. >> brad and michael love are serving time for murder at a state penitentiary in iowa. >> i was neverrated with him. when i found out he was incarcerated, what he did time for, what he got charged for, they asked me if there would be any problems if we were in the same prison. i told them yeah, i would probably end up killing him. i just cannot condone that. >> "lockup" has profiled plenty of inmates who spewed hatred toward sex offenders. but we also introduce viewers to those on the receiving end. thomas headley is serving a 15-year sentence at utah state prison. and like many sex offenders say his punishment is unjust and his crime is misunderstood. >> i was charged with kidnapping somebody that was under 14. i'm a man that is attracted to young women. god forbid, 99% of us are. >> when we interviewed him, headley was serving his time in solitary confinement as a punishment for being uncooperative. but he explained to us he has his own motives for being in the hole. >> there's not a safer place anywhere in the prison than where i'm at. no matter what you do, how you try to approach

. >> john alt was warden at anamosa state penitentiary at the time we shot there. >> anytime you can have inmates participate in some type of meaningful activity it makes their time easier. it makes staff's time a lot easier. i'd much rather have them participate in something positive than sitting around with nothing to do and talk about maybe how to pull an armed robbery or plotting against us or fellow staff members. >> during our shoot at indiana state prison, authorities even allowed for a weightlifting competition. >> lyons, 495. lyons now lifting at 495. >> other penitentiaries get that weight up. that's how they're doing it. get your weight up. >> this is 25. >> 25. on deck. we push. on deck. >> let's go! go! >> good lift. good lift. you got it. >> of course, in prison, there's also a practical side to staying in shape. >> if you ever come against somebody who wants to approach you in a negative way, attack you in a fight or something, you don't want to be the person that's going to run out of air first. the person that runs out of air first is the person that gets hurt. >> in

on count two, the sentence will be 24 months in the state penitentiary.ount four, 24 months in the state penitentiary, you will pay a $10,000 fine. those sentences will run consecutive to one another. and you will have a lifetime driving suspension and will also pay court costs. >> i guess my hopes were kind of shot down. my hopes were about two years. two to three years. with a chance of getting my driver suspension revoked at some point. >> and the victims families spoke what was it like for you? what was going through your head? >> basically what was going through my head was stay strong. basically the male's family was mad. i don't think they are going to get over it. like me, i'm not going to ever get over it. but to cope with it is one step. the girl's grandfather did say that he forgave me. and that was a big thing. it hurt in my chest. but it felt good to hear that someone actually forgave me. >> coming up -- kyle stein takes the long walk to the state prison bus. >> i got about four years to think about what got me here. when you switch to progre

. >> the eastern state penitentiary is known for a lot of things, the prison where al capone was incarceratedffers terror behinded walls at halloween and you can also get married there. alicia vitarelli is here with that and other unique places to tie the knot across the region. >> you can say i do at a prison and celebrate your wedding with real sharks. we checked out event places in and around philadelphia. >> some trends are happening now people want to get married in uncons conventional spaces. >> eastern penitentiary meets that criteria. >> they want to come and be in the museum and see the world renowned architecture. >> it was build in the 1829 as one of the most expensive prisons in the world. and now they get married in the rotunda. >> it's beautiful in the midst of the crumbling cell block. people are happy that we can make their special moment come to life. >> and adventure aquarium in camden the water provides the backdrop. >> we have fish and stingrays and we have built in decor. >> you can have the ceremony in the ballroom or ocean room. >> they come in and see sharks it's reall

last night it was free moouchl night at eastern state penitentiary and there was quite a crowd. lapse individual i don't shows the line to get in nearly wrapping around the entire block. >>> it will be a long fourth of july weekend packed with plenty of excitement and entertainment down the shore. kids did not want to leefrt bea leave the beach has night even as the wind had a bit of a chill in the air. folks kept warm by competing in the mile fun run. at the convention center in wildwood, there is an exhibit that will feature tables full of clen collectibles and comic books and summer point is celebrating 25 years of free concerts. >> look at this, you can't find it anywhere better. >> what bir way to spend the fourth of july. >> also yesterday atlantic city promoted its summer concert lineup with a pink ribbon cutting. >>> 6:37. coming up, a scare on the runway. two planes run in to each other on the tarmac in chicago. what passengers say it felt like and the airline's explanation of what went wrong. >>> and here is another event today for wawa welcome america. 00 . >>> 6:40 o

last night it was at eastern state penitentiary and there was quite a crowd.s time lapse video shows the line nearly wrapped around the block. >>> now a live look at the ben frankly parkwin parkway where y watch the concert on july 4th, that will feature mary j. blige along with the philly pops. fireworks will follow. you can watch all of it live on the air right here on nbc 10. and the weekend is already off to a fun filled start down the shore. kids didn't want to leave the beach even though there was a chill in the air thank to the wind. people kept warm by competing in the mile fun run and an inside event at the wildwood convention center features tables full of collectibles, toys and comic points. and summers point is celebrating 25 years of free summer concert. >> you can't find it anywhere better. >> what better way to spend the fourth of july. >> also yesterday atlantic city promoted its summer concert lineup with a pink ribbon cutting. they will also have fireworks this year. >>> take a live look at i-95 in south philly. if you are hitting the road th

