and a unit within that unit is the atom 100 pod. >> although the atom 100 pod had space for 32 inmates, it held only four of maricopa's most infamous. >> i remember being briefed prior to going into the atom 100 pod by one of the officers about an evacuation plan if something went awry in there. >> there will be two officers present and myself also. i will be there with my taser drawn. >> in all the rest of maricopa county, i had never been given a brief like that. this was the only time that we had had a contingency plan in case we were attacked by an inmate. >> basically we're going to keep the door to our back so if there's any problems the cameraman will have to fall back. the two continge

they are segregated in this high security housing unit called n-block. >> translator: this is a pavillionates. this is a jail inside a jail. >> narrator: n stands for the polish word for "dangerous." ours was the first television crew ever allowed inside. >> upon entering the facility, what i noted most was the fact i could not see any inmates. in american prisons, there is always some kind of window, even in the super maxes. they have these little peepholes they will look in before opening up, that struck me as highly unusual. >> as you opened the doors, there were bars, it was a two-tiered system i had not seen before. the security door and then the bars themselves. >>. >> narrator: the solid doors are to prevent inmates from communicating with one another. they rarely leave their cells and even their meals are brought to them. but we found that the cells different from most american high security cells in two ways. in american prisoner, cameras are placed in common areas. here they are actually inside each cell. likeweiss there is one area here that offers the kind of privacy that we w

. >> in certain high-security housing units lockup field teams are required to wear stab-proof vestswas definitely an uneasy feeling knowing i had to wear this to walk on to the unit an that the potential to be stabbed was higher here. it makes you more on your toes and more alert of your environment. >> we noticed that these vests at lock down while we're here we are going to change every one of them. >> if i'm required to wear a stab vest i make light of it. when i'm interacting with inmates, i joke around about how it adds ten pounds to me and the color doesn't go with my outfit. i make it a joke. >> and a sense of humor goes a long way in breaking the ice with many of the inmates featured on lockup. >>> coming up -- the one lockup crew member inmates love to rib. >> sometimes i'll hear people say stuff through their cell, hey fat boy. i have to look at myself, really? >> and later previously unseen clips from one of the more memorable inmates we ever met. chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at

. >> in certain high security housing units, "lockup" field teams are required by the prison to wearbefore intering. >> putting on the vest. >> the first time i put on a staff vest was in wabash valley. it was an uneasy feeling knowing i needed to wear this to walk onto the next unit that i was going to. that the potential to be stabbed was higher here. it definitely makes you a little more on your toes and a lot more alert of your environment. >> we notice that these vests had lockdown. while we're here going to slowly but surely change every logo. >> if i'm required to wear a stab vest i usually just make light of it. when i'm interacting with inmates i joke around how it adds ten pounds to me. how the color doesn't really go with my outfit. i just make it into a joke. >> and a sense of humor goes a long way in breaking the ice. with many of the inmates featured on "lockup." coming up, the one "lockup" crew member inmates love to rib. >> sometimes i'll hear people say stuff through their cell. hey fat boy. i got to look at myself, really? >> and later, previously unseen clips from

. >> wabash valley secured housing unit, or shu, holds the prison's most dangerous inmates. >> how did you come back to work after that? >> you have to. you absolutely have to. if you let something like that stop you, then they win. if some of them were out on the streets, i would pity anyone they came across. >> but some inmates feel the shu only fuels their violent tendencies. >> the shu is terrible. it is a terrible place. i wouldn't wish this place on my worst enemy. >> as a shu inmate, billy brown is confined to a solitary cell. >> 24 hours i sit in this cell. without communication, without contact from any other human besides officers. >> it's a windowless cell in a pod and he said this incredible thing. he says, do you know how long it's been since i've seen a tree? >> the last time i saw a tree? oh, it's been years. years. it's been years since i saw a tree. when was the last time i interacted with some people? years. >> but some of the staff here believe brown earned his shu term. serving a 40-year sentence for rape, brown landed in the shu when he assaulted an officer at anot

