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Demeanor. >> well, you know what i think? >> ill just film you. whatever you were going to do. i just wanted to get shots of you in your cell. >> im thinking that yall are 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, is it? >> 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 ...

Committed to his prison job, 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 here -- 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 guy...

If they say a word, its holy. the truth is, my family is certainly proud. i told you already, its our custom. >> 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 20 of us here. where we live, we have a very high status and everyone respects us. >> i felt like i was in failm, a scene like ...

Theyre hungry. and you saw everything there, whether it was somebody who was from wall street who was charged with fraud or whether it was the lowest of the low of the drug dealers. >> we get between 80 to 90 admissions a day, around the clock, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 356 days a year. >> what size you wear? >> 8 1/2. >> guess what, 10 is your lucky number. these are air giulianis. you can have them, my brother. >> the city never sleeps. >> don your mask. >> while cell inspections are rout...

Personal items beyond wedding bands or religious medallions with them, israeli inmates pack 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 wahil abu ganin, 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 ...

Death to keep some inmates down. >> i love a good ghost story. like it has the potential, ill always ask, do you have any ghosts around? the old prison. >> when we shot at the . a now abandoned building that used to be the heart of the with a state-of-the-art facility. murders from the riot took place, was this cell block right here. >> this was the site of a 1980 they slaughtered 33 of their reminders are everywhere. >> an inmate got chopped up with an ax. what you see here on the floor is inde...

But "lockup" crews have found that it might take more than death to keep some inmates down. >> i love a good ghost story. and anywhere i go that it looks like it has the potential, ill always ask, do you have any 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 i...

And their people as needed. >> 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 as a mouthpiece for officials. >> ...

>> 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 20 of us here. where we live, we have a very high status and everyone respects us. >> i felt like i was in failm, a scene like from "good fellows," all of them spending time together, cheerful, the whole family. theyre cooking, theyre pr...

Bands or religious medallions with them, israeli inmates pack 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 wahil abu ganin, serving 19 years for murder, the comforts of home go beyond material possessions. he shares his cell with three cousins and two others and has other family living on the cell block a...