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use of their time or their voices. [ bleep ] >> i wish death on all you [ bleep ]. >> at iowa state penitentiarynt inside the unit that houses the state's most chronic offenders, cell 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 unit inside 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 mur
use of their time or their voices. [ bleep ] >> i wish death on all you [ bleep ]. >> at iowa state penitentiarynt inside the unit that houses the state's most chronic offenders, cell 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 unit inside of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the...
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>>> cell house 220 at iowa state penitentiary houses the most disruptive inmates in the entire state.inistrative segregation, also known as ad seg. >> the first time i entered ad seg, i was completely blown away by the cacophony of noise. every single prisoner seemed to be screaming at the top of their lungs and every single scream was an insult directed toward someone else. >> iowa state penitentiary is a maximum security institution, and there are challenges every day just by a virtue of the type of inmate we have here. many are here because of their lengthy sentences but an awful lot of them are here by virtue of their conduct at other prisons. this is the end of the road for them. >> and our cameras were rolling as the latest van full of trouble arrived. >> we're expecting 12 inmates coming in. they'll be processed in, their photos taken, height and weight and they'll be processed and sent to the appropriate cell houses. >> among those on their way to cell house 220 is jeremy fickling, a baby-faced inmate with a penchant for violence. fickling is serving four years for assaulting
>>> cell house 220 at iowa state penitentiary houses the most disruptive inmates in the entire state.inistrative segregation, also known as ad seg. >> the first time i entered ad seg, i was completely blown away by the cacophony of noise. every single prisoner seemed to be screaming at the top of their lungs and every single scream was an insult directed toward someone else. >> iowa state penitentiary is a maximum security institution, and there are challenges every day...
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at iowa state penitentiary, we found that the most brutal violence is sometimes against one a one's self 11. >> 22-year-old inmate, caleb suffered two-thirds burns over his body when the methamphetamine lab he was running exploded. when we interviewed him. he was serving time for sexual assault including attack on a peace officer. >> i'm unstoppable. i think nothing can stop me. nothing will kill me. i thought i was god. reality check, i'm not. >> in spite of his calm demeanor, a few hours after this interview, he got into a verbal confrontation with a female correction officer that quickly escalated. the correctional emergency response team was called in to extract him from the cell. >> he's banging his head on the door, refused to comment plie with any orders. do we have permission to use force to extract him from his cell. >> for security reasons, the pr prison videotapes all extractions. >> open b 11. >> a mask is pleads over his head to prevent him from spitting. initially, he seems to be compliant. but as they pass through the doorway, ettere explodes. >> oh, hey, hey. >> [ bleep ]
at iowa state penitentiary, we found that the most brutal violence is sometimes against one a one's self 11. >> 22-year-old inmate, caleb suffered two-thirds burns over his body when the methamphetamine lab he was running exploded. when we interviewed him. he was serving time for sexual assault including attack on a peace officer. >> i'm unstoppable. i think nothing can stop me. nothing will kill me. i thought i was god. reality check, i'm not. >> in spite of his calm...
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a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear.t as eager to face death as holton. but he's ready for it, nonetheless. >> i'm extremely sad for what i've done. it hurts me knowing that i went to the level that i went. and if there was any way possible for me to be healed or correct it, believe me, it would be done. it's an impossible situation not only for me but for everybody involved, you know? and i'm not saying that to get out of an execution or -- because like i said, i'd ready. if you want to kill me, let's go. i'm ready to go. but i think that i have something i can offer somebody. and i don't think it's really time for me to die. xxxx >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> an inmate assaults a prison staff member. >> hold on to him. hold on. >> [ bleep ]! rip my [ bleep ] guts out when i'm getting ready -- [ bleep ]. >> while other inmates turn the violence against themselves. >> i cut my vein. >> i have a daughter that just turned 13 years old and she's my pride and joy. >> and with the persona
a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear.t as eager to face death as holton. but he's ready for it, nonetheless. >> i'm extremely sad for what i've done. it hurts me knowing that i went to the level that i went. and if there was any way possible for me to be healed or correct it, believe me, it would be done. it's an impossible situation not only for me but for everybody involved, you know? and i'm not saying that to get out of an execution...
