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>> kozlowski says prosecutors convicted the wrong men in the murder case that sent him and his brother to prison. kozlowski got 45 years. >> they say that dude threatened my younger brother and i got upset, got into it. one thing led to another, and dudes dead in the woods, stabbed 21 times. >> kozlowski says hes not guilty of murder but admits to violence behind bars. he was brought to santa rosas close management unit after he assaulted an inmate at another prison. >> my biggest challenge is d...

Learned to do. hes only got a little bit of time left, so hell be out of here in a couple more months, which is good because hes too young. too young. >> while piersol might act as a father figure to mccaffrey, the crime that brought him to prison cost him his relationship with his own child. and he admitted when we first met him, he wasnt honest about the crime. >> you asked me in the dorm what i was here for. i gave you a bs story. other people were around. i havent taken into my confidence, s...

Only the strong survive. survival of the fittest. why i work out physically and mentally. says survivor, the act of remaining alive. thats the definition from webster. survival, to me, is much more than simply trying to sustain this life through breathing and thinking. one must fight every day not to be forced by social pressures to live under false pretenses. survival is the act of keeping ones identity alive, not being conformed to what your environment wants you to be. >> i want that ball, i ...

Just, just going away in prison, and im wondering, how am i going to get it back, you know? its like -- its just, its just going away, you know. its like i just cannot get it back. >> while bennetts first day at santa rosa is off to a rough start, staff believe inmate anthony cruzado is struggling with the prospect of leaving the prison. >> inmate cruzado doesnt have much more time left. and hes afraid to go out in the community. he probably does not have any place to go, perhaps, nor family. an...

>> why are you here now? >> another assault charge. >> how many times have you been to prison? >> twice. >> and both times on assault? >> yes. >> ive been in prison since 18. >> so you know what hes going through. >> well, it was so long ago for me, i really dont remember. but i remember being in prison. >> ive come to learn that the older people you hang out with, the better, because you dont want to play any games in here. this is a mans world. its not a childs world. >> coming up -- >> hes ki...

Officer, more violent, more disrespectful to law enforcement. thats all ive learned, you know? i learned how to curse more, you know what im saying, i learned how to be angry more, i learned how to [ bleep ] cut myself more. >> during his time at santa rosa, cruzado has engaged in another form of self-destructive behavior. he has issued death threats to public officials, including the judge who sent him to prison. >> i told him that he was a [ bleep ], id get out soon, next year, and i was going...

I ordered him to submit to hand restraints. we consisted on up, we took him to medical staff. >> staff believe that he peeled off the casing of a battery and used that to cut himself. he was treated at a local hospital. after returning to prison, cruzado underwent three days of psychological evaluation. >> you can imagine officers and nursing seeing that for the first time, its pretty bizarre. and so, naturally, people are going to think this guy must be crazy. but in regards to other things tha...

Its rock bottom right there. thats about as low as i think i could go. think about before you kill someone, before you break into a house, before you steal something. whatever the case may be, get caught with drugs, trafficking, whatever the case may be. this could wind up being your view. you could be staring out of your cell or out your window. this could be what you see if you decide to come to prison. i wouldnt recommend it. i wouldnt recommend it.

Unmanageable in general population. recently his behavior has grown more erratic. >> i cut myself when i get lonely, depressed and get mad. it releases pain. when i see blood, it just give me a good relief. its like smoking a cigarette. >> cruzado, who has been treated for bipolar disorder but is not currently classified as a mentally ill inmate, says prisons do not adequately treat people like him. >> people, you know, who have a serious mental disorder, you know, there should be somewhere for ...

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