you can't be in the security housing unit or administrative segregation. can't be a reception center inmate. you can't be on noncontact status. you can't be a condemned inmate. you can't be life without parole. >> ron golden is serving a 22-year sentence for armed robbery and prison staff assaults. four years ago while at another prison, he married hope golden, a woman he'd known since he was a teenager. he's been at kern valley for just a few months. >> we were corresponding from '98 to 2001, and we became intimate with each other. she wanted to come see me. she knew me from the streets. it just blossomed into something beautiful. we fell in love with each other. >> good morning. >> do you have your i.d.? >> it's in there. >> this will be ron and hope's first family visit at kern valley and the first time they've seen each other in five months. >> the orange shirt can't go in because it's orange. >> okay. now i know, i won't do that. >> okay. and the rollers can't do in either. >> okay. >> i'll give you a bag to put all this stuff in. >> before we were ma

he has a past record of violence when he was in prison, he could be transferred to a higher security housing unitcotto, come on in. few formalities. what is the last state prison you were in? >> folsom state. >> what level? >> level three. >> while you were there, did you get any 115s, 128s, writeups there? >> no. >> what writeups did you get there? >> riots. >> i was in a riot at folsom. they had stingers on the yard, to warm up your coffee. i knew ahead of time it was going to happen. i filled my tumbler up with baby oil. when it popped up, the stingers heated up the baby oil, slung them on the blacks. faces peeled off, all pink underneath, burned them. >> what else? >> there is a lot of other mutual comments. >> where at? >> roscoe. >> roscoe also? would you say a lot of, what do you think, two, three, give me a number. >> six to seven. >> six to seven. okay. what else? >> that's about it. >> that's about it. okay. >> basically what is going to happen now is we'll flex you up to a level two inmate. you'll probably be down here until i can get you a house. you may need to spend the night here.

>> the prison compound consists of six different housing units. maximum security inmates live in one, three, and four. nicknamed the high side. it's here you will find riverbend's most dangerous inmates. >> the screaming never stops. it drives people crazy. i've seen a young man come to prison to maximum security, completely sane. three years later, he was screaming and cutting his self. >> ask me what being back here is like. it's like asking a cancer patient how it feels to die slowly. be dehumanized, belittled on a day-to-day basis. >> every day i walk through those gates i'm fearful. anyone in this business for quite a bit of time who tells you they have no fear is not being genuine. >> the corporal has been at riverbend for six years. he works in maximum security unit one. >> inmates here are basically lockdown 23 out of 24 hours. they come out one hour daily for rec. and they come out 15 minutes every other day for a shower. >> under such tight supervision, the relationship between officer and inmate can be violent. >> i've been in two riots and maybe four o

house 220. known inside the walls as the hole. >> shut up! [ bleep ] you. >> this is unit cell house 220, the disciplinary detention unit for long-term disciplinary detention inmates. this is your maximum security of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the disciplinary detention inmates that couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> the co's told us these inmates are among the most incorrigible of all inmates within the prison. and my observation was that they seemed to be lacking in the ability to restrain their impulsive behavior. >> i'm in here for cutting myself and stuff like that. getting a bunch of reports for flooding my cell and stuff like that. >> and some are in for more violent deeds. our female producer was warned to keep a safe distance from luis nieves. >> just don't get too close. >> i'm being accused of attempted murder to the staff. >> nieves is known at iowa state as the monster. he was appealing a murder conviction when we met him. >> were your victims or alleged victims mostly women or all women or what? >> i'm not allowed to say that. >> convicted of brutally killing a woman on the outside, he's in disc

being housed among the hundreds of inmates facing charges like murder, rape or gang activity, he has been assigned to live in the minimum security workers barracks, probably the most desirable housing unit on the entire jail. >> as you see a barracks type of setting, once day room is open they are free to go within this side of the barracks, when they play ping pong and cards, watch tv, read the newspaper. they have a little more freedom in that it's a big dorm-style of barracks. >> pick it up, if you don't want it. >> that is what i'm saying. >> for every six days that you work, you get another extra day of good time and an extra day of work time taken off of your sentence. so for every six days that you're in custody and working, it's like eight days as long as they behave. >> gonzales works in the laundry facility. >> i work all the clothes that everyone wears, i sort them and f fold them, take them off the truck, brand new, fresh, socks, pants, i get new clothe every day, never dirty, always new. that is what matters. my mom would be doing my laundry. >> gonzales says he has a good relationship with his mother. but she is about to fly in from minnesota for her first visit to the jai