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. >>> the day we arrived at colorado state penitentiary, a super max prison at the base of the rocky mountains, we found a sterile, austere environment, steel doors behind which inmates are locked up 23 hours a day, but despite his surroundings, inmate shawn shields was in high spirits. when he sat down with us, he was eager to help our producer get the interview under way. >> quiet on the set, you >> it's a prison, you know. >> all right. let's roll tape. >> then he calmly told us how he got 16 years added to his original sentence of 12 for robbery. >> me and another inmate had an altercation. i manipulated the door so that it wouldn't latch completely, and when he came out to walk, i came down after him and proceeded to stab him. >> why? was it because you guys weren't getting along? >> it was just a verbal altercation. >> does it happen a lot in here? >> there is a lot of verbal altercations between people. you got to understand. there's 16 men living together behind closed doors with stress, animosity toward one another in some cases, and it's not always a pleasant place to be. >
. >>> the day we arrived at colorado state penitentiary, a super max prison at the base of the rocky mountains, we found a sterile, austere environment, steel doors behind which inmates are locked up 23 hours a day, but despite his surroundings, inmate shawn shields was in high spirits. when he sat down with us, he was eager to help our producer get the interview under way. >> quiet on the set, you >> it's a prison, you know. >> all right. let's roll tape. >>...
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still, there are those inmates like alex bennett, at the kentucky state penitentiary, who don't always agree with or abide by the rules. >> i'm a person that's been in the joint all my life. i've been told i'm pretty hard-core. and i need a certain type of environment. you got something you want to say to me now? we can get it on national tv here. do you? >> everything about alex's mannerisms, his appearance and the words that he spoke said convict. alex just embodied that. >> bennett was 54 years old when we met him and had spent 33 of those years behind bars for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. >> the system today isn't like the system that i came into 36 years ago. the system today has the majority of their inmates programmed to do what they're told when they're told to do it. and so, they get to the point where they expect that from everybody. well, there's still a few old dogs around, who like to do things their own way. >> bennett's way of doing things, however, has had horrifying results. after adapting to life in a single-person cell here, he was transferred to a lower sec
still, there are those inmates like alex bennett, at the kentucky state penitentiary, who don't always agree with or abide by the rules. >> i'm a person that's been in the joint all my life. i've been told i'm pretty hard-core. and i need a certain type of environment. you got something you want to say to me now? we can get it on national tv here. do you? >> everything about alex's mannerisms, his appearance and the words that he spoke said convict. alex just embodied that. >>...
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seconds, can explode into violence. >> narrator: bill hankins, a long-term inmate at colorado state penitentiary knows about sudden explosions. during a routine strip search, hankins snapped. >> i used to get real frustrated behind these doors. it used to drive me to where i'd be worked up, ooh, wanting to get out. >> narrator: hankins is serving life without parole for killing a grocery clerk during a robbery. in this super max security he is not allows contact with other inmates but released for an hour for daily solitary exercise. it's what keeps him going. >> being locked down every day for 23 hours a day and coming out in a little room to work out, you know it was difficult first couple of years, but then i realized, you know, i'm just giving myself high blood pressure. >> narrator: while lockup crews have shot dozens of workout routines, the strangest has to have been at the miami-dade county jail by two inmates who covered their faces to remain anonymous. >> with the arm right here, and the chest. i'm a trainer. you know? i got him this big. >> narrator: after a round of what they called
seconds, can explode into violence. >> narrator: bill hankins, a long-term inmate at colorado state penitentiary knows about sudden explosions. during a routine strip search, hankins snapped. >> i used to get real frustrated behind these doors. it used to drive me to where i'd be worked up, ooh, wanting to get out. >> narrator: hankins is serving life without parole for killing a grocery clerk during a robbery. in this super max security he is not allows contact with other...
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. >> here, it's colorado state penitentiary.s time estrada is in for murder, a crime he committed after being released from his first prison term. >> in here, you take things a lot more serious. somebody calls you a punk, somebody calls you a bitch, someone says i'm going to kill you, in here that means, you know, you hold people to that word -- to them words, man. when i got out and guys were saying that about me, i'm going to kill john, i'm going to do this to him. the first thing in my mind is i better go kill him before he gets me even though he was probably talking out of his ass. he didn't understand the type of person i am and where i've been and the thought process i've learned in here. and he's dead now for it. it's kind of like a kill or be killed. >> estrada's prison education started early. >> how old were you when you were first arrested? >> about 13 or 14. >> what did you do? >> stealing a stereo out of a car. that's how it all began. start out stealing bubble gum at the stores all the way to snatching purses, stea
. >> here, it's colorado state penitentiary.s time estrada is in for murder, a crime he committed after being released from his first prison term. >> in here, you take things a lot more serious. somebody calls you a punk, somebody calls you a bitch, someone says i'm going to kill you, in here that means, you know, you hold people to that word -- to them words, man. when i got out and guys were saying that about me, i'm going to kill john, i'm going to do this to him. the first thing...
