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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 molesters, the snitches. >> i w...

>> each one who lives here provides some professional service, more than just his job, like medicals here, doctors are here, emts, the farm, the cows might get out. >> indeed, angola not only has its own zip code, it also has its own golf course. if the b-line is the safest part of angola, death row is the most ominous. executions have been temporarily halted, awaiting a ruling by the supreme court. in the meantime, the cells have been filling up. >> how you doing? >> im blessed. >> good to see ...

We have tried to gain compliance voluntarily from the inmate, but he refused so a cell extraction team is called. >> when they are called, it is meaning that they are going to forcibly remove an uncooperative inmate from the cell. when you see them all suited up, you see the seriousness of the threat, and the danger it could pose. they let us follow at a safe distance. >> inside the cell block, they give him one last chance to comply. >> okay. i am going to ask you one time to comply and if you ...

Can have a seat in the chair outside. >> and how are you -- >> well, you have asked questions and i have given you the answers. >> you may have a chair in the other room. >> well, they say that the padlock is mine, but they cant prove it is mine. >> have a seat. >> i believe i have a 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...

>> inmates who saw the assault remain 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? >> i dont have any enemies. >> tell me things people would make up about you.

Walking in to be a correctional officer for the first time, i was petrified and i was just going in there to work. so obviously particularly for a kid going into an environment like that, without question its going to be the scariest thing that theyve ever gone through. >> its extremely sensitive and crucial that you think for yourself and do what you think is right and not what you think someone else wants to you do. that you know within yourself is wrong. >> while stanley and rankin face new c...

>> is it as big? because i know next door is bigger than this. >> oh, yeah. its two times bigger. 100 to a side, 2 to a cell. >> basically my counselor came in and told me that im going to block. im going to pack and talk to my roommate. i was the first one up to go. i aint really mad about it, though. >> as it turns out, stanley wont be transferring to another prison with his best friend after all. he will be saying at wabash after all. >> its going to be cool, dog. >> later today, stanley will...

Around it so it doesnt rip and youve got a weapon. this is deadly. >> a lot of people in here get hurt. >> die, too. some guy not too long ago got beat to death with lock socks, to death. sentenced as adults are incarcerated inside the massive wabash compound with adult prisoners kept separate in cell blocks. they are isolated from their adult counterparts and rarely leave their own cell block. >> this is like your whole life. ive spent five months in county and if they would have let me out the...

Hopefully he follows my lead, because i know how to conduct myself around adults. its going to go pretty smooth. pretty smooth. coming up. >> take it to the south side. >> were adults now. uh-oh. >> the move to the adult cell block overwhelms its newest inmate. >> can i step out to the stairs real quick? getable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. couldve had a v8. new v8 v-fusion smoothie....

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. >> i got aids. >> i got my baby, i got more kids. i want to go to a prog...