house 220 or the hole. >> this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. we house the disciplinary detention inmates that couldn't be handled at another institution or couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> brian murray is serving a ten-year sentence for stealing cars. >> i'm in here for cutting myself, stuff like that. i was on razors, they put me on razor restriction. i would find stuff in here. staples, plastic from deodorants. i've been in here so long, it kind of releases stress. it lets me go to the infirmary for a while to get a new environment for a while. >> murray is also facing charges for writing threatening letters to judges and the president. he's what's known as a special needs inmate. >> this is a very harsh environment for them. because the other inmates will egg them on. they're very easily persuaded, that type of thing. >> officers find murray cutting himself again. >> you have to tell me why though. >> because of being in this cell. >> why are you here, brian? >> in the cell? >> y

. >> but blanco, serving times for crimes including attempted murder, was housed in the prison's highest security unit for a variety of serious offenses, including assaults on staff. >> okay. >> talk to me about what you've done, how you've acted out. >> by douching, which is throwing urine on them, and stabbing them, and that's basically it. >> as a result of his violence towards staff, the prison requires blanco to have a three-officer escort any time he is out of his cell. >> do you think it's valid? >> yes. >> why? >> because i still have my moments. >> we learned that some of blanco's anger stems from his dislike of the fundamental tenets of prison life. >> you all can't refuse me no more. that's what i'm entitled to, that's what i want. i mean, i don't like nobody telling me when it eat, use the restroom, and to sleep. i don't like nobody telling me what i can't handle, what can't have. >> dealing with him is definitely a challenge at times. there's no doubt. i have to be honest and say it is dangerous. >> we captured several of blanco's standoffs with staff, including this one with deputy warde

security apparatus. >> first, to the united states with the republican race for the white house is as wide open as ever>> rick santorum won caucuses in three states on tuesday, an unexpected victory. >> pundits had already begun talking about mitt romney as the front runner destined to become the nominee to take on president obama. well, not too fast. >> santorum says his win proves americans are craving a purer form of conservative this -- conservatism. >> rick santorum savoring his clean sweep of missouri, minnesota, and colorado. many had dismissed his campaign as a longshot, but the former senator insists his staunchly conservative views would make him the strongest republican candidate in november's presidential election. >> ladies and gentlemen, i do not stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. [applause] >> mitt romney, the presumed front-runner, finished third in minnesota. analysts say it is a sign of his weakness among conservative voters, but he was staying upbeat about his nomination chances. >> t

. >> as the final step in processing, inmates are given housing assignments ranging from general population to more secure units. >> open front. >> because the prison has a zero tolerance policy for rule infractions, any form of misconduct can send a prisoner to extended lockdown where inmates spend up to 23 hours a day confined in their cells. >> d1 cellblock is the maximum security area of the institution. this is where we house the worst of the worst inmates, inmates that can't get along with other inmates within the institution. >> ryan stinson convicted of nine counts of burglary and possession of stolen property is in extended lockdown for breaking one of the prison's cardinal rules. >> i'm in here for aggravated sex offense. copulation with another inmate. we was in a cell with each other and i did sexual favors for him. one night the sarge come down and caught us and locked us up. >> sexual activity in the institution is forbidden. those that get involved in homosexual relationships, it's very serious. i would say that would happen maybe once, twice a month where an officer actually has to cite somebody

security leaders will discuss threats against united states. the director of national intelligence and the f.b.i. and c.i.a. directors will even the before the house intelligence committee on national and international security threats. d.c. is the nation's fifth top terrorist hot spot. sparks could fly when attorney generic holer heads to the hill to attorney general eric holder . the documents on fast and furious. the panel's chair said holder will behold held in contempt if they are not turned over. >> the bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before they get to an abortion, the house is expected to pass the tpwhill the coming weeks. virginia's tebow bill is now a step closer to becoming law. a house panel approved the law yesterday. it would allow home schooled children to play varsity sports. tebow was home schooled in florida but was allowed to play football at a nearby high school. it is expected to pass. >> you know you're big time if you get a law named after you. just three days away from the super bowl. the nfl using social media now to help fans on game day. >> microsoft slams google's privacy policies. microsoft is running full p