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. >>> nestled at the base of the rocky mountains, colorado state penitentiary was built to house the state's most violent and disruptive inmates. it gives new meaning to the words hard time. >> we decided that csp could not be a place where inmates could get comfortable and make a life for themselves. we had to treat them differently. >> colorado state isn't just any maximum security prison. it's a super max facility. inmates here are considered a constant threat and are confined to single-person cells 23 hours a day. >> i was astounded by how sterile and stark and what tough time it would be to serve in that particular prison. i think that would be the hardest time possible. >> many of the inmates we spoke to agreed. they say the isolation is too much. >> i've been here a long time. i've seen a lot of guys, seen them snap, you know? any given day they can snap. >> 23 hours a day you're locked down. you come out for five hours a week. essentially it's just another cell. it's a dead room with a pull-up bar. there's one small window. everywhere you go, handcuffed, handcuffed to go in th
. >>> nestled at the base of the rocky mountains, colorado state penitentiary was built to house the state's most violent and disruptive inmates. it gives new meaning to the words hard time. >> we decided that csp could not be a place where inmates could get comfortable and make a life for themselves. we had to treat them differently. >> colorado state isn't just any maximum security prison. it's a super max facility. inmates here are considered a constant threat and are...
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freedom riders included james bevel, john lewis, james lawson, among others, were sent parchman state penitentiary>> this attempt to stop the freedom rides only served to fuel the flames of the civil rights movement. >> i'd like to see the show of hands of those of you who would be willing to continue the freedom ride in the near future. let's see a show of hands, please. >> freedom ride after freedom ride would come through and get arrested in jackson, they'd go to the heinz county jail or jackson jail, then they'd get moved to the parchman penitentiary. >> during the time they spent in prison, a bond formed and they came out of prison more dedicated than ever. and they began to fan out across the south. martin luther king decided that they should have major demonstrates only in areas that local law enforcement would react violently. >> do you think you can keep birmingham in the present situation of segregation? >> i may not be able to do it, but i'll die trying. >> bull connor has a well-known identity as one of the hardest hardliners in defense of segregation. >> king is assuming that bull con
freedom riders included james bevel, john lewis, james lawson, among others, were sent parchman state penitentiary>> this attempt to stop the freedom rides only served to fuel the flames of the civil rights movement. >> i'd like to see the show of hands of those of you who would be willing to continue the freedom ride in the near future. let's see a show of hands, please. >> freedom ride after freedom ride would come through and get arrested in jackson, they'd go to the heinz...
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it replaced its 100-year-old predecessor, the tennessee state penitentiary, known as the walls. today, riverbend houses close to 700 male inmates, 480 of them are high risk offenders, classified this way because they're a threat to the security of the institution and other inmates. >> we house the worst of the worst including the male inmates, male offenders that are sentenced to death. >> ricky j. bell is warden at riverbend. he's been on the job since 1995. >> it's the state of the art operation. and very proud of what it represents for the taxpayers and the state. >> let's go! chow time! >> 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 d
it replaced its 100-year-old predecessor, the tennessee state penitentiary, known as the walls. today, riverbend houses close to 700 male inmates, 480 of them are high risk offenders, classified this way because they're a threat to the security of the institution and other inmates. >> we house the worst of the worst including the male inmates, male offenders that are sentenced to death. >> ricky j. bell is warden at riverbend. he's been on the job since 1995. >> it's the state...
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ray had been an escapee from missouri state penitentiary when he assassinated king. >> the main thinghe was interested in was escaping. now, when i first met him, i was interested in escaping too. we got into a couple of plots together that never worked out. one we were going to go through the roof of the old auditorium where they showed movies. we did get the hole cut but it was discovered before we had a chance to use it. we didn't get caught, we didn't get locked up over it. they found it and tightened security in that area. >> in 1977 ray plotted another escape with james slagle and two other inmates. the plan was to climb the outer wall using a makeshift ladder crafted from chains. the inmates knew the tower guard closest to the wall took an afternoon nap. but slagle feared ray's high profile would lead them to the escapees. >> i said, james, you've got no pickup, no car. as soon as your foot touches down, they know it's you, there will be a million cops in this valley and there's no way you'll get away. it's a futile effort and i don't believe in wasting my energy, so i just sat
ray had been an escapee from missouri state penitentiary when he assassinated king. >> the main thinghe was interested in was escaping. now, when i first met him, i was interested in escaping too. we got into a couple of plots together that never worked out. one we were going to go through the roof of the old auditorium where they showed movies. we did get the hole cut but it was discovered before we had a chance to use it. we didn't get caught, we didn't get locked up over it. they found...