. >> that's the golden rule in the state penitentiary, don't ask me [ bleep ], i don't tell them.pect 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 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 here is a plastic bottle, a pepsi bot

billy hankins was in this startling prison surveillance video that we acquired from colorado state penitentiary00. now older and wiser, hankins is an inmate at limon. >> this is my 43rd birthday. i think i've been locked up, the only birthday i haven't been locked up for was my 26th birthday. other than that, ever since 1982, from juvenile i've been locked up all the way to adult. i think i've had one birthday on the streets. in what, 25, 30 years? >> so what are the plans for your birthday? >> fellows are making some burritos, but the meal at chow sucks today. it's pizza made with some kind of turkey. so we would be making burritos anyway. >> your future? what's the big sigh? >> what future? i have no future. this is my future. i don't know. >> when we first interviewed him in 2000, he explained how he received life without parole for a murder he committed during a robbery. >> i was out a job, christmas was coming and i needed money. i knew how to make money. it just wasn't the right way and i knew it, you know, and i just guess i programmed myself to believe i could get away with it, you know

. >> that is tomorrow, eastern state penitentiary and for tomorrow, the information cast is a lot better then today. so, once again we will go with our number of the day as a six , because as karen mentioned earlier, it is un settled this morning. and, this is the visibility situation, we have a little bit of fog in places where it is not raining in allentown, foggy this morning. 76 degrees. it is still humid and muggy. sunrise time 5:45. other temperatures to check 71 in allentown. seventy-two in trenton. sixty-five hazel ton. seventy-three in ocean city. tell tours haven't don a whole lot from this time yesterday, 76 degrees in rehoboth beach. here's the deal you can see a lot of lightening heading toward lancaster county this morning, and, some rain, as well, we have got southern delaware work some thunderstorm activity and looking out to the west in pennsylvania, more on the way, we will take a closer look at that precipitation coming up. it is not necessarily going to rain all day but chance is there, all day, probably get a round this morning, bit of the break around lunchtime and

i did 14 years in the state penitentiary for armed robbery. i got out.e no jobs no anything. it's just like they just kicked me out. here, you're finished. go. >> abdallah said crack-cocaine has led to many of his problems and hopes to get in the jail's drug rehab program. in the meantime, working in the kitchen has given him a sense of purpose. >> we make a dollar a day. some people might say a dollar a day, but i mean it's better than nothing. and the people that don't have anything are able to buy their hygiene and cosmetic items that they need. >> while he takes pride in his cooking, his passions writing and performing politically charged spoken word pieces. >> the founding fathers speak of american dream, but everything in america ain't always what it seems. possessed by greed and inordinate need to have the whole world bow down at their feet. political assassination, infiltration organizations, never apologizing for slavery or paying reparations. some of the things she accuses other nations of, she herself has proven not to be above. she brings gun

tomorrow it's the annual bastille day festival outside eastern state penitentiary.as marie antoinette gives the cue let them eat tastykakes of course. more than 2,000 but scotch krimpets will drop from the sky somehow. that party starts at 2 o'clock. it's a lot of fun and this is cool, too. at 2 o'clock -- annual clark park music and arts festival in west philly. that's from 11:00 a.m. to midnight tomorrow. free music from local artists, tons of fun on tap and some great bands to be seen there and every thursday it's screenings under the star on the delaware river waterfront. next thursday july 21st it is "rogue one: a star wars story." at 8:30 at great plaza at penn's landing. actually it's july 20th next thursday. every thursday free movies there and this is going to be a popular one. check it out. >> yes it will be popular. >> have gun weekend guys. >> you too leach shah. -- alicia. i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> "action news" continues ne

eastern state penitentiary is holding its version of the french revolution today.ss weather" forecast with meteorologist matt peterson. hi matt. >> good morning everyone it is going to be a day where we see a little bit of sunshine, mixed with some cloud cover as we get into the second half of our saturday. also watch for temperatures that are warm and slightly less humid conditions. overall storm scan3 showing you plenty of cloud cover out here right now. but again that will be slowly diminishing as we go throughout the day. temperatures are on the rise 77 degrees now here in philly even seeing 78 out towards lancaster we'll go all the way to 87 later today. 88 tomorrow and then we can see 90s with a couple more thunderstorm chances next week. jan. >> matt, thank you that's it for "eyewitness news" this morning. you can always follow us on our websit narrator: today on lucky dog, it's a double dose of puppy love as 5 lucky rescues try to go to homes with other dogs. some are more natural at it than others. but they all need some special training if they're going t

to keep the same detainee in a maximum security penitentiary in the united states would cost $7 ,000. that's a ridiculous waste of our military budget. nobody has ever escaped from a federal maximum security prison. transferring these prisoners to maximum security prisons in the united states would pose no danger to anybody. and yes, some of these prisoners may be the worst of the worst. many are not. they were not all caught in the battlefield. some were sold for bounties by people in different tribes or groups in afghanistan. some were not captured on battlefields at all. some are innocent. some are not. but to keep them in guantanamo for $10 million each per year with no possibility of getting out is an affront to our values, it's an affront to our liberty, it's an affront to our military budget and our pocketbooks and frankly it is foolish. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from hio mr. smith: i yield to the gentlelady from new york. >> i rise in opposition that strikes language to transferor release guantanamo bay detain eys. combit mow holds the most and they errorists, are

. >>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds some of the most violent offenders in the state. >> [ bleepep ] >> in our four months there, we saw some of the violence firsthand. but in 1980, pnm was site of one of the deadliest u.s. prison riots where inmates killed 33 of their own. >> jumped off 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. >> 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 bad afte

penitentiary of new mexico. pretty much houses the worst of the worst. these individuals are the worst within level vi and level vi is the worst within the whole state of new mexico. >> [ 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 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. >> or what? >> if you don't turn around and be restrained we'll have to forcibly remove you from your cell. are you going to come out? >> go ahead, sergeant. >> what's going to happen now? >> they're going to instruct them to come in and remove him from the cell. >> 5:24 p.m., we're here for inmate kevin blanco, 41918 who has refused several directions to be restrained