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>> starting with your right thumb, roll your fingers. >> eating. >> in an effort to avoid violent confrontations later, every inmate is evaluated and classified according to his history of violence outside and inside the penal system. >> enemies? >> none. >> gang-banger? >> share a cell with another man, no problem? >> its all right with me. >> okay. thank you. >> as long as youre compatible. >> i wish we could make that call for you. youll find out when you get to the house. thank you. >> flore...

Communicates with her fiance in the next cell block. >> oh, my baby! i love him. and youre talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira is proven to he...

Facility in colorado, we met inmates who have had more permanent transformations. aaron cooper, serving 10 years 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 ...

>> rimonim 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 role in the prison than merely a mouthpiece for officials. >> translator: at any second there ca...

Their bags before coming to prison. >> translator: you bring everything with you when you turn yourself in, clothing, shoes, electrical appliances, cigarettes, hot plate, coffee, everything. youre allowed to bring everything. >> and for this man, who is serving 19 years for murder, the comforts of home go beyond material possessions. he shares his cell with three cousins and two brothers-in-law. and has other family living on the cell block, as well. >> translator: there are almost 20 of us here...

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 ...

>> just a matter of minutes. this wouldnt even be detected in the metal detector at all. >> no. >> so that can get to the yard real quick. use it, flush it, get it over with. >> you can throw it into somebodys heart, pop a jugular vein, take an eyeball out, and clear the evidence. >> and then clear the evidence. and your work stations clean. >> there was a slashing over in badger section involved hispanics. the hispanics are now in lockdown, actually theyve got the entire badger second on lockdo...

For escape attempts. despite the restrictions now placed on his movements, moon 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 lock-up raw -- >> these defenders are the worst of the worst. >> its aggressive, its dangerous, its violent. >> in one prisons most notorious cell block, a gray-haired man provides an alternative to violence. >> they know im a pretty harmless guy, and its been a very friendly kind ...

Do your normal cell searches, handle your business and be safe. >> a large team of correctional officers will search every square inch of their cells. first, all the inmates are removed. first for weapons, then taken out to the yard. >> step over here. >> all right. all right. >> these surprise raids are usually successful in finding weapons. but present a unique challenge for "lockup" crews. >> it is action. its real action. and the only thing that you have to be careful of you dont want to pis...

Anonymous in hearings like this, but it is up to the judge to determine the credibility. >> do you have any enemies in the institution, in the cell block, mr. bullock? >> no, i dont. >> tell me things people would make up about you. >> people i gamble with. >> who are they? >> im not going to disclose their names. >> well, i am trying to help you with your defense. >> well, if -- >> excuse me. if you provide names that may not be credible and if you choose not to provide those names, that is up ...