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. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts to provide services for aange of religious beliefs. >> a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is to have something answered is empowering. >> then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of satan, ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of darkness to bestow the infernal power upon me. >> i'm in a satanic group here. there are only about four of us. it's a real small community. the church of satan is about enjoying life. it's about doing what you want to do. we believe in indulgence rather than abstinence. we believe in doing what makes us happy and what improves the quality of our life. >> such an attitude may have been what led wolfkill to a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his grandmother over a $300 tax refund check. but he told us he has found a salvation of sorts in his religion. >> this has what's called the 11 satanic rules of the earth. if you look at num
. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts to provide services for aange of religious beliefs. >> a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is to have something answered is empowering. >> then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of satan, ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of darkness to bestow the infernal power...
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. >> the first time i met him was at the state penitentiary in angola. and we had a hard time communicating. >> i asked him do you really understand what you're up against? >> we had no idea we would spend a quarter of a century working with john thomson. >> they began preparing an appeal, their key argument was that the prosecution's star witness had a hidden motive in the case. >> mr. perkins had been promised reward money by the prosecutors and that information never made its way in front of the jury. >> michael and gordon hired lisa who knew new orleans inside and out. >> if something smells fishy, there's a reason. humans lie, and they do things for their own advancement and their careers and some cash. people are very unscrupulous. >> seeking an award that today would be worth more than $30,000. richard perkins requested a meeting with the representative of the liuzza family. the conversation was recorded by police. >> mr. liuzza asked me to meet with you. >> i don't mind helping them catch -- but i'd -- >> i know he'll appreciate it. >> hey, we're
. >> the first time i met him was at the state penitentiary in angola. and we had a hard time communicating. >> i asked him do you really understand what you're up against? >> we had no idea we would spend a quarter of a century working with john thomson. >> they began preparing an appeal, their key argument was that the prosecution's star witness had a hidden motive in the case. >> mr. perkins had been promised reward money by the prosecutors and that information...
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in just a few days curtis will travel with the boxing team to a nearby state penitentiary where he willet in that ring and fight, you got to be a stone warrior to fight, especially in prison fighting because i think it's more harder than professional fights. if i take this belt, if i win, i'm the man. i mean, nobody has beat this cat for three to four years, and if i beat him i'm the big man on the compound. nobody tell me nothing. >> one way in which curtis draws inspiration is through his family. >> i brought him in. >> two days before this fight, curtis's mother, sister, and niece traveled to elayn hunt to wish him their best. >> i try to come to visit him every other weekend. in the beginning it was real hard because i knew i had to leave him here, but now it's getting better because i realize that it was just -- it was a mistake that he made, and it's just something that we're learning to cope with. >> we're behind him, we're with him, and whatever it takes for us to see him through this, then that's what we're going to do. and once he's released, then we'll be released. to me he's
in just a few days curtis will travel with the boxing team to a nearby state penitentiary where he willet in that ring and fight, you got to be a stone warrior to fight, especially in prison fighting because i think it's more harder than professional fights. if i take this belt, if i win, i'm the man. i mean, nobody has beat this cat for three to four years, and if i beat him i'm the big man on the compound. nobody tell me nothing. >> one way in which curtis draws inspiration is through...
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. ♪ 90 miles from new orleans, up the mississippi river, lays louisiana state penitentiary.ommonly referred to as angola, at 18,000 acres, it is the largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation in the 1700s, converted to a prison plantation at the end of the civil war, and taken over by the state in 1901, the storied land has seen more than its share of pain. ♪ it was once considered the bloodiest prison in america. and its current population of 5,148 men serve sentences so long, it's estimated 90% of them will die here. yet things have changed drastically over the past decade. and much credit goes to warden burl cain. >> corrections is our name, the root word is to correct deviant behavior. if we can save one person from being a victim of violent crime, it's worth everything we do. mast what our mission is. it's not to torment and torture, but correct bad behavior and do that any way you can. the root way to do that is morality. moral people obviously don't rape, pilfer and steal. >> right here, the midst of angola, i have seen change. because the seed of the fa
. ♪ 90 miles from new orleans, up the mississippi river, lays louisiana state penitentiary.ommonly referred to as angola, at 18,000 acres, it is the largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation in the 1700s, converted to a prison plantation at the end of the civil war, and taken over by the state in 1901, the storied land has seen more than its share of pain. ♪ it was once considered the bloodiest prison in america. and its current population of 5,148 men serve sentences so...
