and so he talked with me when he was up on the segregation unit and said i really want a chance at the rtu unit. i want to start making changes in my life. you know, we're pretty particular about who we take in. the bottom line on this is there can be no violence. >> i think this unit is the vehicle that i've been waiting for. i think that i'm ready for it because now that my system is beginning to settle, this will be the best time to tackle right at this moment. >> remember, you're trying to change your past. you've been going down a certain road for many years and you're trying to walk a different road. do your time a little differently than you have in the last eight or nine years? you're going to be one of our starters. i know that, i know that. >> i can come up here and i can get my stuff together. so i don't have to relapse into a condition that forbids me from being this free again. there is that form of freedom up here. so i come out here and play basketball by myself, about half hour to an hour as long as it takes me to vent that frustration, vent that rage, just push it all

. >> the segregation unit is a controlled unit. you know, the people in here they have assaulted staff in the past or they have -- you have overt sexual behavior, stealing, theft. there are some murderers that we have here. they are violent. we've got chaos going on constantly. >> this inmate's rage in general population brought him time in segregation. >> i got in a fight and gave somebody 15 stitches in his eye. i got an anger problem. i don't really think before i act. that was the main problem. >> every anarchy of prison you can think of with adults, we have the same sub-systems here. >> with as many as 48 violent teens kept in a confined area of the facility, the segregation unit has a society all its own. where cell phones and ipods are replaced by a fast paced secretive process called cadillacing. >> sometimes it takes awhile. you got to tear a hole in your mat. then put string about it. put some paper around it. make it in a square. slide it out your door. so you can pass food and notes. >> the strings come from the mattres

. >> he's been in the idu, our segregation unit, disciplinary segregation unit, i think for 5 1/2 months's been conduct clear throughout that time. so that told me that he really is motivated. how you doing, man? welcome. >> thank you. >> they got you up today, right? >> wednesday. >> wednesday? >> bailey was recently transferred from idu to the residential treatment unit or rtu, where he's given more privileges and ongoing counseling. >> other guys like, yeah. we can do it like he did it, you know. >> well, yeah. remember, you're trying to change your path. you've been going down a certain road for many years. my only concern is we have to make sure that you have the skills in this initial part to not get suckered into something that's going to trigger your anger. >> everything is going to be all right. >> yeah, really, i'm excited for you. i think -- if you let us help you and support you, i think this is going to work really good for you. mr. bailey has done excellent in maintaining his behavior. when he got here, he decided that he's kind of done fighting, is done being disruptive. w

he was housed in the prison's administration segregation unit. >> i had about five or six charges. my most biggest charge is dealing with a teenager which i was 16 and she was like 15 i believe. i ended up, you know what i'm saying, just dealing with both of them, the mom and the daughter. i came in with 15 years and i got 15 more. >> originally convicted of rape and theft, wilson earned his second 15-year sentence while behind bars after he brutally beat a corrections officer. >> ended up, just gave him early retirement. cracked his ribs, jaw. i think i did something to his hip, too. broke his collarbone too. to me, it wasn't no thing. just prison. you don't come here and work here and think it's cake. >> do you regret what happened? >> no. he ain't die. he just won't be a corrections officer no more. >> despite his attitude, some at holman are trying to help wilson turn his life around. >> i have known him several years. he's a young man with a lot of anger problems. he acts out through his anger. that's what we're trying to deal with now. >> i have a bad anger problem, you know

today, it's in the disciplinary segregation unit. >> somebody has threatened to flood the walk because he didn't get an additional tray at chow, even though he's not medically ordered to have one. he's threatening to throw urine on us. >> put your hands behind your back. >> when officers arrive at his cell, the inmate complies with orders. >> there you go. >> roll the door! >> we're going to move him to a quieter location. he'll be in there all by himself and his food slot is welded shut, so he won't have any access to throw urine or whatever on officers. >> this is why we're doing this. there's a cup of urine right there. >> so the officer came in, and he said, i've got a cup filled full of urine and said, i'm going to throw it on you. >> is that unusual he actually warned the officer? >> no, because the problem will be when the warn something not taken serious, because then he always says, i told you i was going to do it. so we act proactively rather than reactively on this one and it works out better for everybody. >> the inmate who made the threats, anthony kimbly, was recently mov

