a separate suffolk county jail for inmates serving 2 1/2 years or less. due to multiple fights, he spent the first 13 months in segregation, but even under those restrictions he was still a significant discipline problem. >> daniel has gotten into many fights since he's been here. he's been involved in almost ten fights. there are a lot of fights where he has actually asked or called to happen. he's didn't involved in a lot more behind the scenes than he's actually been involved in. >> i'll be in the background, amping them up. just -- i like going at it. [ bleep ] i don't know. it's just fun to me. i just enjoy it. i like all the -- commotion and stuff like that. >> reporter: while esdale tries thrives on commotion outside his cell, inside is a shrine to order. >> this is my rug. blanket that i use, to keep on my floor. i feel more comfortable and cozy. makes it more like home. that's my cosmetics. this toothbrush, toothpaste so i don't get mixed up. sounds funny. sounds weird, but that's just the way i do it. same thing with deodorants. one day i pick u

as a result, he spent his first 30 days at suffolk county in segregation. but now he's on his way to general population where he will have more privileges and time outside his cell. >> today i'm getting out of the hole. i'm going go play with the big kids in the big box now. i'm pretty excited. when you go to a new unit, you don't know who's on that unit or whatever. could be a lot of small time units. so i'll see what's going on. 30 days since i got to put a pair of sneakers on. my new unit. see what's going to happen. >> 2-4, open. >> daniel esdale has spent the last four months living and working in the jail's infirmary hoping good behavior would convince jail officials to overlook his history of fighting and grant him a transfer to general population. >> he actually got to a point where he had a detail in medical where he served food to the other inmates and cleaned the unit, so he came a lot farther than we ever anticipated him coming. >> esdale did finally get a transfer, but definitely not the one he wanted. he's back in the box. >> i'm in segregatio

for locations, see drscholls.com. >>> boston's suffolk county jail is comprised of two facilities.he house of correction, for inmate whose have been convicted, and the nashua street jail for detainees awaiting trial. for the past ten months, delshaun bloodworth has been incarcerated at nashua. awaiting trial on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery but now he's about to make the move to the house. he's accepted a plea bargain and has been sentenced to two and a half years. >> the judge said this is a gift to me and i should appreciate it because i could have easily got more time. people don't know, armed robbery is a serious, serious charge. so i gladly took it. >> but the plea deal, he admitted his role in the robbery of a woman in downtown boston. >> we roll up behind her and i told her not to yell. people like to yell and then we run off, no, she didn't yell because i told her not to. she might have if didn't said anything or if she didn't see the gun. but told her to give me everything you got. give me everything. i want everything. i don't want just your money, i wa

boston suffolk county jail. at least on the open air recreation. depending on the security level, inmates are allowed out for an hour or more each day. during that, recreation is taken in housing unit daily where inmates work out any way they can. >> i do pull ups every day. two sets and i do push ups while i work on the legs. >> over on the women's, some inmates aim for a mind-body connection through a contemplative breakfast. >> reach with your left arm and bring the hand on to the chair. >> the jail allows a volunteer yoga instructor to conduct a class. >> brought like the tree. >> i like it. it's really relaxing and makes your day go by easier. takes away your stress. >> 23-year-old valerie hasn't always been so mellow. she is nearing the end of a 90-day sentence for convicts that include assault on a police officer. >> i got into a fight with this girl. they took me to the police station and they got rough with me so i fought back. i punched a lieutenant in the face. they gave me assault and battery on a lieutenant police officer. they call me

. >> more flan 12,000 people a year pass through the walls of suffolk county jail. the jail also holds inmates who have already been convicted and serving short sentences. this man arrived here having only been accused of a crime. if they don't make bail they will stay until their case, resolved. that could take months if not years. >> so many housing people, very violent crimes with people with completely non-violent crimes but it's a maximum security facility. in you're one of the non-violent ones it's something you definitely need to get used to. >> reporter: an a daily population of male and female inmates, someone reaches their boiling point virtually every day of the week. >> on the ground! >> we're back -- >> the most common violation is fighting. it's common to fight. and gang differences. people get transferred into new units. they come in and they go right at it, and they end up here. >> reporter: here is the segregation unit, where inmates are placed after fights or other serious disciplinary violations. other than toiletries and legal papers, they are no

located just outside downtown is a key landmark in that battle, the suffolk county jail. >> the jails a maximum security facility, it holds anyone arrested and held on a bail they can't make. it is very frequently someone charged with homicide. >> unlike prison where all inmates have been convicted and sentenced, most jail inmates have only been charged with crimes and are innocent until proven guilty. suffolk county has an average daily population of 700 detainees along with 200 other inmates who are convicted and serving short sentences. >> we're the largest sheriff's department? the northeast. swoe ear moving a lot of people in and out of here and trying to do a lot with them in the relatively short period of time we have them. the people who get that job done every single day, do a remarkable job. >> in some units, a lone officer supervises inmates, like a beetd cop on the streets, it allows him to build rapport and actually has been proven to reduce fighting. >> i'll talk to you later. >> but in jail, fights still break out. >> policy dictates that both for his own protection an