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. >> that's the golden rule in the state penitentiary, don't ask me [ bleep ], i don't tell them. respect yourself. they're going to feed him to the wolves. they're going to feed him to the wolves. he's a lamb chop. yeah. [ bleep ]. >> they're probably getting interviewed. your brother's going on tomorrow. >> without the nazi low rider code of honor to adhere to, speedy can work with isu. even as a dropout, he is blatantly breaking gang ranks by helping officers gather intelligence, working directly with officer morales, who he has known for four years. >> hi, speedy. >> i think to myself as giving something back. if it's saving somebody from getting hurt, then that's cool. that's all right. >> i brought you in today because i want to actually kind of get more insight on gangs, weapons, how they're made. because i know every step we try because i know every step we try to take, you're always one up. >> exactly. we've got 24 hours to stay ahead of you. you only come here for eight hours. so you got to step up your game to keep up with us. >> what is this working for? >> this right
. >> that's the golden rule in the state penitentiary, don't ask me [ bleep ], i don't tell them. respect yourself. they're going to feed him to the wolves. they're going to feed him to the wolves. he's a lamb chop. yeah. [ bleep ]. >> they're probably getting interviewed. your brother's going on tomorrow. >> without the nazi low rider code of honor to adhere to, speedy can work with isu. even as a dropout, he is blatantly breaking gang ranks by helping officers gather...
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. >> our visit to the state penitentiary in iowa, led us to another pair of sin links. >> growing up, be him. he's almost four years older than me. i see him running around dri drinking and breaking into some of. that's my big brother. that's my idol. i kind of falled into the same footsteps. >> those footsteps led down a bloody path that ended at a holiday party in their trailer park. >> it was christmas night 1992. me and my brother went to a party with what we thought were friends, but they tried to rob us. >> they started beating me up. >> they hurt brad. i couldn't let them get away with that. i couldn't handle that. so we left, went to my trailer. i got a shotgun, my brother got a knife. we went back out there and did what he did. >> i remember him standing there and he had -- >>> working away from the regular programming this evening continuing coverage of the unrest in ferguson, missouri. one week and one day after the shooting of michael brown, there is more unrest here on the streets of ferguson, missouri. yesterday, a curfew was imposed for the first time from the hours of
. >> our visit to the state penitentiary in iowa, led us to another pair of sin links. >> growing up, be him. he's almost four years older than me. i see him running around dri drinking and breaking into some of. that's my big brother. that's my idol. i kind of falled into the same footsteps. >> those footsteps led down a bloody path that ended at a holiday party in their trailer park. >> it was christmas night 1992. me and my brother went to a party with what we thought...
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similar experiment wers were don the washington state penitentiary. it's interesting to think for a moment about the use of prisoners in human experimentation in general. the concerns about experimenting on prisoners in the 1940s and 50s were not the same as the ones we might have today. the main concern was that they wouldn't be adequately punished. if you were in a medical experiment you get special privileges. you get to go to the hospital. you will get better food. it was confirmed in the american medical association as a legitimate way of doing experiments. by 1972 91% came from phase 1 drug trials. the experiments on prisoners were seen as being a privilege, perhaps not surprisingly tended to be more white than african prisoners. they were way out of touch with the entire rest of the world. the entrepreneidea is if you're you can't make a free choice about what you're doing. eventually prison experiments in the united states became n nonexiste nonexistent. prisoner experiments -- think question about the prisoner experiments. this is hanford, wa
similar experiment wers were don the washington state penitentiary. it's interesting to think for a moment about the use of prisoners in human experimentation in general. the concerns about experimenting on prisoners in the 1940s and 50s were not the same as the ones we might have today. the main concern was that they wouldn't be adequately punished. if you were in a medical experiment you get special privileges. you get to go to the hospital. you will get better food. it was confirmed in the...