those reforms included the removal of all privacy walls in the housing units and the removal of tvs and other electronic devices in securityct deputies. new state-of-the-art surveillance cameras have also been installed throughout the jail. there's been an increase in staff training, and supervisors are now required to be more directly involved in routine activities. >> i guess if there's a silver lining to this tragic homicide, it's the fact that the orange county sheriff's department and the orange county jail are better than they've ever been before, staffed by the highest qualified professionals who are dedicated to their profession. >> the changes have not gone unnoticed. even carlstrom admits that life in jail has improved. >> the respect level is unbelievable now. you can actually speak to the deputies now when you need help filling out applications or anything like that, which is good. >> still, carlstrom feels he has been unjustly charged in the murder. he has pled not guilty as the case slowly moves toward trial. only two months away from leaving jail when the attack occurred, carlstrom says the most devastating

house, having averaged 7% economic growth over the last decade. lifting 10s of millions its citizens out of poverty. india will be a leading security partner with the united states in the 21st century. and number kinds of interactions is staggering at it's depth. the people to people links are at the heart, along with the three million strong community. at the government to government level, our relations are firmly grounded in a set of shared democratic values and an increasingly shared vision of both the opportunities that can promote those values and the threats that can under mine them. if confirmed i'll be working with an agency team at the embas especially b especialmbassspeciallmbassy embassy, and among ourp -- our top priorities will be supporting our trade and investment. our bilater al goods and services trade will top over $100 billion in 2012, this represents a stunning quadrupling of trade since wo20. moving them to our 12th trading pard partner from the 25th. i will work to reduce barriers including a bilater al investment treaty and ebs pand ar -- and expand areas where we do business. i although ensure a level playing field for american co

secure a different time frame. the orders for the violation are mentioned in a couple of instances. chapter three of the san francisco housing code requires all apartment buildings three unitsr more be subject to periodic health and safety inspections. when the inspector could not get in, he found himself at the adjacent property. he saw the peeling paint on the subject building, there is a presumption of lead-based paint. he wrote that notice of violation, but we never had a chance to get in to see the whole building. there has been a conversation as of september of this year between the inspector and property owner, but we have not yet been able to get in and see that. while we were able to see parts of the south side, we were not able to see this location. it is not our policy to try to crash addition policies -- adjacent policies when we are doing a routine inspection, so that -- had the inspection occurred, we would have seen that he painted the building, given documentation to show us the fire escape at the front of the building was serviced, as far as maintenance. we have not been able to get inside, though, to see that this side has been done to see the garage and t

united states. out front tonight, peter king, chairman of the house committee on homeland security.d to talk to you, sir. i know that you have been briefed and obviously mr. clapper has briefed you on many of the details and you've been told there is no specific plot at this time. are you satisfied with the intelligence you've been getting? >> i am. because even though there is no specific plot, the intelligence community does believe that an attack could very well happen. right now a threat from iran, possible attack from iran, is the greatest threat we face and every threat is being tracked down. so while there is no specific threat, we're assuming -- we have to soom that one could occur. and i agree totally that we have to assume that hezbollah would be the proxy for iran and could well carry out the 59 tacattack. so i'm convinced everyone is working 24/7 on this. >> and has it changed? you're saying that iran is the greatest threat for a terror attack in the united states. whether they do it through hezbollah proxy or otherwise. has that changed, has the recent rhetoric and conv

house securities. also with us tony fratto from the united states as well. james, let's bring you in on this. ltro has undoubtedly been a game changer, it's made everybody believe that we're not going to get a collapse of the eurozone financial system. what do you want to know today from mr. draghi? presumably collateral -- if they're kept the same, are we going to get the same or bigger amounts at the next ltro at the end of the month? >> it's worth bearing in mind the ltro consists of winners and losers and what the banks have to do still and ltro one, two and 17 are not going to change this. they have to recapitalize themselves. they're too highly leveraged. that either means shredding assets or capital. what was happening is the u.s. dollar providing funders and also presumably all other private sector funders were pulling out so the ecb stepped in under very generous terms and providing funding for the banks so that's great news for the assets the ecb allows the banks to post as collateral. good news for securities of all types but it still means we might offer sharp credit contraction f

