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>> still, hymer has mixed feelings about sharing a cell with someone just like himself. >> my cellie is really a multiple offender. and bad as that sits in my gut like acid, just -- its just a putrid thing. theres 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 ...

The female driver who plowed through a crowded square in lima, ohio, is said to be cooperating with police. at least 15 people were injured, two of them seriously. and one person is dead after a stage collapsed before a radiohead concert in torrent. three others were injured. no word yet on what caused that collapse. and four japanese climbers are missing and feared dead after being swept away in an avalanche on alaskas mt. mckinley. more news later. now back to "lockup." the vast majority...

In every prison profiled on "lockup" our producers have found subtle differences in how inmates enforce the convict code, 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. >>...

>> we even met a pair of brothers who wouldnt hesitate to extend the convict code to their own father. >> my father was in here for -- i dont know the exact charge, but he was in here for messing with kids. and you know, i aint cool with that. >> brad and michael love are serving time for murder at anamosa state penitentiary in iowa. >> i was never incarcerated with him. when i found out he was getting incarcerated, what he did time for, what hes charged for, they asked if there are any problems...

Thats why i stopped fighting because i seen blood on my shoes. >> two weeks after his stabbing ellerman has returned to general population. >> i was stabbed ten times. i think i won the fight, he won the war. >> stafford received a year in the hole despite ellermans refusal to cooperate with the investigation. its all part of the convict code. >> im a convict. you dont tell nothing. >> why? >> thats just the way it is. i mean ive got to live here the rest of my life. i dont want anybody thinking...

Because of the bond that i feel like we have with the inmates and the understanding of why we are there and what we are there to achieve. having said that, though, im not naive. there is always the possibility that something could happen. >> were told we have to prepare for that. but we always have staff around us in the case of doing a one-on-one interview i tend to get fairly close to the person im interviewing because its how i can engage and have communication and i always talked to my camer...

Theres a convict code that many of these guys have to live by. and part of that code is to not reveal too much information. the most challenging part of interviewing alejandro steele was when i started asking him about his most visible crime. >> that crime occurred while steele was serving his original sentence and got him an additional 23 years. it was an assault that he carried out literally in front of a jury of his peers. >> i saw basically the whites of his eyes and i saw him coming at me. ...

Who got picked on in school. they come over here and now its payback time. they think that badge gives them power, that badge is only an illusion of power. that power can be stripped and taken away in a moments notice. >> and you help them see? >> no, allegedly. >> yes, alejandro was playing a cat and mouse game, absolutely. part of it it could have been the convict code not to reveal too much information, and part of it could very have been the fact that he was kind of delighted to be out of hi...

Power. that badge is only an illusion of power. that power can be stripped and taken away in a moments notice. >> and you help them see? >> no, allegedly. >> yes, alejandro was playing a cat and mouse game, absolutely. part of it could have been the convict code not to reveal too much information, and part of it could very have been the fact that he was kind of delighted to be out of his cell and able to have this exchange and kind of get people going. >> but eventually, steele came clean about ...

Im a straight convict. im not an inmate. >> robert spears was your typical convict. he had done a lot of time. he had lived very distinctly by the convict code and he was very accepting of his situation. he didnt complain. he didnt blame anybody. he was a tough guy. >> when i came to prison, i was a kid. i had to do what i had to do to survive and im not proud of the things sometimes that i had to do. some people has to be hurt, ive been hurt. you know what i mean? but thats just the way of life...