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Ghosts around? in new mexico they had a lot at 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. >> this was the site of a 1980 riot. they slaughtered 33 of their own. reminders are everywhere. >> an inmate got chopped up wi...

>> get on the floor! >> sure enough, the alarm sounds. prison wide, inmates sit down accord officers catch a man attempting to conceal his homemade slashing weapon. fortunately, a violent act was avoided this time. >> all right. its okay. >> in this cell block its the officer who is at risk during meal time. inmates housed here are considered too violent to be permitted to leave their cells. so its the officers who must deliver the food cell by cell. >> this is one of the most dangerous areas in...

Fingerprinted. >> 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. than...

Supervision. >> in the first year that i was here, we had six suicides. which was one after another, quite stunning and quite disconcerting. and when i looked at it, i found there were things we could do to improve our performance in suicide prevention. so weve implemented a variety of procedures in that regard, and they have paid off. the number of suicides has been substantially reduced. >> female inmates who are pregnant when they are arrested are placed in the prenatal cell block at rikers. ...

Deal, not the only plea deal. get it. another one that she sent out -- again, this is through a friend. dont think for a moment she has a cell phone in her cell block. i wanted so much to avoid trial, but the state forced it. my only other option was suicide and, well, i would like you to step in. thats not the first time miss arias has brought up the idea of suicide. its a dramatic interview where she said no jury will ever convict me because im innocent. then later in court she suggested maybe...

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 cell block. >> there is an alarm in that building right there. a3. staff responds. so, this is an actual alarm because ...

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 have 15 to life sentence for that. i am 67 years of age. i came i...

See it on tv. 14 dead. hundreds hurt. entire blocks leveled. dont forget about the time to build an ark level floods in the midwest. amidst all this suddenly creepy and potentially deadly letters were mailed to our public officials thankfully intercepted well before they got within sneezing distance of those officials. at that point it was pretty much the least of the nations worries. besides, authorities caught the guy or so they claimed. the fbi arrested paul kevin curtis of corinth, mississip...

Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. >> my wife and i hadnt been getting along for quite a while. i wanted her to go to the bedroom to -- to have some sex, and i hadnt had any sex for seven months. and so it was kind of the straw that broke the camels back when she told me to get out because i was drinking. and i loaded my 9 millimeter glock and went back in to the living room. and i said, im not going to lay a hand on you, but im going to get your attention. i aimed it at her. and aimed it ...

Were not going to do yours. >> im going to do everything in my power to make, you know, the system work for me, in my favor. >> entering -- >> in regards to going to the hole. >> coming up -- >> [ bleep ] happens. >> george grahf faces the disciplinary board for flooding his cell block. >> you know what happens here. >> an unexpected development infuriates michael gill. and more trouble for timothy schreiber. >> as i was walking by for count, he had his hands down his pants making the masturbati...