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Thinking about joining a gang. >> my advice to him is to rug two things -- one is that hes not in control of his life because as long as hes a part of this gang, theres someone he has to answer to. whether he believes hes his own man, thats a myth. because someones running his program. so he can walk with his head puffed up, his chest out and everything and think hes really badass, but hes going to follow orders just like anyone else. for every badass, theres someone badder. coming up on "lock...

Or the unwritten rules by which they live, but one aspect rarely changes -- the position of sex offenders on the inmate hierarchy. >> murderers, robbers, theyre up here. child molesters, rapists, theyre down here. them guys on the bottom deck, most of them guys are sex offenders, you know? i dont like them. i just tolerate them. i used to beat them. i used to prey on them. >> they normally mark the sexual predators by cutting them across the face with a razor blade or a knife, and the other inma...

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And to hear it, to know it -- i know im here for it. that charge. but its just still sickening. next on "lockup: raw" -- >> i want to go home with her. >> yeah, im taking this one home to the country. >> the convict code takes on a new dimension when the inmates are women. >> we call it bulldagging, women relationships here, thats a slang word for bulldagging, and thats two women together. e up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. its hard to turn off and go back to sleep. interme...

Due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. the vast majority of prisons we visited over the years have been male institutions. but when weve taken our cameras inside womens prisons, weve met inmates living by a very different convict code. >> the biggest difference between male and female inmates and how they get along with each other is basically looked at in two ways. one, male inmates tend to find gangs to get involved with. its their kind of security blanket and protection...

Offender. and bad as that sits in my gut like acid, just -- its just a putrid thing. there is nothing sexy about a kid, you know what i mean? and to hear it, to know it -- i know im here for it. that charge. but its just still sickening. next on "lockup: raw" -- >> i want to go home with her. >> yeah, im taking this one home to the country. >> the convict code takes on a new dimension when the inmates are women. >> we call it bulldagging, women relationships here, thats a slang word for bullda...

For convicts with a death sentence, rules of any kind might seem irrelevant. but a chapter of the convict code even extends to death row, a place "lockup" has visited many times. >> theres an unmistakable feeling when you walk onto death row at a prison. everywhere else in the prison is alive with bustle, with noise. there are loud places. when you walk on death row, its completely silent. it is eerily silent. >> randy haight, convicted of double murder and armed robbery, has been on death row a...

For convicts with a death sentence, rules of any kind might seem irrelevant. but a chapter of the convict code even extends to death row, a place "lockup" has visited many times. >> theres an unmistakable feeling when you walk onto death row at a prison. everywhere else in the prison is alive with bustle, with noise. there are loud places. when you walk on death row, its completely silent. it is eerily silent. >> randy haight, convicted of double murder and armed robbery, has been on death row a...

Attitudes towards sex in male penitentiaries are complex. according to the convict code, child molesters and rapists are reviled. but homosexuals can live freely in prison as long as they adhere to other parts of the code. mind your own business. and never show weakness. >> well, the boys seem to have no problem with their lovers. i mean, were like gold in here, there are very few of us, manatee, maybe not for you. anyway, they treat us just like they treat anybody else. long as we give them the...

According to the convict code, child molesters and rapists are reviled. but homosexuals can live freely in prison as long as they adhere to other parts of the code. mind your own business. and never show weakness. >> well, the boys seem to have no problem with their lovers. they love us. i mean were like gold in here. we really are. there are very few of us. oh, please. maybe not for you. anyway, they treat us just like they treat anybody else. long as we give them their respect and dont cross t...