. >>> the most violent inmates are housed in solitary cells in the administrative segregation unit. a prison. >> these offenders are the worst of the worst for indiana. conduct's what's put them over there. they did assaults, brought drugs into the institution. they're troublemakers, the ones that go around extorting people, blackmailing people, they're the ones that end up over here in the administration segregation unit. >> inmates are confined to their cells for 23 hours per day, with only one hour allotted for exercise. built up tensions can sometimes explode. >> it's aggressive, it's dangerous, it's violent. you can come out on the range and he may have had bad news from home, from his mother and he tries to take it out on you. this is the jungle of indiana state prison. >> in this noisy, hostile environment, our producer spotted an older, white haired man serenely walking the tier showing no fear for his safety. >> what are you doing? are you doing all right? >> good. >> i'm from south bend, indiana, notre dame and just sort of talking to the men. i mean, if they want to talk

. >> this is our disciplinary segregation housing unit plexiglass on the windows so the inmates don't throw urine or feces, water, anything like that out on the staff or the work aides as they go through. you'll see the black-and-white striped jumpsuits, which represents disciplinary. these inmates only are allowed to have their legal work in their cell and a pencil. they get to come out one hour a day. they'll stay in their cells for 23 hours a day. they do not get visits, they do not go to the gym, they do not get any commissary or anything like that while they are doing disciplinary time. you'll hear the inmates refer to this as the ho. it tends to get a little loud and noisy. [ inaudible ] >> sometimes they get bored, sometimes they act out. so, that's life in the ho. business as usual. >> come on, let's go. >> i almost got your back, man. >> all right. >> why do i got to go for? >> basically because you're running around and acting crazy. >> y'all are lying, man. >> a lot of these guys, you've got to understand, they're locked up 23

. >> i was on the idu, the segregation unit, and a couple of guys up there that i don't get along with are threatening to burn me up again. i got another one admitting to me that he's got hiv and hepatitis and telling me how he's going to mix up some hot water with feces and throw that on me so i catch the disease. so everybody that comes past my cell door, i say, these are the guys that are trying to hurt me and kill me. i said, i need to get off this unit. >> we have another high number of offenders who will self-mutilate and cut to get their way. officers don't come to their cell fast enough, they want a tv, they are having a problem with something, so they will cut in order to get somebody's attention. >> i'll pull out a razor blade and i cut myself right there. can you see that? right there. them little circles is where i had the stitches. when i did that, oh, i got everybody's attention then, everybody and their [ bleep ] mama wanted to talk to me and find out why did i it. i didn't care win just wanted to make it home alive, man. >> we're going up to "g" unit to talk to offender

bullock at the state penitentiary in iowa he was spending his third day in the administrative segregation unit also known as the hole. authorities say he stuffed this padlock inside of a sock and brutally attacked another inmate with it. >> do you think that you have a violent past or angry or what is your situation? >> i am violent when i am provoked. >> bullock is already serving a life sentence for kidnapping, but if the charges with the pad lock stick, he could be locked in his cell 23 hours a day. >> i was in the wrong place at the wrong time. the inmate had been assaulted and my defense to them was telling them i was in the area and pushed out of the way as the inmate was trying to get away from the person assaulting him. >> bullock was anxiously awaiting a hearing with the prison's administrative law judge to plead his case. in the meantime, he let us know that while ad seg meant losing his television, the location of the cell at least made it possible to keep up with current events. >> this cell right here is in front of the police station, and to me, it is the best cell on this range

today it is in the segregation unit. >> somebody has threatened to flood the wall because he didn't getonal tray at chow, even though he is not medically ordered to have one. he is threatening to throw urine on us. >> when officers arrive at his cell, the inmate complies with or go. roll the door. >> so we're going to move him to a quieter location, he will be in there by myself, he won't have any access to throw urine or whatever on the officers. >> this is why we're doing this. there is a cup of urine right there. >> the officer came in, and he said i got something for you. filled up a full cup of urine, he said i'm going to throw it on you. >> is that unusual that he actually warned the officer he would throw the urine on him? >> no, but the problem can be when the warning is not taken seriously. you got the option of them saying well, i told you i was going to do it. proactively on this one worked out better for everyone. >> the inmate who made the threats, anthony kimbley, had made the threats two weeks earlier as the inmate launched the assault. kimbley was reported to be among th

