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Theres no such thing as crazy in prison. you know, i dont know, maybe you got to be crazy to work here, im not sure. we come here voluntarily every day. >> since the 2000 riot, the level of violence at pelican bay has dropped considerably, but numerous assaults still occur. when they do, the squad must respond like street detectives, carrying all the tools necessary to process the crime scene. when we last visited the prison, our cameras were rolling as one of these assaults occurred inside a ce...

A local k-9 team, while they set out on a surprise contraband bust. searching inmates cells for drugs, weapons and gang paraphernalia. >> nobody else knows were coming. the captains dont know. nobody knows were coming. so this is going to be a complete surprise to staff and everybody. >> head of the isu, sergeant john montgomery knows that inmates will destroy or hide the contraband if they find out about the raid. >> heading for building four, be released for chow, going to go up to the buildin...

See this? 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 th...

>> "walk on the wild side" was probably lou reeds biggest hit but his legacy is bigger than that. the singer/song writer died at age 71 we are talking about his work and far-reaching influence. anthony decurtis will join us in just a moment on this. but we want to start with chris browns arrest. after a fight outside a washington hotel. cnns alan duke joins us now. what can you tell us about this? >> chris brown is in jail right now. he has been transferred to a central cell block in washington,...

The same as the guy i killed. 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 o...

>> as staff start to clean up the cell block, we would soon learn that the flooding had to do with another unwelcome presence in ad seg, our crew. >> theyre mad that these interviews are going on so this is their way of having a protest. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> the ringleader of the flooding is george grahf, who is serving three years for motor vehicle theft. >> i believe theyre upset that you guys are interviewing sex offenders and they dont want that to be a representation of limon correcti...

>> of course. >> 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 n...

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 have to wear. this is idu. this is the real deal. [ bleep ] and...

Whatever you were going to do. i just wanted to get shots of you in your cell. >> im thinking that yall going to all these here prisons, talking to all these people such as myself, you know? people whos never getting out. this thing aint recording? >> i start to turn off the camera. and i stand up. and i begin reasoning with alex, slowly as i inch my way backwards, towards nancy, out of the cell. alex, its important that we tell this story. we want to hear your voice. i dont know if i was gettin...

Theyre child molesters, im going to -- every time they say that im going to smash them. >> second gate! >> before an inmate is sent to ad seg, he must first serve time in the "i" detention unit or idu. in this highly secured cell block, offenders have even fewer privileges and almost no contact with each other. >> kind of like the prisoner jail inside the prison. theyre not allowed to have hot pots or anything they can cook with. limited property theyre allowed to have up here. any time they com...