every day is a good day for me now. now that i m out of that shu, now that i m out of that shu, every day is a good day for me now. and i m 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 that brought him to prison. when you re out there living that life, you re really not thinking about the consequences until they occur. but burks had a regular reminder of the consequences of crime. he grew up in the shadow of indiana state prison, home of the state s death row. the neighborhood i m from is right on the same street as the prison. it s like i always seen it.
five times a day. it s mandatory for muslims all over the world, five times a day. he s been in administrative segregation at wabash s 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 general population.
19 hours a day? then three of the half hours that we come out is to go get the worst food you ve ever ate in your life. i don t 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 indiana s most violent offenders are sent here. the approximate breakdown for offenders that have committed serious offenses against a person which may be murder, voluntary manslaughter, battery, assault is approximately 35% to 40% of our offender population. the most violent of these offenders are housed in single person cells, 23 hours a day in the secured confinement unit.
you know, you don t want to be labeled a snitch. no one wants to be seen that they re 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 20 or so will actually make it on the air and then sometimes we meet an inmate who plays a very small role in somebody else s story and they just appear in the show ever so briefly. but those inmates have stories to tell as well. and one of the advantages of lockup: raw is that we get to tell those stories.
labeled a snitch. no one wants to be seen that they re 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 20 or so will actually make it on the air and then sometimes we meet an inmate who plays a very small role in somebody else s story and they just appear in the show ever so briefly. but those inmates have stories to tell as well. and one of the advantages of lockup: raw is that we get to tell those stories. during the boston series, we