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>> have a seat. >> i believe i have a pretty clear understanding of due process. i am not certain he does. we have met that requirement. >> i understand it is a serious issue and you would take it serious, you know what i mean? and -- look at, you know, saying what really happened. >> it is only a matter of moments before the judge is ready to render a decision. >> mr. bullock, my finding is that assault with a weapon is a class a violation for our policy and the accountability for that is 365 d...

Rode up on you and punched you in your nose -- you couldnt say you wouldnt, mr. wright. if you would you are lying. if this man came up here and punched you in your nose, you seen blood youre not going to sit there and say, well, let me call the police. you just stand right there. youre not going to do that. youre going to go to somebodys ass if they punch you in the nose and you see your nose bleeding. thats what i felt like i had to do. >> finally, as jennifer is escorted out of the building h...

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Placed under 24-hour direct 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 pre...

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 in when i was 65 years of age. i...

>> sure enough, the alarm sounds. prison wide, inmates sit down according to protocol. 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 the ...

>> get on the floor! >> sure enough, the alarm sounds. prison wide, inmates sit down according to protocol. 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 da...

Then theyre photographed and 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. >> dont like combative, dont like incidents. >> i wish we could make that call for you. youl...

You hear a lot of the war stories from around here. >> ive been stabbed, ive had my knee broke. >> i had a back injury first, stabbed. >> i was assaulted by an inmate in handcuffs. >> i was stabbed seven times. >> if you show the inmates fear, then theyre going to go ahead and feed on it. >> keeping that fear in control can be difficult inside this 100-year-old prison, because what was state of the art at the turn of a previous century is now the biggest challenge to the officers safety. when ...

Especially 150 yards down the tiers. >> sergeant rudy carmona supervises cell block 5, one of the oldest operating prison structures in the united states. >> you walk up to a cell to look, to see whats going on, and you have to sometimes look inside. so, it puts us up close proximity to whatever, whomever is inside here, and sometimes it could be dangerous. he could spear you through these holes, and you make the antiquated type out of rolled newspaper with a blade at the end of it and simply co...