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similar experiment wers were don the washington state penitentiary. it's interesting to think for a moment about the use of prisoners in human experimentation in general. the concerns about experimenting on prisoners in the 1940s and 50s were not the same as the ones we might have today. the main concern was that they wouldn't be adequately punished. if you were in a medical experiment you get special privileges. you get to go to the hospital. you will get better food. it was confirmed in the american medical association as a legitimate way of doing experiments. by 1972 91% came from phase 1 drug trials. the experiments on prisoners were seen as being a privilege, perhaps not surprisingly tended to be more white than african prisoners. they were way out of touch with the entire rest of the world. the entrepreneidea is if you're you can't make a free choice about what you're doing. eventually prison experiments in the united states became n nonexiste nonexistent. prisoner experiments -- think question about the prisoner experiments. this is hanford, wa
similar experiment wers were don the washington state penitentiary. it's interesting to think for a moment about the use of prisoners in human experimentation in general. the concerns about experimenting on prisoners in the 1940s and 50s were not the same as the ones we might have today. the main concern was that they wouldn't be adequately punished. if you were in a medical experiment you get special privileges. you get to go to the hospital. you will get better food. it was confirmed in the...
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similar experiments were done in the washington state penitentiary.'s interesting to think for a moment about the use of prisoners in human experimentation in general. the concerns about experimenting on prisoners in the 1940s and '50s were not the same as the ones we might have today. the main concern was they wouldn't be adequately punished. if you're in an experiment, you would get special privileges, you get to go to the hospital and get better food and if you're in prison, you are supposed to be punished for your crimes. it was affirmed in the journal of the american medical association as being a legitimate way to do experiments. by 1972, 90% of the subjects of phase one drug trials came from prisons. phase one are when you have a new drug and you just want to try it out and see what happens just to look for toxic effects. the experiments on prisoners were seen as being a privilege, tended to be more white than african-american prisoners. we were in the united states way out of touch with the rest of the world. almost the entire west of the worl
similar experiments were done in the washington state penitentiary.'s interesting to think for a moment about the use of prisoners in human experimentation in general. the concerns about experimenting on prisoners in the 1940s and '50s were not the same as the ones we might have today. the main concern was they wouldn't be adequately punished. if you're in an experiment, you would get special privileges, you get to go to the hospital and get better food and if you're in prison, you are supposed...
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state transfer. >> i've done that. i've signed that form five or six different times over the last year. >> and stiu continues its crackdown on prison gangs. >> has anyone tried to recruit you into a gang? >>> the penitentiaryn the state. some of whom are validated gang members who live in a constant state of war. both with each other and staff. it's up to the stiu to keep gang activity in check. today the stiu are doing a sweep in the level v facility, allowing our crew along for the ride. >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, we're here to conduct a shakedown. it's based on some activity we got. we're going to have some information on snm gang members. okay, so we're going to head to the unit, we're going to look mainly for gang information and graffiti and stuff. >> sometimes when you come shake down a cell, first thing you want to do is just observe everything. and you look. the most common places you'll find is the easiest place you'll ever think of. oh, look. gang paraphernalia right here. >> what is it? >> three crosses. represents he's from las cruces, new mexico. they use the three crosses to display their gang symbols. >> to validate is essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. >> i found
state transfer. >> i've done that. i've signed that form five or six different times over the last year. >> and stiu continues its crackdown on prison gangs. >> has anyone tried to recruit you into a gang? >>> the penitentiaryn the state. some of whom are validated gang members who live in a constant state of war. both with each other and staff. it's up to the stiu to keep gang activity in check. today the stiu are doing a sweep in the level v facility, allowing our...
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hinds county jail in jackson, mississippi but is going to spend 30 days in parchment penitentiary, parchment farm, the statemississippi's worst prison farm and it is in parchment and people like john lewis are there, so many different jim farmers there, so many different activists spending time in jail but what is interesting is carmichael adds experience in jail is going to galvanize his political activism so rather than be discouraged by that time period in jail, he calls up his mother before going to new orleans and they're going to get to mississippi by way of new orleans and tells his mother there is going to the media and journalists calling up and he wants her to tell them no matter what happens she is proud of him, she tells him may charles, i don't want you involved in that civil rights mess. stokely tells her the movement has become his life and he doesn't want her, when you're speaking to your mother you don't want your mom to embarrass you in front of people, saying i don't want to be embarrassed, whenever the press calls you, the line to tell them is you are proud of me so stokely is in parchme
hinds county jail in jackson, mississippi but is going to spend 30 days in parchment penitentiary, parchment farm, the statemississippi's worst prison farm and it is in parchment and people like john lewis are there, so many different jim farmers there, so many different activists spending time in jail but what is interesting is carmichael adds experience in jail is going to galvanize his political activism so rather than be discouraged by that time period in jail, he calls up his mother before...
