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While a good cell mate might help to make prison more tolerable for some inmates, others believe that any cell mate is a threat to their survival. >> if i dont take a cellie, i can be sure that a cellie wont murder me, a cellie wont rape me or viciously beat me. when you refuse, youre going against their policy. so they stick you in a hole. >> thats exactly where we met dennis hamilton, in the hole, solitary confinement in the administrative segregation unit at kern valley state prison. it was t...

He should have thought about that before he went to prison. hes got to have a cellie. >> escorted back to his ad seg cell, hamilton is optimistic that he will win his battle and return to general population without a cell mate. >> im happy. i aint got to stay in the cell. i get my tv, radio, and property back. >> later we were with hamilton as officers escorted him to his new general population cell. >> its all right. just relax. dont get tense. i can feel you tense now. >> yeah? >> yeah. its al...

Beat up. its almost a never-ending situation with your sex offenders. >> weve interviewed many inmates who have expressed contempt for sex offenders. but few have done so as dramatically as one of the most memorable murderers ever profiled on "lockup." carl abhul, from the spring creek correctional center in alaska. >> there are certain people with certain criteria, rapos, child molesters. you cant cure them. theres no cure for them. you kill them. thats how you deal with the problem. theres no ...

>> narrator: knowing that some of their peers have less than ideal hygiene, many inmates at san antonios bear county jail do all they can to make themselves as sanitary as possible. especially raymond diaz. >> youd be surprised that 75% of the people with better hygienes happens. you could imagine the opposite, but its not. . . >> narrator: diaz has pleaded not guilty to charges of theft, burglary and cocaine possession says cleanliness can also lead to conflict. >> theres people who get dropped...

Knowing that some of their peers have less than ideal hygiene, many inmates at san antonios bexar county jail do as much as they can to make their cells sanitary. >> can you imagine the opposite, it is not. >> diaz, whos awaiting trial and awaiting trial for theft, burglary, and cocaine says cleanliness with the lack of it can also lead to conflict. >> thats a big part of being locked up. you know, theres people who get dropped, beat up, because they dont keep things clean. >> diazs cell mate, m...

When we house him and group him with other inmates, he tends to rub off on one of them. and instead of dealing with one hidalgo, were dealing with many of them. hes been out of trouble. hes been cooperative. hes been behaving. and one thing weve requested is a cell mate. after careful review, we allowed him to have a cellie. >> hidalgos cell mate was steven guerro. >> e grew up pretty good but hanging around with the wrong people. i guess a good kid went wrong, huh? >> narrator: on the second da...

Because i seen him walking by my cell ♪ ♪ the [ bleep ] got to call the policeman we on a whole other level yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ >> joseph johnson, serving ten years for armed robbery, is not shy when it comes to expressing disdain for staff at floridas santa rosa correctional institution. >> thats what we call a class a jackass. >> during a recent cell inspection aimed primarily at finding documents to link his cell mate to a gang, officers also found some interesting documents among johnso...

>> serving a 20-year sentence for armed robbery hasnt stopped tavares lee from being a future entrepreneur at the santa rosa correctional institution in florida. >> whats in your hand there? let me see. come on. >> aint going to lose it. this is going to be on the streets when i get out of prison. okay, im going to have them in black, brown, green, red, all tropical colors. you know theyre real because of this. you cant get the fake ones. this is a sneak preview. thats enough right there. that w...

First place? >> little bit of cooperation is better than none. >> during the search, knight and demerey also found a lighter hidden in the mattress of sandiers cell mate, alfredo roca moreno. knowing he has a lengthy history, correctional officers now want to take a closer look at the mattress. >> what have we got here? >> i need this mattress checked for contraband, please. >> we have to break this whole mattress down. regulations require that security check mattresses when theyre brought in li...

As a insane gangsta disciple before the end of the day. >> while everetts gang manifesto is a significant find the officers also inspect the possessions of his cell mate, joseph johnson, where they find paperwork thats more puzzling than sinister. >> oh, lets see, how often have you fallen in love? do you believe in love at first sight? physically what do you look for in a man or a woman? how old were you when you first had sex? were going to keep it. well dissect it. all right, thats good stuff...