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He was sentenced and a male and sent to this facility, so thats how hes treated, as a male inmate. >> though he has spent time in various jails and prisons, williams finds santa rosa especially hard to deal with. >> i have to deal with a lot of negativity about me being who i am. so with me being homosexual, im like an outcast compared to everyone else in here. its like -- im like scum of the earth here. out of all the times ive been in prison, ive never been through this much crap. >> currently...

Months a year of gain time. im here 18 months. ill have money left, ill go home next year. when i enter a cell, a room that has blood or anything thats a danger to me, a harm to me, i always be cautious. i tell myself, ive got to protect myself and dont let none of this stuff get on me. thats why i have this suit and the chemical agents and gloves and whatever else i need to protect. got to be done if i want my game night. go ahead and get it over w dont let it get on -- get back to my cell. >> ...

Said its time to get your life right. i stayed in that confinement cell for 90 days. then they transferred me to another prison. when i got to the other prison, i started making aa and m.a. meetings. i started going to church. i started reading the bible more, studying. >> jones served 18 years of a 25-year sentence at a florida state prison before he was released on parole. he moved into the noah house, a residential substance abuse program, in tampa. >> they help ex-offenders get a fresh start...

God, revealed itself to me and said its time to get your life right. i stayed in that confinement cell for 90 days. then they transferred me to another prison. when i got to the other prison, i started making aa and m.a. meetings. i started going to church. i started reading the bible more, studying. >> jones served 18 years of a 25-year sentence at a florida state prison before he was released on parole. he moved into the noah house, a residential substance abuse program, in tampa. >> they help...

I tell myself, ive got to protect myself and dont let none of this stuff get on me. thats why i have this suit and the chemical agents and gloves enwhatever else i need to protect. got to be done. go ahead and get it over w dont let it get on -- get back to my cell. >> how did it go? >> cleaning the blood up? it was a lot. it was a lot. this was the first one i did with that much blood. so i guess ill be more experienced on the next. >> cells been decontaminated. cleaned out and bleached and bod...

Out here? it hasnt been recovered. sometimes take the batteries, sharpen them on the ground. makes an excellent razor and enough to handle to slice at will. pretty much check the walkway. make sure nothing got thrown out. >> thats a lot of blood. a lot of blood. >> carton williams serving a five-year sense for possession of cocaine and fleeing police works as a houseman or cell block custodian. >> my job is to feces, blood, chemical agents. i volunteer to be a house man just to get -- i get ten ...

So you live with this threat over your head constantly and its a lot of pressure. >> these days hill lives with a little less pressure than roughly one-third of santa rosas inmates. he is housed in a general population unit where there is more freedom of movement and privileges. >> see that right there? thats nectar of the gods. thats nectar of the gods. cant get beer, but you can drink coffee. >> borrowing coffee from a neighbor is considerably more difficult if not impossible for the 1,100 inm...

Various jails and prisons, williams finds santa rosa especially hard to deal with. >> i have to deal with a lot of negativity about me being who i am. so with me being homosexual, im like an outcast compared to everyone else in here. its like -- im like scum of the earth here. out of all the times ive been in prison, ive never been through this much crap. >> currently, williams has little if any contact with other inmates. he is housed in a single-man confinement cell. >> an inmate, im supposed ...

Certain amount of inmates every day, and this is what well do. well go in there and have them cuff up. theyll submit to the restraints. place them in the shower. go through their belongings in the cell. control the contraband in the institution. well go up and well pick a number thats random. it kind of keeps them on their toes, because if we were to go in and start searching from cell one all the way down then the others will know, hey, were going to get searched next. lets get rid of our contr...

Said its time to get your life right. i stayed in that confinement cell for 90 days. then they transferred me to another prison. when i got to the other prison, i started making aa and m.a. meetings. i started going to church. i started reading the bible more, studying. >> jones served 18 years of a 25-year sentence at a florida state prison before he was released on parole. he moved into the noah house, a residential substance abuse program, in tampa. >> they help ex-offenders get a fresh start...