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>> inside rimonim, the abu ganims have gained a reputation as a formidable crime family. >> translator: when i came to prison, everyone knew our story, which family i belonged to. we have a background, and we are a large family, a lot of members. there are almost of 20 us here. where we live, we have a very high status, and everyone respects us. >> i felt like i was in a film, in a scene like from "goodfellas," all of them spending time, cheerful, the family. theyre cooking, theyre proud. they c...

Which today will take him to the 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 yo...

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 rapists, you know, the child molesters, the snitches. >> i was told that the inmates in this -- on this side were actually flashing their lights sos, morse code. looking for the outside to come in ...

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 rapists, you know, the child ...

If hes in segregation, its an appointment that has to be made 24 hours in advance and the meet meetings are behind glass or plastic. and if hes in the general population cell block, his block would have the ability of three visits a week and those are typically contact visits where people can have an initial kiss a hug and sit across from even other, holding hands and i have seen children sitting on their fathers laps, so i assume his daughter would have that kind of contact with him, which she ...

Meals aday -- day alone sitting on the bed next to their toilet. >> so someone like him who is well-known would he be part of general population? >> i suspect hell be in a general population block after the department of correction has had the time to figure out who he thinks may be enemies in the system and who they think may be enemies of him. >> what kind of contact at least initially will he have with visitors with his fiancee? >> well it is two-tier. if he is in an orientation unit he can h...

Maximum-security prison. leslie walker is director of prison security in massachusetts and i spoke with her shortly before air about what conditions will be like. >> leslie this maximum-security prison where hernandez is going, what is life like there for him there? >> life for him will be crowded. there are a thousand people in that prison. a thousand prisoners and several hundred staff. it is a maximum-security prison built as a super-max. it is built for punishment. there is little opportunit...

>> are you getting used to this cell block, and it being -- >> well, these cells are larger than the ones we used to have over there. >> so you liking it better? >> its better. much better. >> it is better? >> yes. >> different. >> manuel ortiz, convicted of murdering his wife and her friend, has been on the row since 1996. >> if you dont exercise your mind or your body, you know, it starts to deteriorate. we try to use push-ups, you know, squats, things of that nature. because imagine 40 years ...

They let us follow at a safe distance. >> inside the cell block, they give him one last chance to comply. >> okay. im only going to ask you one time to comply, and if you dont, we will have to come in and get you. do you comply? >> soon as i get my [ bleep ] back. >> im asking you one more time and thats it. >> with shropshire still refusing orders, the extraction team moves in. >> on the bed. face down. dont resist. dont resist. >> i aint resisting. dont resist. >> i aint resisting. >> turn him...

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...