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i think that could be a powerful tool for states to use to try to leverage better improvements while people are incarcerated in federal penitentiaries. and the other thing is i wonder if you can also try to figure out a way to cut the data by state to sort of show to a state the value of doing the medicaid expansion, that you're going to save a lot more money on other unanticipated costs because you've made a way for people to have a pathway to health care. but -- and also, i wonder if you can talk about any best practices in states working with the federal government and states working together to have a better outcome while people are incarcerated and then when they transition out into a state -- into states. so i think you can beef this issue up a whole lot more than what i'm hearing. >> linda, those efforts are actually already under way. the federal bureau of prisons has just instigated a requirement for a standardized release in terms of doing substance use disorder evaluation. i think we're starting to see that kind of process come down. on the medicaid expansion side, i think the data that i gave you from washington state sp
i think that could be a powerful tool for states to use to try to leverage better improvements while people are incarcerated in federal penitentiaries. and the other thing is i wonder if you can also try to figure out a way to cut the data by state to sort of show to a state the value of doing the medicaid expansion, that you're going to save a lot more money on other unanticipated costs because you've made a way for people to have a pathway to health care. but -- and also, i wonder if you can...
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penitentiary. >> we're at the end of the road for the state of alaska department of corrections, the worst behaved prisoners end up here. >> those who pose the greatest threat to other inmates and staff are segregated in house one, the lockdown unit. >> basically, minimum rights. minimum, they're in their cells for 23 hours a day. >> on the day we wanted to interview him, house one inmate antonio robertson was in an especially foul mood. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> calm down. >> every one of you [ bleep ], [ bleep ], i'm going to start with, you guys are [ bleep ]. we need more. what do you want to know? >> robertson, serving a 60-year sentence for murder has spent most of the last two years in house one. >> why are you in here? >> at house one? it's a long story. i been being assault sod i assault people back. i refuse to let myself be assaulted and not fight back. >> robertson not only fights with other inmates. he fights with staff as well. >> i was disrespected. i decided to make the guys do a cell extraction. >> days before our interview, the prison's correctional emergency respons
penitentiary. >> we're at the end of the road for the state of alaska department of corrections, the worst behaved prisoners end up here. >> those who pose the greatest threat to other inmates and staff are segregated in house one, the lockdown unit. >> basically, minimum rights. minimum, they're in their cells for 23 hours a day. >> on the day we wanted to interview him, house one inmate antonio robertson was in an especially foul mood. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. [...
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america's import tm >>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds some of the most violent offenders in the state. in our four months there, we saw some of the violence firsthand. but in 1980, pnm was the site of one of the deadliest u.s. prison riots where inmates killed 33 of their own. >> jumped off in february. almost by accident. big thing i couldn't get out of my head is they actually did it. we actually took the place over. >> james whittington survived the riot to return to the old main facility to show our producers what he witnessed. >> it was 27 years ago when i got up out of here. i didn't think i would ever see it again. leadership of the inmates decided hey, you know, this control center is takable. there was a huge industrial fire extinguisher that used to sit on one of these walls on hooks. three individuals lifted that industrial fire extinguisher off and said work on this window right here. the window began to give in. all three of these windows were taken out. >> once they broke that, they had access to the entire facility. they had full control. >> this is where it all turned
america's import tm >>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds some of the most violent offenders in the state. in our four months there, we saw some of the violence firsthand. but in 1980, pnm was the site of one of the deadliest u.s. prison riots where inmates killed 33 of their own. >> jumped off in february. almost by accident. big thing i couldn't get out of my head is they actually did it. we actually took the place over. >> james whittington survived the riot to return...
