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>> $2,600. he just hung up. >> barnes next reaches out to a family member. >> okay, well, can you just call my dad and tell him to look for someone who has collateral? i really appreciate it. ill check back in with you tomorrow. all right. i need somebody with collateral. >> until he makes bail barnes will reside in one of the jails low-security housing units. but some inmates pose a greater threat to security. theyre housed in the confinement unit where theyre locked down 23 hours a day. today ...

Most inmates have assaulted staff or other offenders and are now held inside windowless single-man cells 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and even phone calls, which are allowed once a week, are made from the isolation of their cells. >> in this confinement unit we have to deliver all of their services. i try to make contact with every one of my offenders at least once a week. thats all 144 of them. >> case manager beverly gillmore is the primary link to the rest of the world for the ...

He could spend the rest of his life in prison but he says his workout is designed to prepare him, just in case hes released. >> rotate around like im working on a loading dock or something. call it a workers workout. that way if i do get out, job aint going to kill me. im all ready for it. plus when you get to be my age, you got to stay in shape. that way, when the guys half my age want to mess with the old man, it aint my fault. >> there is always a new guy or two arriving on stones unit every ...

And i dealt with that in a good manner. >> you dealt in that with a loud manner. i remember. >> well, i got a tame tongue, not an untame tongue. seriously. >> you think highly of yourself, do you know that? >> thats the difference, though. thats the difference. >> i would really like to be able to see christopher trotter go back to general population, because of the length of time he has been in segregation. but should he go? im so thankful im not making that decision. >> bottom line here is whe...

Every day is a good day for me now. now that im out of that shu, now that im out of that shu, every day is a good day for me now. and im not taking it for granted. >> while trotter recently completed a decade in the stark solitary existence that comes with life in the secured confinement unit, demetrius burks has only begun his 15-month stay there. >> another day, another dollar. >> it is the consequence he will pay for assaulting a corrections officer. but it was the murder of an innocent man t...

>> five times a day. its mandatory for muslims all over the world, five times a day. >> hes been in administrative segregation at wabashs secured confinement unit. >> the holy koran, read this of day. >> mcquay says his koran has helped him grow spiritually, the other books in his cell have helped him grow physically. >> every day i do me some curls. i do these. i do shrugs. back arms like this. like this. probably about 55 or 60 pounds. >> mcquay has spent years trying to earn his way back into...

19 hours a day? then three of the half hours that we come out is to go get the worst food youve ever ate in your life. i dont even know how they call it food. >> everyday, seeing people take for granted, we cherish right now. >> wabash valley correctional facility -- a maximum security prison on the western edge of indiana. the center piece of the rural town of carlisle. the inmate population of nearly 2,200 out numbers local residents 4-1. many of indianas most violent offenders are sent here. ...

You know, you dont want to be labeled a snitch. no one wants to be seen that theyre working with the cops. >> with neither inmate providing details, the jail gave both men time in the confinement unit. while many inmates in boston settle disputes with their fists, there are other stories to be told there as well. >> when we produce one of our "extended stay" series for "lockup," our crew will be in a prison or a jail for up to 50 days in order for us to produce six episodes. they will interview ...

Labeled a snitch. no one wants to be seen that theyre working with the cops. >> with neither inmate providing details the jail gave both men time in the confinement unit. while many inmates in boston settle disputes with their fists, there are other stories to be told there as well. >> when we produce one of our "extended stay" series for "lockup," our crew will be in a prison or a jail for up to 50 days in order for us to produce six episodes. they will interview more than 100 inmates and maybe...

Prisons educational programs, gaskill is about to leave the housing unit to spend 60 days in confinement for being caught with inmate-made alcohol. >> the sanctions i imposed for making the intoxicants were a written reprimand do not make or possess intoxicants. 30 days phone loss. demotion from credit class one to credit class two, and 60 days disciplinary seg. its a secure unit for segregation, prison administrative segregation there as well as disciplinary segregation. >> although the confine...