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>> we like to bring some levity into the situation at times with the staff, with each other and even with the inmates. >> the production assistantslike jeremy stark often find themselves at the center of the levity. >> our production assistant in san antonio, texas, steve capri, also learned the value of having a good sense of humor. >> you meet a lot of inmates and people get to know you a little bit but im a fresh face. im a young-looking guy. maybe not the toughest-looking guy on the cell blo...

Alexander rankin arrived on the youth unit at wabash. >> hey. >> today they transition to the wabash adult population, where theyll trade a unit of 53 kids for a cell block of 200 adults. prison staff say on transfer days, kids often mask their fear with bravado. >> remember that the secret word is no. >> i got you, granny. >> uh-oh. i feel like im going home. >> master control. >> south side, bed moves. >> who told you? basically see what is going on? >> for about a week. >> its clear. >> we ad...

Air real quick? >> its extremely sensitive and crucial that you think for yourself and you do what you think is right and not what you think someone else wants you to do, that you know within yourself is wrong. >> while stanley and rankin face new challenges in their adult cell block, 12-year-old paul gingerich has similar issue, even in the juvenile system. >> the difficulty is just keeping him safe. typically kids are much larger, and theyre the type of kids who like to mess or pick on the sma...

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Only one prison is their final destination, wabash valley. kids spend their time behind these walls in the wabash youth unit, a 53-bed cell block that becomes a fortress of the mundane. kids at wabash rarely leave this unit due to the dangers posed by the thousands of adult prisoners just outside their door. >> at night when you dont have anything to do, thats when it really gets to you. like you just think, like, like all the things you could have been doing on the outside. everything that your...

Only one prison is their final destination, wabash valley. kids spend their time behind these walls in the wabash youth unit, a 53-bed cell block that becomes a fortress of the mundane. kids at wabash rarely leave this unit due to the dangers posed by the thousands of adult prisoners just outside their door. >> at night when you dont have anything to do, thats when it really gets to you. like you just think, like, like all the things you could have been doing on the outside. everything that your...

Go ahead and strip down. >> both brothers will be strip searched before and after the visit. theyre allowed only brief physical contact. their conversation will be monitored by surveillance cameras. >> this is the only time ive seen him in the two years weve been down. i think about my family a lot, but other than that stuff, i really dont think about none of that. makes it easier just to forget it. cope with it. >> make sure you give your i.d. to the officer. >> while bennie nervously waits for...

>> both brothers will be strip searched before and after the visit. theyre allowed only brief physical contact. their conversation will be monitored by surveillance cameras. >> this is the only time ive seen him in the two years weve been down. i think about my family a lot, but other than that stuff, i really dont think about none of that. makes it easier just to forget it. cope with it. >> make sure you give your i.d. to the officer. >> while bennie nervously waits for his visit with blade, ba...

>> its extremely sensitive and crucial that you think for yourself and you do what you think is right and not what you think someone else wants you to do, that you know within yourself is wrong. >> while stanley and rankin face new challenges in their adult cell block, 12-year-old paul gingerich has similar issue, even in the juvenile system. >> the difficulty is just keeping him safe. typically kids are much larger, and theyre the type of kids who like to mess or pick on the smaller kids. it is...

>> its been nearly a year since 18-year-olds michael stanley and alexander rankin arrived on the youth unit at wabash. >> hey. >> today they transition to the wabash adult population, where theyll trade a unit of 53 kids for a cell block of 200 adults. prison staff say on transfer days, kids often mask their fear with bravado. >> remember that the secret word is no. >> i got you, granny. >> uh-oh. i feel like im going home. >> master control. >> south side, bed moves. >> who told you? basically ...