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ever since it opened in 1989, pelican bay state prison in northern california has always had a reputation as one of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation. when we first visited the institution in 2000, it was under lockdown, still reeling from one of the worst prison riots in u.s. history. five years later, we went back inside pelican bay, where the staff has worked to curb gang activity and prevent violent outbreaks. but in an environment simmering with bitter rivalries and racial tension, finding any long-term solution is a never-ending battle. >> inmates on the general population yard right now consider everything a state of war, so they're ready for everything. >> some guys gonna get their head blown off, some guys are going to get stabbed real good. >> there's no hope. >> we are in the new alcatraz. >> isolated along the remote northern coastline some 300 miles north of san francisco, there is a small community besieged by violence, incinerated by racial hatred. the community is called pelican bay, one of the most notorious maximum security prisons in america. pelican bay state prison was designed as california's new
ever since it opened in 1989, pelican bay state prison in northern california has always had a reputation as one of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation. when we first visited the institution in 2000, it was under lockdown, still reeling from one of the worst prison riots in u.s. history. five years later, we went back inside pelican bay, where the staff has worked to curb gang activity and prevent violent outbreaks. but in an environment simmering with bitter rivalries...
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i think that could be a powerful tool for states to use to try to leverage better improvements while people are incarcerated in federal penitentiaries. and the other thing is i wonder if you can also try to figure out a way to cut the data by state to sort of show to a state the value of doing the medicaid expansion, that you're going to save a lot more money on other unanticipated costs because you've made a way for people to have a pathway to health care. but -- and also, i wonder if you can talk about any best practices in states working with the federal government and states working together to have a better outcome while people are incarcerated and then when they transition out into a state -- into states. so i think you can beef this issue up a whole lot more than what i'm hearing. >> linda, those efforts are actually already under way. the federal bureau of prisons has just instigated a requirement for a standardized release in terms of doing substance use disorder evaluation. i think we're starting to see that kind of process come down. on the medicaid expansion side, i think the data that i gave you from washington state sp
i think that could be a powerful tool for states to use to try to leverage better improvements while people are incarcerated in federal penitentiaries. and the other thing is i wonder if you can also try to figure out a way to cut the data by state to sort of show to a state the value of doing the medicaid expansion, that you're going to save a lot more money on other unanticipated costs because you've made a way for people to have a pathway to health care. but -- and also, i wonder if you can...
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penitentiary behind the fence. >> he spent most of his life behind bars, not learning just from fighting. >> he's escaped from several facilities in the state of oklahoma. he got a reputation of not being able to be held. >> and just 14 hours earlier, he fled an oklahoma state prison 60 miles outside of tulsa. he suffered a black eye and shoulder injury when apprehended. >> due to the escape risk, handcuffs, leg irons and a box and a padlock. >> this was a system invented pi inmates in prison who have learned how to compromise the handcuff. what it does is covers the key holes. that good for you? more slack? >> a little bit more. >> he might be a high escape risk. that's no problem. he's not going to get out of our facility. no way he's going anywhere. >> maxwell will remain at tulsa county until he is tried for the escape attempt. >> i knew the consequences when i did it. they were worth it to me. i almost got away with it. i wasn't out very long. i got away for about a day. i'm just waiting for the fog and i took off. >> maxwell has a total of ten convictions in the past 30 years. several for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. h
penitentiary behind the fence. >> he spent most of his life behind bars, not learning just from fighting. >> he's escaped from several facilities in the state of oklahoma. he got a reputation of not being able to be held. >> and just 14 hours earlier, he fled an oklahoma state prison 60 miles outside of tulsa. he suffered a black eye and shoulder injury when apprehended. >> due to the escape risk, handcuffs, leg irons and a box and a padlock. >> this was a system...
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penitentiary of new mexico. pretty much houses the worst of the worst. these individuals are the worst of the worst within level vi and level vi is the worst within the whole state of new mexico. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> these individuals are housed, one per cell. they're escorted and restrained everywhere they go. in handcuffs or leg irons and belly chains. we do have two and three-man status individuals that are very violent. and they like to assault our staff. >> today we tag along with deputy warden joni brown on her way to deal with one of level vi's most notorious inmates. >> they have an inmate who is refusing to leave his cell. at this point they're going to go in and give him a directive to cuff up and come out. if not, then we're planning the use of force for cell extraction. >> turn around and be restrained. >> no. >> if you don't turn around and be restrained, we'll have to forcibly remove you from your cell. >> or what? >> are you going to come out? >> what's going to happen now? >> they're going to instruct them to come in and remove him from the cell. >> what's going to happen now? >> they're going to come in and remove him from the cell. >>
penitentiary of new mexico. pretty much houses the worst of the worst. these individuals are the worst of the worst within level vi and level vi is the worst within the whole state of new mexico. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> these individuals are housed, one per cell. they're escorted and restrained everywhere they go. in handcuffs or leg irons and belly chains. we do have two and three-man status individuals that are very violent. and they like to assault our staff....