. >> morgan was moved to the segregation unit pending an investigation into his role in the fight.denied any involvement, even when confronted by deputy warden jodi brown. >> hey. >> they said i was involved, jodi, and i wasn't involved. >> okay. but you know what i told you we caught it all on videotape. >> but i wasn't in the fight or involved in the fight or nothing. >> so you stood there, you watched them clean up the blood -- >> no, i did not stand there and watch them clean up the blood. >> well, the videotape has a little bit different take on it. >> the video doesn't like. you can clearly see peaches trying to clean up the aftermath of this crime. >> coming up -- >> i want to show you the video. >> okay. >> kenneth morgan is confronted by the evidence. >> and who is this? >> that's me. >> and then -- >> hi guys. >> by an inmate who just might take his place. >> mr. peach, you've got competition. >> i see. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. we find the best, sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] it's time for crabf

he has spent most of his time at holman in the administrative segregation unit. >> he's an impulsive type of a guy. he's violent. he's in here for violence and apparently the time has not taught him any differently. >> can i be rehabilitated? yeah, i could be rehabilitated. if i could figure out how to get over the hatred. because i have a lot of hatred. i have a lot of hatred for people in general, for society. >> that includes warden culliver. >> he's a narcissist. he's super serious. he loves attention. he loves to micromanage [ bleep ]. and he loves to give everybody at his mercy a hard time. he's trying to be somebody. he's trying to define his identity off the demoralization and dehumanization of other people. trying to boost his own ego up. >> how would you describe steven parker? what kind of inmate is he? >> crazy. he's a nut. i mean, no more, no less. he's not a person that's very intelligent. >> culliver combats predatory behavior and other problems by knowing his inmates well and enforcing his rules. even the smaller ones, like being clean shaven. >> that's how you shave?

>> it's the segregation unit. what do you want to do with chess in segregation?>> let me tell you something. get you some paper. draw you a checkerboard. >> i just don't see where it can hurt anybody to let somebody have something semi-constructive to do in their cell. >> ask the law library clerk next time to bring you a copy of the admin regs. see if it says you're allowed to have chess pieces. >> you the man, you run this place. >> i follow the regs. >> that's what i'm saying. that's your decision. >> and i follow the regs. >> the regs say we're supposed to be able to have books here. >> that's what i'm telling you. it don't say that. if they said that, you'd have them. it's segregation. it wasn't meant to be nice. you ain't here because you were doing something constructive. if you had been doing something constructive you never would have -- >> i was doing something constructive till they [ bleep ] me down the hall. >> oh yeah. it's always somebody else's fault. >> yeah. you want us to be -- exhibit some form of model behavior. but then every avenue's closed

voting souls to the polls which is when most black people don't hire a vote it's most segregated voting in the united states black people vote early white people vote on election day the elect the early voting voters in some of the biggest cities like date where i was were not given ballots i want to repeat that not hundreds of thousand photos not given bounce or given applications for absentee ballots they converted them on the spot to absentees they are not regular ballots are subject to change we figure a fourth of them will now be lost white voters today were given regular ballots when i was it the date on sunday other than one single polling place where the main day for voting for black people efficient counts when i was in the line i agree with it. thousand waiting to vote there four hours ago three thousand people being processed through hours and hours and hours of waiting and going through monkey business and then not getting a real ballot. the. cetera but you know the game is i just did like voting day here here jay leno down the street i want to see i'm going to like lines were but there w

segregation. a lockdown unit. >> that was part of the reason why -- that's part of the reason why we sent him overhere. >> that's part of the reason why we sent him over there. >> just his activity and his influence over the population being a leader with the stg group is enough reason to keep him over there. just at that. because he can call shots and make things happen and stand back in the shadows. >> think i don't understand is they put me in here thinking i can make a hit. how does that save that person? he's still going to get hit. if i had the authority to do that, which i don't. but my past haunts me. and it's bloody. >> coming up -- >> as far as the extortion, i think he's lying. >> nick compton's story comes under fire. and later -- >> you miss your mother? >> yes. >> we check in on one of the most memorable inmates to ever appear on "lockup." i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amo

