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For assault and escape, didnt stretch his ear lobes until he got to prison. >> did it about four years ago when i was in ad seg. no reason, really. i just like the way it looked. it started with the tooth of a comb and started wrapping saran wrap about it and got it fatter and fatter. this was bigger than i wanted to go, but these were the only things that were round enough that when the officers could take them, i could put more back in, just little plastic bottle caps. >> tell me what the lega...

For assault and escape, didnt stretch his ear lobes until he got to prison. >> did it about four years ago when i was in ad seg. no reason, really. i just like the way it looked. it started with the tooth of a comb and started wrapping saran wrap about it and got it fatter and fatter. this was bigger than i wanted to go, but these were the only things that were round enough that when the officers could take them, i could put more back in, just little plastic bottle caps. >> tell me what the lega...

Gets punished. according to our language, according to the law. i prefer not to say. >> commander shin benderly has a different take on who maintains order in the cell block. >> translator: we are the ones who maintain order, not the prisoners. even though they may say otherwise, theres a very clear organization. there are rules for behavior for order that are very clear and the prisoners know them. coming up, inside rimanims religious wing. a former israeli soldier recounts his role in a mili...

Put one family in each cell block. they manage their own affairs and their people as needed. >> rimanim staff also sees a strategic advantage to keeping crime families together. >> translator: the moment that i have dominant prisoners in the cell block, i know when needed how to send them a message that they have to be straight and keep their people in line. and when there is a crisis, i use them as a mouthpiece to reach the rest of the population. >> but abu ganim maintains he plays a larger ro...

One, a general population cell block. >> hes six time back. he knows how they treat sex offenders, you know. and we tried to explain to him how, you know, we have the large amount of sex offenders out here and we deal with the population pretty well. this morning i think we probably got through to him. >> lets move him down to one and let the process run its course and explain to him how it works, that if he does come up with issues, he needs to talk with piper, and well assess it from there. >>...

>> theres no doubt hes scared about something. dont know what it is. i have no idea what hes scared of. whether its a gambling debt or whether its something to do with the super bowl. hes truly scared to the point that he turns in and fingers at the 211 leader here. you know? he knows thats a death sentence. regardless of what it is, hes going to have to leave this facility. >> yeah, hes done. whatever facility he goes to. >> holloman, wright, and -- just those two happy cats for now. >> for now...

Process. were not going to do yours. >> im going to do everything in my power to make, you know, the system work for me, in my favor. >> entering -- >> in regards to going to the hole. >> coming up -- >> [ bleep ] happens. >> george grahf faces the disciplinary board for flooding his cell block. >> you know of all people [ bleep ] happens here. >> an unexpected development infuriates michael gill. and more trouble for timothy schreiber. >> as i was walking by for count, he had his hands down his...

Hes refused, so a cell extraction team is needed. >> when a cell extraction team is called, it means theyre getting ready to forcibly remove an uncooperative inmate from his cell. when you see them all suited up in riot gear and face masks, you get a sense of how serious they take these procedures and the threat that they pose. they let us follow at a safe distance. >> inside the cell block, an officer gives shropshire one last chance to comply. >> okay, ill ask how one time to come ply. if you ...

Fifth floor of "i" cell house. the intensive detention unit. the most dreaded cell block at isp. >> theres currently about 99 people, thats our maximum capacity, here on idu. and you can hear -- this is what its like pretty much every day. youve got -- you walk out pretty much with a lot of headaches every day. this is like prison within prison. someone is going to try to gun you down. these guys are going to get combative with you. these guys will try to stab you, and, hence, the stab vest i ha...

You know. unimaginable things. you couldnt even think of, you know. >> one of the inmates came down from the dormitory areas. and he had on his belt, tied to his side, the human head of a black man. this individual proceeded to take this head and gripped this head by his hair and he went over to that young guard that was crying, and he ordered that guard to kiss that head. and the inmates recorded in cellblock four never had a prayer. cell block four was the pc, protective custody unit. >> the r...