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>> here you go. safe and sound. you want my chair? sit down. sit down. there you go. youre good. >> though returning to the cell block was difficult, talley told us it was also cathartic. >> yeah, i was down for awhile. but im not dead. they didnt kill me. im okay. emotionally, ill heal. some day. and the sleepless nights, and the worry, and the wonder, oh, my god is this ever going to happen to me again. ive dealt with most of that. and its -- its really a hard thing. next, on "lockup: raw," ...

Despite the restrictions now placed on his movements, he still feels the attempt was worth it. >> aside from getting caught, i dont regret it one bit. id do it again tomorrow, if i could. next on "lockup raw" -- >> these are the worst of the worst. >> its aggressive, dangerous, violent, you know. >> in one prisons most notorious cell block, a gray haired man provides an alternative to violence. >> im a pretty harmless guy. its been a pretty friendly kind of relationship. if you qualify for a s...

So a couple years later, i end up coming to an sny yard, where im surrounded by the same type of people that are actually convicted of the crime that i thought the guy i killed actually committed. >> on brians own cell block, there are several sex offenders like this inmate, whose identity corcoran asked us to conceal. >> i was a minister on the streets and had been for 45 years. my charges against me was for having a relationship with ladies under 17 years of age or 18 years of age, and so i ha...

In new mexico they had a lot in the old prison. >> when we shot at the penitentiary of new mexico, major dean lopez took us to the old main. a now-abandoned building that used to be the heart of the prison before it was replaced with a state-of-the-art facility. >> this is where most of the murders from the riot took place, was this cell block right here. >> the old main was the site of a 1980 riot in which inmates slaughtered 33 of their own. reminders are everywhere. >> this is an area here wh...

It says -- the poem, heres a special flower to say i love and miss you. made from 14 little squares of prison toilet tissue. finding new and different ways to make you laugh or smile makes running out of toilet paper almost seem worthwhile. and people, they actually put them in the letter, send it home. but i make -- i should make two bucks off this tonight so i can smoke a cigarette later. thats what its all about. >> cigarettes are expensive, huh? >> $2 a cigarette, wow. >> in our three months...

About the raid. >> ready for building four, be released for chow, going to go up to the building and we will go inside, make sure all the building is clear before we bring the k-9 units in. >> any inmates who are still in their cells went isu sweep begins are carefully searched before leaving to make sure they are not removing drugs. >> all the way around. open up. all right. >> when the cell block is clear of all inmates, the search begins. >> by looking inside the cells, by how much content th...

>> were getting to building 4. theyll be raeeleased for chow. were going to go up to the building and we will go inside make sure all the building is clear before we bring the k-9 units in. >> any inmates who are still in their cells when the isu sweep begins are carefully searched before leaving to make sure they are not removing drugs. >> all the way around. open up. all right. >> when the cell block is cleared of all inmates, the search begins. >> by looking inside the cells, by how much cont...

Prison contra band and a misdemeanor charge of criminal facilitation. she pleads not guilty to both charges. another prison employee, is accused of delivering the hamburger meat with the hacksaw blades hidden inside to the escapees. palmer, a guard who worked in the same cell block is charged with promoting dangerous prison contra band. two count of destroying evidence and one count of official misconduct. his attorney says palmer was unaware the blades were in the meat. but the d.a. says palmer...

Arrested on a felony charge of providing prison contraband and misdemeanor charge. and pleads guilty to both charges. another employee is accused of delivering the hamburger meat to the escapees. palmer, a guard who work ned same cell block is charged with promoting dangerous contraband, two counts of destroying evidence and one count of official misconduct. his attorney says palmer was unaware the blades were in the meat, but the d.a. says palmer failed to properly screen the meat in a metal de...

Naked. >> tired of the overcrowding and abuse inside the prison, inmates reached their boiling point on february 2nd, 1980. what ensued was one of the deadliest prison riots in u.s. history. inmate carlos cervantes saw it all happen. >> it was like a bomb exploding, it just went off and the whole prison system was taken over, the whole facility. >> for 36 hours, the riot raged out of control. finally, when national guardsmen entered the facility, they found the interior in ruins. 8 officers and ...