unit. it's segregation. due to the fact that i'm on idu, i've got to have noncontact visits. i don't get to touch my loved ones. i got to see them through glass and bars. >> as he is escorted to visitation, billy groves has no idea the visitor internal affairs has received a tip on is his girlfriend. >> i woke up like at 5:00, got up, shaved, brushed my teeth, because i'm going to see brandy. she is like the love of my life. so i'm smiling. i'm feeling good. it's a good day. i know everything's going to be perfect. >> groves' girlfriend, brandy graves, has just been picked up on surveillance cameras passing through security. claiming to have a back injury, she arrives in a wheelchair. >> okay, here we go. he's checking her out. checking her shoes. she's moving those legs pretty well. i don't know what we're anticipating on the visit. we've heard anything from tobacco to cell phones to cocaine, marijuana. >> she's refusing to get out of the chair. >> unable to complete their patdown, officers follow prison policy and turn brandy away, throwing a wrench in whelan's plan for a b

segregation, he's been released back to a general population dorm. >> wake up, baby! >> kind of excited. feel like i'm back home with my friends. >> finding a housing unit powell has no known enemies was a challenge, staff finally worked it out. but if he is to stay out of segregation, he needs to be on his best behavior. >> said that if i do anything i will be go back to max and i will not be back in the general population until i leave louisville correction department. >> so powell is taking no chances. >> when i want to get down i ask my bunk mate do you mind if i get down. you know, if i disrespect putting my foot on his bed, i give him respect, he give me respect. >> i can honestly say at one point in time it was fun coming to jail and doing prison time. you had your own clothes and they used to let you smoke. there's nothing fun about come to jail and being locked up no more. nothing at all. i don't like it. i don't like nothing about this jail. i don't like nothing about prison. i would rather be at home with my wife and kids. >> powell especially dislikes the routine patdown search to make sure they're not carrying weapons or other contraband. >

segregation two weeks earlier. several inmates sushed the door of the!b houseing housing unit. you never cause problems. >> seems to be some personal issues. he said he's going to be quiet the rest of the night for you. >> good. that's what we need. >> we'll see. >> he's awaiting trial for guilty but lately n dealing with another death. >> my daddy died. i feel like everythding. >> how did your father die? >> he got he got smoked. it was last iwednesday. my dad didn't have a relationship like a real bond. he had other kids he took care of. he ain't never took care of same time i didn't hold that against him.till got years old. >> he facesw-r for time segregation due to the lates incident. markell white was given0 days in segregation. he's lost all privileges including gym and visitation. he's on day 14 of his stay. ? how >> how's it's been going in it's stressful not being out there. i need to get out son. that's the only thing that really stresses me out becauseather figure. i know what it feel like not to have a father. i don't want him doing the same thing. >> you didn't ha

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 system. i see it in prison, how they divide inmates. it is scary if inmates unite, and they do not like that. when i first come to prison, it will be a big thing if i went and sat with the blacks. it would be a big think if they caucasian sat with the asians. we only did that one time, where everybody got together, and we got what we wanted. when you unite, you can conquer. [applause] >> next question is for the commander. how can they community-based organization contact the task force for speaking engagements? >> if you call and ask to speak to jim miller. >> is there any effort to formalize the relationship with a community-based organization? >> right now, we do not have that effort in place. it is a good idea, it is something that we have talked about. it is important for us to understand what the cbos are doing. it is

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 system. i see it in prison, how they divide inmates. it is scary if inmates unite, and they do not like that. when i first come to prison, it will be a big thing if i went and sat with the blacks. it would be a big think if

but those wh >>his is our displ segregation housing unit.ow urine or feces, water, anything like thut you'll see the black-and-white striped jumpsuits,only are allo s they get to come out one hour a day. they'll stay in their cells for. they do not gevisits, they do not go to the gym, they do not get any commissary or anything like that while they are doing disciplinary time. you'll hear the inmates refer this as the ho. it tends to get a little loud and noisy. [ inaudible >> sometimes they get bored, a. business as usual. >> come on, let's go. >> i >> why do i t to go for? >> basically because you're running around andcting crazy. >> y'all are lying, man. >> a lot of these guys, you've got to understand, they're locked up 23 hours a day, you know, and they get bored.vk >> get your hands off , man. >> quit touching me, man. >> you know, i've seen guys flood because they're bored, bang on doors because they're bored, broke chairs because theye bored. >> it's just jail. behavior might also appear to be motivated by boredom. >> i was acting r