house to arm the opposition in syria and as our report. the middle east is already awash with five power made in the usa. at the united nations security council america holds one permanent seat but when it comes to weapons the world's largest arms exporter is often seen as sitting on two chairs they say there isn't an international embargo on arms preventing them from doing that that is a fact but that doesn't change the immorality of supplying a dictatorial regime that is killing its people in massive numbers every day and we are are deeply concerned about that as u.s. officials continue publicly scolding countries over relations with syria critics say the accusations are being thrown from a tremendous glasshouse the us is a hugely difficult in this regard because they've long been the largest arms dealer and most of those weapons that the us sold the story really more than four hundred billion dollars worth of since the one nine hundred sixty s. have gone to the middle east and you can't argue. seriously that it's made the region any more stable in the past few years nearly fifty percent of u.s. weapons exports have been flowing to

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involved because it is a matter of national security, so i just wait to work with anybody and everybody to get this passed through both houses in the united states senate. congress? >> thank you, senator rockefeller. there was great. german feinstein, welcome you contributed immensely particularly to the information sharing section of the bill and you bring all the expertise and intelligence so the senate committee on intelligence. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and senator collins, cementer landreneau. i look at this as finally the senate is coming together that we are settlement on one bill. this is the bill and it needs improving we will improve it but we have the focus now and with the focus we can hopefully move forward. i want to thank you for the hard work and for the hearings yet held and for all of the authors for consultation that you have placed out there to us. let me speak for a moment on behalf of what i do in the intelligence committee. we have examined cyber threats to our national and economic security and just last month that the worldwide threat hearing which is an open hearing, we heard fbi director bob miller tes

involved because it is a matter of national security, so i just wait to work with anybody and everybody to get this passed through both houses in the united states senate. congress? >> thank you, senator rockefeller. there was great. german feinstein, welcome you contributed immensely particularly to the information sharing section of the bill and you bring all the expertise and intelligence so the senate committee on intelligence. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and senator collins, cementer landreneau. i look at this as finally the senate is coming together that we are settlement on one bill. this is the bill and it needs improving we will improve it but we have the focus now and with the focus we can hopefully move forward. i want to thank you for the hard work and for the hearings yet held and for all of the authors for consultation that you have placed out there to us. let me speak for a moment on behalf of what i do in the intelligence committee. we have examined cyber threats to our national and economic security and just last month that the worldwide threat hearing which is an open hearing, we heard fbi director bob miller tes

security. and so i just wait to work with anybody and anybody to get this passed through both houses of the united. >> thanks very much, senator rockefeller. that was great. chairman feinstein, welcome and thank you again. you contributed immensely, particularly on the information-sharing section of the bill, and you bring all the expertise and intelligence from the senate committee on intelligence. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman, senator collins, senator landrieu. i look at this as quite a banner day. i look at it as finally the senate is coming together, that we are settling on one bill. this is the bill x if it needs improving, we'll improve it. >> right. >> but we have a focus thousand, and with a focus -- focus now, and with a focus we can hopefully move forward. i want to thank you for your hard work, for the dozen hearings you've held and for all the offers for consultation that you have placed out there to us. let me speak for a moment on behalf of what i do in the intelligence committee. we have examined cyber threats to our national and economic security, and just last m

united nations resolution earlier this month. >> two permanent members of the security council using their veto when people are being murdered, women, children, brave young men, houses are being destroyed. it is just dispicable. >> the killings are continuing in homs. >>> a movie about sarah palin is not even out yet but it's already being called unfair and inaccurate by her supporters. and controversy on the red carpet, what one actor says the academy didn't want him to wear and why officials have now apparently changed their minds. >> outside our doors a dramatic change taking place for your saturday. live look there, at the breeze blowing. we'll look at what you can expect for your area, coming up. >>> sarah palin is heading to hbo. >> tell you what to say, what to wear, how to talk. i am not your puppet! >> the move called game change takes an inside look at the 2008 mccain-palin campaign but just the release but the just released trailer is not sitting well with former palin aides and advisors. they say it does not give an accurate portrayal of palin and her attitude during the presidential campaign. >> false, showing somebody depressed, negative, upset, angry,