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just outside downtown, that battle, the suffolk county jail. >> the jail is a maximum facility.holds anyone arrested and on bail that can't make it. someone for shoplifting and frequently someone charged with homicide. >> unlike prison where all inmates have been convicted and sentenced, most are only charged with crimes and are innocent until proven guilty. there are nearly 2,000 inmates convicted and are serving short sentences here. >> we have the largest sheriff's department in the northeast. so we're moving a lot of people in and out of here and trying to do a lot with them in a relatively short period of time we have them. >> so-hoo! >> and the people get that done every day do a remarkable job. >> in some units, a lone officer oversees, like a beat cop. allows them to build a rapport and reduce fighting. but in jail, fights still break out. policy dictates both for his own correction and that of the inmates, the officer on duty not intervenes until backup arrives. with seconds, officers swarm the area. >> hey -- ah! >> the inmates involved are quickly restrained and remov

salonpas. >>> boston's suffolk county jail is comprised of two facilities.ose have been convicted, and the nashua street jail for detainees awaiting trial. for the past ten months, delshaun bloodworth has been incarcerated at nashua. awaiting trial on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery but now he's about to make the move to the house. he's accepted a plea bargain and has been sentenced to two and a half years. >> the judge said this is a gift to me and i should appreciate it because i could have easily got more time. people don't know, armed robbery is a serious, serious charge. so i gladly took it. >> but the plea deal, he admitted his role in the robbery of a woman in downtown boston. >> we roll up behind her and i told her not to yell. people like to yell and then we run off, no, she didn't yell because i told her not to. she might have if didn't said anything or if she didn't see the gun. but told her to give me everything you got. give me everything. i want everything. i don't want just your money, i want everything. >> did you say anythin

. >> the suffolk county jail is often a first stop for bostonians who find themselves under arrest.ale inmates awaiting to make bail are maintained where the daily population averages about 700. if they have been convicted of a crime and are sentenced to less than 2 1/2 years, most will transfer to the nearby house of correction, which averages 1700 inmates. while the charges vary, nearly all of them will need to confront the truths of their pasts if they hope to avoid coming back. >> it may be a history of abuse, lack of education, lack of job history, substance abuse issues, you name it. >> but there's another issue that is also bringing more people to jail. not only in boston but nationwide. >> the percentage of mental illness is off the charts. they are shocking. much harder once people begin to get older to tackle those deficits that have been growing and growing and growing over a period of time. >> though he was deemed competent enough to face his charges and trial, a lifelong mental illness is a reality for corey allen. he is serving a 2 1/2 year sentence for an array of cri

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it will be totally worth it. >> harvard comes to suffolk county.y allen rejects a chance at freedom. >> i ripped my parole papers up, because i don't need them. >>> msnbc now. six people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting at a roller rink in grand prairie, texas. four others were also wounded. police say it was a domestic dispute. >>> a historic day for gay rights activists today as gay couples can now get married in new york state. thousands are estimated to wed over the next several days. new york is the sixth and largest state to sanction same-sex marriage. i'm veronica de la cruz. now "lockup." >>> doing time in boston's suffolk county jail is a world away from the colleges or ivy league university located just miles away. but once a week those two worlds intersect when students from harvard university and boston college come to the jail to help inmates earn their geds. >> for them to come in and do it for us as little convicts, i should say, that's a good thing. looking out for us. showing us, you know, there is a world out there

i' a member of the habitat affiliate out in suffolk county] new york. doing it there for m5db the before my junior year, we were emailing and stuff like that and she told me about starting this project and i was just really excited and on board so we didn't really know where we were >> reporter: actually, starting the club was the easy part. the real challenge was raising money. one of the things the club did was an event called pasta and prizes night. >> this islç@]o& our major fundr of the year. we ravel off all of our gift baskets, we hopeá to earn a couple thousand dollars tonight to send out kids down to new orleans. k >> reporter:y teens respect jus helping in new orleans. they're also working withs habitat for humanity to build homes in new york area. >> there's a huge need for affordable house, everywhere we build affordable homes for ái families, people who need them and we alsoc advocate for affordable housing, %z;-hkd? changes in the public conscio consciousness make people aware of house issues. the kids always surprise you with the level of

in all fairness to nassau keep the, the suffolk county police departments, there aren't any really hard fast clues here, right? >> nothing. there's no physical evidence of forensics unlike you'd find at a conventional crime scene, at an apartment or at a home. >> reporter: shannon gilbert was not among the remains police found. it's been over a year since she disappeared. as the families of the victims gather to remember this loved ones, none are any closer to knowing what happened. >> we're hopeful because she wasn't recovered, so that does give us hope that she still might be out there. but at the same time we want that closure, we want to know. >> we are dealing with a psychotic murderer who is very bright, very deliberate, very calm, very well prepared, who will kill again. >>> next on "cnn presents" -- >> was the bullying part of the reason you think, erica, that your best friend killed herself? >> most definitely. there's no question about it. >> what led this 13-year-old to the brink? >> we have no evidence that bullying or harassment took place in any of those cases. >>> and lat

in all fairness to nassau county, the suffolk county police department, there aren't really any hardclues here, right? >> nothing. there's no physical evidence of forensics unlike you'd find at a conventional crime scene, at an apartment or at a home. >> reporter: shannon gilbert was not among the remains police found. it's been over a year since she disappeared. as the families of the victims gather to remember their loved ones, none are any closer to knowing what happened. >> we're hopeful because she wasn't recovered so that does give us the hope that she still might be out there but at the same time, it's just -- we want that closure, we want to know. >> we are dealing with a psychotic murderer who is very bright, very deliberate, very calm, very well prepared, who will kill again. >>> next on "cnn presents" -- >> was the bullying part of the reason you think, erica, that your best friend killed herself? >> most definitely. there's no question about it. >> what led this 13-year-old to the brink? >> we have no evidence that bullying or harassment took place in any of those cases.